------------------------------------------------- From: <p.slegg@scubadivers.co.uk> Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 12:27 PM To: <mint@lists.fishpool.fi> Subject: Re: [MiNT] Greek keyboard table
I may have mentioned this before. Many years ago I had an idea for simple language support. While translating a few programs to English I noticed that most of the words used in the RSC files are the same (Open, Save, Print etc.) This made me wonder if the RSC could be translated as an application starts up. The RSC would contain a field for the language that it uses eg. ENG The AES would have access to a simple translation table for the common words, about 100 words ought to cover most things. eg. ENG DEU FRA Print Druck etc.
Something like XaAES already does for the Cancel-buttons? It's doable, but risky. Applications might expect the strings to be of a certain length and/or contain specific words. But it could be switched on/off per application.
Another thought for this approach was a tool to translate RSC files directlyand save a new copy.
I think such a tool already exists. I vaguely recall having used something like this many years ago, it translated from German to English.
Jo Even
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