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Software localization requires more than just good programming. Translating some strings into another language and then selling the product is nowhere near good enough. Your users expect to be able to use and understand your program as they would one written originally in their country. Achieving this requires that you, the programmer, develop an awareness of other cultures and their mores—what is commonplace in the United States may not make sense or may be offensive in other nations.
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Symmonds, N. (2002). General Localization Concepts. In: Internationalization and Localization Using Microsoft .NET. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-0827-3_1
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