Re: Internationalization: How to bring the locale in line
Re: Internationalization: How to bring the locale in line
- Subject: Re: Internationalization: How to bring the locale in line
- From: Clark Cox <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 08:03:22 -0500
On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 02:50:27 +0100, Uli Zappe <email@hidden> wrote:
> Am 04.11.2004 um 10:12 schrieb Severin Kurpiers:
>
> > The benefit would be that you will in any case use the current user
> > setting
>
> Hm - but that's exactly what I want to avoid.
>
> Being a German, my user setting is German. But if the app I use has no
> German GUI available, I do *not* want the numbers formatted in German,
> because in an English context I will interpret "1.000" most certainly
> as 1 and not as 1000, thus totally misunderstanding the value
> displayed.
For another point of view: I am a native English speaker, but I often
run programs in German or Japanese in order to keep my comprehension
in those languages sharp. However, I have my number formatting set to
typical English settings (with minor variations), and my date format
set to YYYY/MM/DD (i.e. not the norm if America). I want those
formatting settings to be used, regardless of the language I am
reading; even when reading German text, I feel more comfortable with
one thousand being "1,000". I suggesst that whatever you choose to do,
at least default to honouring the system-wide setting.
--
Clark S. Cox III
email@hidden
http://www.livejournal.com/users/clarkcox3/
http://homepage.mac.com/clarkcox3/
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