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Questions tagged [i18n]

Questions about using software in a language other than the one(s) the developer speaks and related troubles, such as lack of Unicode support. (i18n is short for internationalization.)

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Chrome Extension for Switching Locale (Accept-Languages)

Is there a Chrome Extension which can be used to quickly switch between two locales (e.g. English and German) quickly? Some websites detect the user's language using the Accept-Languages HTTP-header while not having any UI to configure the desired…
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Copying unicode symbols from Firefox address bar as is

Let's say I open a webpage with some Unicode characters, say, Cyrillic, in the address like this: http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Функциональная_закреплённость When I try to copy it from the address bar somewhere else, it becomes unreadable…
Mirzhan Irkegulov
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How can I change Excel so that I can enter English rather than German formulas?

I want to change my Excel installation such that I can enter formulas in English rather than in German. I believe, I should be able to change the corresponding settings under File -> Options -> Languages (German: Daten -> Optionen -> sprache).…
René Nyffenegger
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How do I turn off accent combining in Windows 7?

I have English Windows 7 Professional with Hungarian keyboard language installed. The English keyboard layout works as expected, but for the Hungarian layout some kind of "accent combining" is activated. The effect of this ^+o becomes ô, ^+a becomes…
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How to get a Unicode-supporting font for Windows 7 command-line?

I've pointed the command-line to the right codepage (chcp 65001), but there's a lot of Unicode characters that Consolas and Lucida Console can't show. Specifically, I want the printable IPA characters to show up. It's not important to fix…
user67194
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How can I list fonts with glyphs for a specific alphabet (on Windows)?

Fonts (in Windows but not just) don't usually contain glyphs for all languages. Actually, most of them only have glyphs for one language, or rather, one alphabet. I want to list all fonts on my system (or at least, all font families) which have…
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Telnet escape sequence for Swedish keyboard layout

What is the default Telnet escape sequence in Windows XP/Vista/7 when using Swedish keyboard layout? Ctrl-] doesn't work.
Carl Winbäck
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How to change the UI language of gedit under windows7?

gedit starts with the system-language of my system but I want to use the US version of the UI. I can not find a option in the menues or the config-file. Is there a way to change this?
Felix Gruber
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Is there a Linux software to spell check .po files?

I am translating some po-files and I would like to run a spell checker over them. I have Ubuntu 10.10 and use gtranslator. As far as I know, gtranslator can't spellcheck the whole file. I tried ispell: $ ispell lordsawar-0.2.0-pre4.de.po - this…
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How Do I Add a Custom Language in Firefox?

Firefox has a list of built-in languages that are used to set the HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE header. How do I add a custom one that's not on the list?
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Arabic in File Name Causes Compressed (zipped) Folders Error

How can I get files named with Arabic characters added to and extracted from a .zip file. For example, under Windows XP, I get an error message that says "The compression cannot be performed becasue the file or directory...contains characters in its…
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Command line showing only question marks at non-English computer

I have a Windows computer that's using a non-English language. I installed Java to make a keystore to my server. But when I execute it, it only shows '??????' For example C:\Java\bin\keytool> keytool.exe -list ?????? I have tried using the…
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Changing windows Explorer to show organiSe rather than organiZe in windows 7

Does anyone know if there is any way to change the Organize menu in Windows Explorer on Windows 7 say to Organise instead? Normally the lack of British English internationalisation doesn't bother me (I long ago accepted that Britain and the U.S. are…
Mark Booth
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What do I have to specify to make set-culture set a default of 24 hours rather than 12 hours with AM/PM

I am trying to change my environment with Powershell so that time is displayed in 24 hours format without AM/PM. This is what I do: $culture = get-culture $culture.DateTimeFormat.ShortTimePattern = 'HH:mm' $culture.DateTimeFormat.pmDesignator =…
René Nyffenegger
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How to download and install all available languages in Windows 10?

For testing purposes I need to install all languages on Windows 10 and it would be nice if we have a batch script out there or bunde installer from Microsoft?
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