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Questions tagged [localization]

for questions related to adjusting a product in order to accommodate the language & various cultural expectations of different localities

Adjusting a product's functional properties and characteristics to accommodate the language, cultural, political and legal differences of a foreign market or country.

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Why "LANG=C"? (not D or E or F)

In order to turn off localisation features one should set the LANG environment variable to "C". Why "C"? Where did it come from?
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How to prevent Excel to use the OS regional settings for date patterns in formulas

According to this question I have the following problem: I want to use some Excel function (not the cell formatting) like TEXT(A1, {date_pattern}) But the person who answer my previous question make me found that the date pattern change according to…
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Can you make Windows 7 not localize folder names?

I am running preinstalled Windows 7 Home Premium (Nordic, in Finnish for me). My C:\ folder of course has the Users folder, but its name is in Finnish. Clicking on the folder name in Explorer shows the real name. This one is also the one showed by…
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Saving a file in a CSV type in Excel always removes the BOM

I've been trying to find a reasonable solution/explanation (unsuccessfully) to find out why Excel defaults to removing the BOM when saving a file to the CSV type. Please forgive me if you find this a duplicate of this question. This handles reading…
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Can I change the default language of a application / program in Snow Leopard?

It used to be so easy in Leopard via the information dialog one could set any application to start in the desired language. Some programs like Things or the Adobe Creative Suite are simply more effective in english. I want to have this feature back…
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If it possible to force websites to automatically use English language if you are in a non-English speaking country

I have an annoying problem. I live in a foreign country. Every time I visit a new website, it set the foreign language as default. Is it possible to set some settings or any preference or any special header (using a Chrome extension) that can…
user1224499
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How to find localised Microsoft Windows service names?

My Internet searched brought up several service names that are turned on by default on windows but might not be worth the resources they use. Specifically most of corporate/big network services can be disabled or turned to manual as they are never…
Tomáš Zato
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What exactly is the consequence of changing the "system locale" in Windows 8?

I read http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/change-the-system-locale (windows 8 linked me to this help page) and I still can't completely understand what that means. In which way is the system locale different than the display language?
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How to get English keybindings on localized Word

At work, I have a machine with a Norwegian Word 2010 installed. It uses localized keybindings, e.g. Ctrl-K for Italics instead of Ctrl-I, since Italics is called Kursiv in Norwegian. How can I change Word to English/US keyboard shortcuts? (As an,…
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Preserving accented letters in small caps in French in Word

I have a Word document where the section titles are in small caps. This document is in French. Accents in the small caps text disappear, e.g. “Caractères accentués” comes out as CARACTERES ACCENTUES. Strangely, ç is correctly capitalized to “Ç”. I'm…
Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
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Stopping creation of .localized files

Some folders on my new Mac has .localized files in them. I know they are related to localization (duh), but I don't need that, in fact I specifically want everything file system related to be displayed in English (even though I'm Swedish). I am also…
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Google Chrome is in German. How do I make it English?

My Google Chrome is in German, and I don't speak German. How do I change it to English? I've tried looking at it to find similarities in language, but I can find the place to change language.
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nVidia hijacked a key combination, how do I reassign it?

This is a Windows 7 laptop with nVidia graphics and German localisation - so it has a Qwertz keyboard and the usual key mappings for it, like AltGr+Q for @ and AltGr+E for €. These two work as expected. One of the mappings I use seldom is AltGr+M…
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Macbook pro keyboard localization for development: US English vs. International English

I'm about to order a Macbook Pro with an English language keyboard but cannot decide between the two localizations available. Therefore I'd like to ask you to give me hints, pros and cons if you have used both or if you have some strong…
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How do I type the backslash/Yen/¥ character on Japanese Windows?

I am running VirtualBox on a Ubuntu 12.04 host with a US keyboard. The virtual machine is running Japanese Windows Server 2008 R2 (Standard). I want to cd \ from the Command Prompt. On Japanese Windows the backslash character has been replaced by a…
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