Developer Resources

I18n & L10n Resources

Unicode Consortium Common Locale Data Repository

Quick Tips

Mozilla Localization Best Practices

12 Commandments Of Software Localization - TLDR: Don't concatenate strings! (and more)

WC3 I18n Quick Tips

Best Practices for XML I18n

General Guides

Localization 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Software Localization

The Simple Guide to Localization and Internationalization Testing

Internationalization Getting Started

Broad Resources

Microsoft Globalization Documentation

WC3 Internationalization Website

CLDR

Language Matching: "Language Matching data is used to match the user’s desired language/locales against an application’s supported languages/locales."

Language Codes and Locales

Why does choosing the appropriate language codes and locales matter?

• Glossaries and Translation Memory are only shared across the same language code and locale.

Ex: hi (Hindi) and hi_IN (Hindi (India) will not share a glossary or translation memory.

Android

Supported Languages

• 9.0.0
• 8.1.0
• 8.0.0
• 7.1.2
• 7.0.0

Google Play Store

Google Play Store

Character Limitations

• Title: 50 characters
• Short Description: 80 characters
• Long Description: 4000 characters

Miscellaneous

How to create a multi-lingual automated email

Language-Specific Resources

Burmese

Zawgyi vs. Unicode - Context and suggestions for making tools available for non-Unicode Burmese fonts.

Design Resources

Building Tech for Diversity and Inclusion - The Bachchao Project