Tag Archives: localization

Browser Language Detection and Redirection

Posted on 28.12.2007 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Une explication de la méthode que j’ai suivie pour que http://stephanie-booth.com redirige le visiteur soit vers la version anglaise du site, soit la française, en fonction des préférences linguistiques définies dans son navigateur.[en]Update, 29.12.2007: scroll to the bottom of this … Continue reading →

Posted in Language Geekiness, Wordpress | Tagged apache, explanation, General, htaccess, i18n, l10n, Languages / Linguistics, localization, multiviews, options, php, Real Live Code, redirect, rewrite, server, tutorial, type map, Wordpress | 15 Comments

Lars Trieloff: i18n for Web 2.0 (Web 2.0 Expo, Berlin)

Posted on 07.11.2007 by Stephanie Booth

steph-note: incomplete notes. I was very disappointed by this session, mainly because I’m exhausted and I was expecting something else, I suppose. I should have read the description of the talk, it’s quite true to what was delivered. Please see … Continue reading →

Posted in Language Geekiness | Tagged berlin, conference, Events, i18n, international, internationalization, l10n, languages, larstrieloff, localization, multilingual, talk, web2expoberlin | 2 Comments

Not All Switzerland Speaks German, Dammit!

Posted on 04.03.2007 by Stephanie Booth

Here we go, yet another misguided attempt at localisation: my MySpace page is now in German. MySpace now joins PayPal, eBay, Amazon, Google in defaulting to German for Swiss people. Switzerland is a multilingual country. The linguistic majority speaks Swiss-German … Continue reading →

Posted in Language Geekiness | Tagged allemand, amazon, ebay, english, french, german, google, italian, italien, l10n, language, Languages / Linguistics, langue, linguisticminority, localisation, localization, minoritélinguistique, myspace, paypal, romanche, romansh, Software and Tools, suisse, suisse-allemand, suisseromande, swissgerman, switzerland, Venting, Website Reviews, Comments, and Linkage | 45 Comments

MediaWiki

Posted on 27.03.2005 by Stephanie Booth

I’ve installed MediaWiki. Explanation and solution of a bug I bumped into while installing (because of UTF-8 in MySQL 4.1.x) and comments on the method for interface translation.

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