Monday, 24 May 2004
Do not assume that acronyms apply for all locales
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As we wrote in Java Internationalization, do not assume that acronyms apply for all locales.
"In other cases, the acronym might be different when it is translated for a given locale. For example, the English acronym NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) is known as OTAN (l'Organisation du Traité de l'Atlantique Nord) in French and NAVO (Noord Atlantische Verdrags Organisatie) in Dutch."Also be aware of abbreviations. i18n, the abbreviation for internationalization is i19g (Internationalisierung) in German!
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