Re: [Mingw-users] Compiler translation

[ColdShine <col...@us...>]

2009/4/2 Tor Lillqvist <tm...@ik...>:
>> IS it easy to translate all C and C++ keywords in order to create a
>> fork of this project with my native country language on the compiler?
>
> That is such a stupid idea. Don't.

I guess someone didn't give this answer to the Microsoft Office 4.3
localization guys :)
(Or maybe even Office 95?)

So they did really translate the *whole* program, including the VBA
keywords and libraries, *everything*.
Forgetting that in some languages it isn't just a matter or
translating word-by-word, you should also change word ordering or even
more (I shiver at the thought of German Office 4.3).

So, to the OP: really, don't bother. It's not just stupid, it's also
about either spending much more time for it than it deserves, or
getting something that will be completely unintuitive and of no use to
anyone but (maybe) you.


PS: I do keep the laughable Italian VBA manual in my computers bookshelf :)
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