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Living in a Multi-lingual World: Internationalization in Web and Desktop Applications
Internationalizing Web 2.0 applications presents new challenges compared to traditional websites. Web 2.0 apps use multiple technologies like JavaScript, Flash, and desktop apps in addition to traditional websites. This multiplies the internationalization problem. The document recommends consolidating i18n by keeping all data in one place and automatically extracting strings from different app parts. It also discusses challenges like translating user-generated content and graphical text, and provides examples of how one company internationalized an app using a common i18n database format.
