Comments on: Automatic Localization aka Fix It Again Tony http://blog.brodzinski.com/2009/10/automatic-localization-aka-fix-it-again.html Dealing with software projects in real life Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:05:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Pawel Brodzinski http://blog.brodzinski.com/2009/10/automatic-localization-aka-fix-it-again.html/comment-page-1#comment-2401 Pawel Brodzinski Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:14:48 +0000 http://blog.brodzinski.com/2009/10/automatic-localization-aka-fix-it-again-tony.html#comment-2401 I guess it's always even bigger problem in countries where there's more than one official language. I haven't even considered local sensitivities but indeed these can make the whole thing not only annoying but also insulting.<br /><br />Somehow I don't expect huge players to focus more on the aspect. Maybe they just consider the majority will be content and they cant satisfy all. I guess it's always even bigger problem in countries where there's more than one official language. I haven't even considered local sensitivities but indeed these can make the whole thing not only annoying but also insulting.

Somehow I don't expect huge players to focus more on the aspect. Maybe they just consider the majority will be content and they cant satisfy all.

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.brodzinski.com/2009/10/automatic-localization-aka-fix-it-again.html/comment-page-1#comment-2400 Anonymous Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:26:54 +0000 http://blog.brodzinski.com/2009/10/automatic-localization-aka-fix-it-again-tony.html#comment-2400 It's way worse than just a nuisance. Google and others (mostly American companies) regularly manage to insult their users by ignoring local sensitivities. <br /><br />For instance my Belgian Flemish friends, even though they speak French and are in no way anti-Wallonian bigots, feel insulted when they are automatically presented with a French interface. Because it sends the message "your native language is inferior". Nobody likes to told that.<br /><br />Personally, it pisses me off when I type google.com and it sends me to the Dutch version anyway. Like I'm to stupid to tell google.com and google.nl apart. It's way worse than just a nuisance. Google and others (mostly American companies) regularly manage to insult their users by ignoring local sensitivities.

For instance my Belgian Flemish friends, even though they speak French and are in no way anti-Wallonian bigots, feel insulted when they are automatically presented with a French interface. Because it sends the message "your native language is inferior". Nobody likes to told that.

Personally, it pisses me off when I type google.com and it sends me to the Dutch version anyway. Like I'm to stupid to tell google.com and google.nl apart.

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