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Using Unicode console output with Python On Windows console and Unicode are not quite friends. Here is some code that I use in order to assure...
Optimal Windows keyboard settings for Romanian programmers Here is how you should configure you keyboard layouts in order to be a able to write code, English and...
Google Groups translations not passing even the simplest spell check test I’m a strong admirer of Google business model but I keep wondering how did they managed to obtain such a huge...
Tip #1 – Altered English dictionary I decided to start a series of Tips&Tricks posts that anyone can use for fast 18n bug finding in their...
Using msdev resource editor to create Unicode dialogs that will not display well I was surprised to discover that creating Unicode UI elements in the resource editor of Microsoft Visual Studio 2008...
International invoices I was surprised to realize that a huge number of US companies are not able to generate international invoices. BTW,...
Multiversal English Some time ago i found out that that, at least for Adobe: “International English” (IE) = “American English” “Universal English” (UE) =...
What internationalization area are you interested about? If you have other ideas please add a comment and I will update the poll.
Selecting the right language on web applications Choosing the right language for web applications is not quite an easy task. There are many source of information and...
i18n mistake #1: Using images for representing languages Clearly adding images for representing languages is not the most important internationalization issue someone can make. In fact I added...
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  • Using Unicode console output with Python02010-01-06

    Using Unicode console output with Python

    On Windows console and Unicode are not quite friends. Here is some code that I use in order to assure that my Python scripts output is consistent on all platforms and is supporting Unicode encoded as UTF-8. You'll be able to see the right characters if you are running on Windows 7 but on Windows XP [...]
  • Optimal Windows keyboard settings for Romanian programmers02009-08-14

    Optimal Windows keyboard settings for Romanian programmers

    Here is how you should configure you keyboard layouts in order to be a able to write code, English and Romanian text as easy as possible.
  • Google Groups translations not passing even the simplest spell check test32009-05-22

    Google Groups translations not passing even the simplest spell check test

    I’m a strong admirer of Google business model but I keep wondering how did they managed to obtain such a huge number of typos inside their translation to Romanian language. I don’t have inside information about the aproaches they made in order to localize Google Groups but I have serious doubts about having any kind of [...]
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