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Resources for translating common programming terms for UI into other languages


I'm not even sure this is entirely programming related...but here goes:

I need to translate some forms into different languages, specifically Spanish and French. Obviously, it would be good if I knew these other languages fluently, but I don't. Besides doing a Google translate, babel fish, etc. are there any resources which can assist in this? Mainly I am trying to find out what the translation of OK and Cancel are.

Moreover, I looked to find some programs which have the UI written in these other languages and all I could find were language learning programs.

How do other programmers handle doing this?


Solution

  • Take a look at the Pootle Terminology project:

    http://pootle.locamotion.org/projects/terminology/

    and Microsoft's UI translations:

    http://www.microsoft.com/Language/en-US/Translations.aspx

    Both provide translations for common UI terminology in a range of languages.