Internationalization - Translating Applications in Qt
summary
Ten concrete rules include leaving room for longer strings, avoiding concatenated or reused strings, separating code and content, enabling argument reordering, and commenting source strings. The talk shows a demo QML app that breaks when translated, cites the Symbian smart installer Turkey dotted‑i bug that causes installs to fail, and the Office shortcut clash that turned Ctrl+S into underline. Recommended tools and workflow: use pseudolocalization, Qt’s tr() + Qt Linguist with .ts files, and prefer translation agencies or crowdsourcing over spreadsheets.
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chapters (5)
- 0:00Introduction to i18n
- 2:58Ten rules of internationalization
- 12:33Common internationalization mistakes
- 27:21Demo of Qt localization
- 36:38Summary and Q&A
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