Re: Multilanguage (Was V5 availability)

["Alan Cassidy" <acassidy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In a reverse scenario of this, a colleague told me once that some Germans
were visiting at their US subsidiary where he was working, and asked him to
do up a simple type query on a  couple of files. But all the field names and
text were all in German, and he couldn't understand anything. He even
checked the "free translations" on the Net, which were absolutely totally
useless, he said, for understanding anything, he thinks due to the fact that
abbreviations are always used and the quality of translator software for the
task. He finally went to them and said he couldn't do it!

I would've pushed ahead I think, analyzing programs where the fies were used
and how they're titled in display files in any English-user-interfaced
situation, etc. etc. (as long as they want to pay the time), but didn't ask
him about that.

- Alan


----- Original Message -----
From: York, Albert <albert.york@nissan-usa.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 7:26 PM
Subject: RE: Multilanguage (Was V5 availability)


> I came across an RPG program once that was written in German. Although the
> op codes were all standard RPG (READ, ADD, MULT, etc), the variables and
> comments were in German (at least I think it was German). It was very
> difficult for me to follow, even though I can read RPG fairly fluently.
>
> That has given me a respect for people who program in English when it
isn't
> their native tongue.
>
> Albert York
>


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