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Multilingual Opera

More Web for more people

~~Charles McCathieNevile~~

Chaals

Opera Software

Opera

Created in Norwegian
(Web was in english)
Browsers
- On all kind of devices
My.Opera.com
Widgets, add-ons
Websites, etc

Some key markets...

Japanese: Phones / Devices
Russian: Desktops, Phones
Vietnamese: My.Opera, phones
India, Iran: Phones

Technology

UTF-16: good for CJK efficiency
UTF-8: Better for the real world
PO files: For software
XLIFF: For text content

Processes

Opera Desktop: Agency or Volunteer
Opera Mini: Agencies
Widgets, extensions: Developer
My.Opera, Web: Community, Agencies

Issues

XLIFF: Over-engineered?
Translators' tools: Lack of interoperability
Word-breaking algorithms: Dictionaries get large
Layout (RTL, vertical…): Scariest part of browser code

Issues

Understanding: People don't get translation
Multilingual translators: Using multiple source languages
Extensibility: Decentralised translations information

Thank you!

chaals@opera.com

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