![labelExample.text =
! NSLocalizedString(@"NSLocalizedString() example",
! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! @"Translate 'example' only");
if (papayas == 0) {
papayaPlurality = NSLocalizedString(@"NoPapayas",
! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! @"No papayas.");
additionalComment = NSLocalizedString(@"How sad.",
! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! @"Regretfulness");
}
return [NSString stringWithFormat:
! ! ! ! NSLocalizedString(@"You have %d %@. %@",
! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! @"Papaya possession"),
! ! ! ! papayas, papayaPlurality, additionalComment];
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Localizing iOS Apps
- 1. Localizing iOS Apps Anthony Weiss weissazool.com anthony@weissazool.com Friday, November 9, 12
- 2. Why localize? Friday, November 9, 12
- 3. You make more money. Friday, November 9, 12
- 4. Fixed cost of translation vs. Unlimited potential upside Friday, November 9, 12
- 5. Time investment: Minimal. Friday, November 9, 12
- 6. How to prepare your app for localization: NSLocalizedString(key, comment) Friday, November 9, 12
- 7. labelExample.text = ! NSLocalizedString(@"NSLocalizedString() example", ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! @"Translate 'example' only"); if (papayas == 0) { papayaPlurality = NSLocalizedString(@"NoPapayas", ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! @"No papayas."); additionalComment = NSLocalizedString(@"How sad.", ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! @"Regretfulness"); } return [NSString stringWithFormat: ! ! ! ! NSLocalizedString(@"You have %d %@. %@", ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! @"Papaya possession"), ! ! ! ! papayas, papayaPlurality, additionalComment]; Friday, November 9, 12
- 8. Comments can give your translators context. Friday, November 9, 12
- 9. Everything’s in NSLocalizedString(). Now what? The genstrings command-line tool. Friday, November 9, 12
- 10. What’s genstrings? genstrings searches your code for macros related to localization, including NSLocalizedString(). Friday, November 9, 12
- 11. genstrings en.lproj genstrings -o target-directory source-files genstrings -o target-directory other-source-files -a Friday, November 9, 12
- 12. /* Translate 'example' only */ "NSLocalizedString() example" = ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! "NSLocalizedString() example"; /* No papayas. */ "NoPapayas" = "papayas"; /* Regretfulness */ "How sad." = "How sad."; /* Papaya possession */ "You have %d %@. %@" = "You have %1$d %2$@. %3$@"; Friday, November 9, 12
- 13. /* Translate 'example' only */ "NSLocalizedString() example" = "Ejemplo de ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! NSLocalizedString()"; /* No papayas. */ "NoPapayas" = "papayas"; /* Regretfulness */ "How sad." = "Que lástima. "; /* Papaya possession */ "You have %d %@. %@" = "%3$@Usted tiene %1$d %2$@."; Friday, November 9, 12
- 14. /* Papaya possession */ "You have %d %@. %@" = "You have %1$d %2$@. %3$@"; /* Papaya possession */ "You have %d %@. %@" = "%3$@Usted tiene %1$d %2$@."; Friday, November 9, 12
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- 16. How does NSLocalizedString() work? It’s dictionaries all the way down. Friday, November 9, 12
- 17. NSLocalizedStringFrom Table(key, table, comment) Looks up your string in table.strings Friday, November 9, 12
- 18. Adding localizations to your project Let’s localizing! Friday, November 9, 12
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- 20. I’ve got images with English text in them. Friday, November 9, 12
- 22. en.lproj/aybabtu.png ja.lproj/aybabtu.png Friday, November 9, 12
- 23. en.lproj/aybabtu.png ja.lproj/aybabtu.png es.lproj/aybabtu.png Friday, November 9, 12
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- 25. I like Interface Builder. I don’t want to set my UI text in code. Friday, November 9, 12
- 26. ibtool ibtool --generate-strings-file MainStoryboard.strings MainStoryboard.storyboard ibtool --generate-strings-file NibName.strings NibName.xib Friday, November 9, 12
- 27. /* Class = "IBUILabel"; text = "This text has been laid out in the nib."; ObjectID = "3ZM-yV-HpI"; */ "3ZM-yV-HpI.text" = "This text has been laid out ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! in the nib."; /* Class = "IBUILabel"; text = "Just the way I like it!"; ObjectID = "Oxg-9T-bKW"; */ "Oxg-9T-bKW.text" = "Just the way I like it!"; Friday, November 9, 12
- 28. ibtool --strings-file es.lproj/MainStoryboard.strings --write es.lproj/MainStoryboard.storyboard en.lproj/MainStoryboard.storyboard ibtool --strings-file target-language/NibName.strings --write target-language/NibName.xib base-language/NibName.xib Friday, November 9, 12
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- 32. Money, revisited. Friday, November 9, 12
- 33. • Cost of translation: ¥8,000 • Revenue per sale: ¥60 • Sell 8000/60 = 135 extra apps in that language to break even. Friday, November 9, 12
- 34. Localization gives you a competitive advantage. Which you need to leverage with sales and marketing. Friday, November 9, 12
- 35. Additional Resources • https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/ LoadingResources/Strings/Strings.html • https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/MacOSX/ Conceptual/BPInternational/Articles/LocalizingInterfaces.html • http://gengo.com/contact-support/quality-policy/ • http://kb.applingua.com/2011/10/3rd-party-localization-string-extraction- tools/ Friday, November 9, 12
- 36. WZLocalize github.com/weissazool/WZLocalize Friday, November 9, 12