Chapter 12
Language Translation
Much of today’s software is written for an international market. Worldwide sales enable vendors to maximize profits. In addition multinational companies often must build systems that cut across countries, cultures, and languages. Language translation can be a difficult issue. Data often is stored in the language of entry, but there can be a need to translate metadata, such as labels in forms and reports. This chapter presents the nucleus of a string translation model.
12.1 Alternative Architectures
Table 12.1 summarizes several approaches to language translation. It is convenient to consider abbreviation along with translation.
Table 12.1
Language Translation Approaches
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