Question about Localization

[PatCSharp]

Once the default assembly(xxxxx.resx) is created from a localization project, how does one extract it from the project and send it out to be translated and how do you bring it back into the project?

 

[chiph]

For each culture you want added, you would add a new .resx file to your project (right-click, add new file..)

You would include the culture name in the name of the file. When you build, VS.NET will create a series of folders automatically, and your localized resource (satellite) assemblies will be put in there.
[tt]
MyApp.resx The neutral culture resource file
MyApp.en.resx The generic English resource file
MyApp.en-US.resx The US English resource file
MyApp.en-UK.resx The UK English resource file
MyApp.fr.resx The generic French resource file
MyApp.fr-CA.resx The French-Canadian resource file
[/tt]

The build will create these folders:
[tt]
.\debug\bin
.\en\debug\bin
.\en-US\debug\bin
.\en-UK\debug\bin
.\fr\debug\bin
.\fr-CA\debug\bin
[/tt]
which will contain the resources above as .dll assemblies. You should replicate this structure with your setup program on your target (user) PC if you're using XCopy-style deployment.

Chip H.

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[PatCSharp]

Chiph,

I fully understand the steps described above but there is still something that I am not getting which is the translation part. How do I "take" the (i.e., MyApp.fr.resx) and give it to a french person to translate and then incorporate it back into the project? Somewhere in the localization process, I have to hand a document or file over to a translator...what do I hand over and how do I do it?

Thanks