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OpenEdge Development: Translation Manager
Preparing Your Application for Translation
 
Preparing Your Application for Translation
If you are going to translate your software, it is important to think about internationalization issues during the design phase. If your software can support a variety of cultural requirements (different alphabets, different date formats, translations of user‑interface elements), you will have access to a larger worldwide market than if your software only works for a single audience. And if you have designed your software with translation issues in mind, the entire translation process will be simpler and less costly with a better end product.
Before using the Translation Manager, read OpenEdge Development: Internationalizing Applications, which has information on internationalization and localization issues that your developers should be aware of in order to make the translation process as smooth as possible
This chapter describes the following topics:
*Advantages of planning ahead
*4GL considerations
*Screen layout considerations
*Where to go for more information