1. Build 2015
9/20/2018
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2. Localizing Windows UAP apps using the Multilingual App Toolkit
Build 2014
9/20/2018
Cameron Lerum
Sr. Program Manager
Operating Systems Group
Francis Zhou
Sr. Program Manager
Developer Platform
Localizing Windows UAP apps using the Multilingual App Toolkit
2-90
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3. Multilingual App Toolkit
Developers focus on features, not languages
Seamless localization workflow
Instant access to translation services
Enables community and professional services

4. SimpleInk Localization demo

5. Globalization Demystified
Windows.Globalization.NumberFormatting
DecimalFormatter
PercentFormatter
CurrencyFormatter
PermilleFormatter
Windows.Globalization.DateTimeFormatting
DateTimeFormatter
Windows.Globalization
Calendar

6. Globalization Demystified
AVOID
Handcrafted formatting
String.Format(“{0}/{1}/{2}”, Month, Day, Year)
String.Format("${0:0.00}", );
Ignoring user’s language preferences
PrimaryLanguageOverride is permanent – use with care.
Creating specialized calendar UI controls

7. Localization Demystified
Use resource files for all localizable strings
However, hard-code strings that should not be localized
Translations may require 40% more space
Utilize resource binding
Store: x:Uid for XAML, data-win-res for HTML
ResourceLoader.GetString(“MyResourceID”)
Use resource qualifiers for culture specific images

8. Resources

9. Multilingual App Toolkit Resources
Download v4.0
Announcements
User voice site

10. Translation Resources
Microsoft Translator Developer Site
Microsoft Language Portal

11. Localization Samples http://aka.ms/datetime
Date and time formatting sample
Number formatting and parsing sample
Application resources and localization sample