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Starting with pseudolocalization

Starting with pseudolocalization

From the course: Localization for Developers

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Starting with pseudolocalization

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- The end of the internationalization process comes once you've gotten everything that might need to be translated or modified out of your code, and you've built in any new systems to make your code more flexible to support new settings. The very last step in internationalization is what's known as pseudo-localization. Before you work with any translators you can create a localization file that replaces all of your content with placeholder text and media, to make sure that your system is correctly pulling that information into your application, there are a number of benefits to this. A blank or nearly blank pseudo-localization you can test string replacement. If all of your strings are replaced to contain a specific character you'll be able to see pretty quickly if any of your on screen text still needs to be pulled into your localization management system. This helps you track down any last strings you may have missed, and make sure they have been properly pulled out of the code. By…

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