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Chinese Localization for JDK Tools

JDK 5.0 Update 3 shipped today, and with it a new feature for Chinese developers: The JDK tools have been localized into simplified Chinese. The JDK thus joins other tools such as NetBeans and Java Studio Creator in recognizing the growing importance of the Chinese developer community. The localization is also available in JDK 6.0, starting with last week’s build B33.

The tools of the Java™ 2 Platform Standard Edition Development Kit (yes, that’s the full name of the JDK) are now localized into three languages: Simplified Chinese, English, and Japanese. The Java™ 2 Platform Standard Edition Runtime Environment (more commonly known as JRE) continues to be localized into ten languages: Simplified and traditional Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, and Swedish.

2005-04-28 (Donnerstag) – Comments [0]

JDK 6.0 Internationalization Features

A new article about features under development for JDK 6.0 has a section on internationalization features. The big theme is opening up the architecture of the internationalization frameworks – enabling different implementations of resource bundles as well as the provision of locale data for locales that Sun doesn’t know enough about. The long awaited normalization API and a Japanese calendar round out the feature set.

Developers working on the server side should read this section of the article despite the article’s title – all listed internationalization features are part of core Java and useful on both desktop and server. The Java Internationalization team just happens to be part of the Java Client Group at Sun, and so we got invited to participate. Developers working on desktop applications of course will want to read the entire article.

2005-04-20 (Mittwoch) – Comments [0]
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