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Subject: Re: Is translating server messages really worth it?
From: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>
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Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 09:51:54 +0200
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> On 26 Sep 2023, at 22:17, Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume@lelarge.info> =
wrote:
> Le mar. 26 sept. 2023 =C3=A0 11:28, Pavlo Golub <pavlo.golub@gmail.com =
<mailto:pavlo.golub@gmail.com>> a =C3=A9crit :

> Satisfying requirements
> It sounds bureaucratic; nevertheless, we need a fully translated =
product to pass some government, military, and education requirements. =
I've met a situation when a product lost tender only because it wasn't =
localized. And I don't need to remind which products are always =
localized and in good shape: mssql, oracle, etc.
>=20
> I don't believe we have this issue in France. At the very least, I've =
never heard about this in France. Having a french manual, yes. But =
French translation of server logs, I don't think so.

Interesting, I think we have the opposite.  While not mandatory in =
Sweden I
believe "software available in Swedish" is a quite common constraint in
gov/council etc tenders (and unless there is a constraint on which =
messages it
applies to, it applies to all of the software but not the manual).

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Daniel Gustafsson