Guest Paul (MVP) Posted June 20, 2008 Report Posted June 20, 2008 I get bothered by silly little things. The missus says it's ridiculous I have to have the things on my desk lined up in parallel (for example) when (she claims) I am something of a messy person. What can I say? It's an illness :( I'm not rambling on for nothing (for once), this leads me on to a long lasting annoyance on my devices... LOCALISATION! I live in the UK. I buy a UK device. From the UK. Maybe even from a UK network. I start using it... AND ALL THE DIALOGUES / MENUS are in American! ARGH! What's that all about? I have a sneaky suspicion it's because Microsoft don't make a UK English language pack available for Pocket PC (unlike Smartphone), but now i've got a shiny new HT CDiamond with the same problem... I figured it's time to do something about it :o Introducing... the 'Diamond UK Localization Project'. First - don't turn off if you have another 6.1 device that isn't a diamond! Altho I am developing and testing for my Diamond, the resources are likely shared with other 6.1 devices, so you may well want to give the installer a try. Version 1.0 of the installer is available in CAB form here, and will revert all those nasty 'favorites' to 'favourites'! :lol: It's likely this is just the tip of the iceberg, so i'm calling on fellow Diamond owners to spot US English spellings and report them in this topic so that I can edit the resources. Updates will be deployed via AppToDate (of course). Good idea? :D P
Guest pdtp Posted June 20, 2008 Report Posted June 20, 2008 WTF favourites??? is that really how you spell it over there??? you guys are weired. /troll looks cool though.
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted June 20, 2008 Report Posted June 20, 2008 lol, let's not EVEN start THAT discussion :D P
Guest awarner (MVP) Posted June 20, 2008 Report Posted June 20, 2008 Lets brung bak propr english speek gets mi vote :D Seriously though it's a good idea.
Guest penguin Posted June 20, 2008 Report Posted June 20, 2008 seems to work on the 6.1 Rom i've flashed to my hermes. Good work :D
Guest Syphon Filter Posted June 20, 2008 Report Posted June 20, 2008 Excellent idea. I hate American'isms eg color vs. colour!! Maybe you should do a "Street Speak" version as well...(innit?)
Guest Monolithix Posted June 20, 2008 Report Posted June 20, 2008 Is it bad that I hadnt even noticed? :s
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted June 20, 2008 Report Posted June 20, 2008 Mono - to the back of the class :D P
Guest Monolithix Posted June 20, 2008 Report Posted June 20, 2008 Hah! At least i can spell "Localisation" :D
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted June 20, 2008 Report Posted June 20, 2008 Naughty mono renaming the topic... tut tut... detention after school! P
Guest efjay Posted June 20, 2008 Report Posted June 20, 2008 Excellent idea! As a brit living in the US every little bit of the good old UK I can get is welcome.
Guest Alex (nedge2k) Posted June 20, 2008 Report Posted June 20, 2008 oooo...include the new iconbar icons too!! :D
Guest mwright Posted June 20, 2008 Report Posted June 20, 2008 First - don't turn off if you have another 6.1 device that isn't a diamond! Altho I am developing and testing for my Diamond, the resources are likely shared with other 6.1 devices, so you may well want to give the installer a try. Good idea? :D Oh - 6.1 only :-( I still have not plucked up the courage to "6.1" my Kaiser! Good idea nevertheless
Guest l3v5y Posted June 20, 2008 Report Posted June 20, 2008 Oh - 6.1 only :-( I still have not plucked up the courage to "6.1" my Kaiser! Good idea nevertheless I'm guesing any changes could be ported back... (if the changes are done through MUIs, they are themselves not backward compatable, but the same changes can be made elsewhere). I hate American spellings! Who's for some cockney rhyming slang built into the devices? :D :(
Guest UnLoCkSmItH Posted June 21, 2008 Report Posted June 21, 2008 WTF favourites??? is that really how you spell it over there??? you guys are weired. /troll looks cool though. The word is wierd my friend.. :D
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted June 21, 2008 Report Posted June 21, 2008 Found another to fix, 'Synchronize' in Activesync :D P
Guest nuttyphilt Posted June 22, 2008 Report Posted June 22, 2008 The word is wierd my friend.. :D Weird? :(
Guest spacemonkey Posted June 23, 2008 Report Posted June 23, 2008 There are plenty of good localisations out there... http://www.rinkworks.com/dialect/dialectt.cgi I dig bodered by silly little doodads. De missus says it's ridiculous ah' have t'have da damn din's on mah' desk lined down in parallel (fo' 'esample) when (she claims) ah' am sump'n uh a messy sucka'. Whut kin ah' say? It's an illness I'm not ramblin' on fo' nodin' (fo' once), dis leads me on t'a long lastin' annoyance on mah' devices... LOCALISATION! Right on! ah' live in de UK. ah' steal some UK device. From de UK. Maybe even fum some UK netwo'k. Ya' know? ah' start usin' it. Man!.. AND ALL THE DIALOGUES / MENUS is in American! Right on! ARGH! Right on! Whut's dat all about? ah' have some sneaky suspicion it's cuz' Microsoft duzn't make some UK English language pack available fo' Pocket PC (unlikes Smartphone), but now i've gots some shiny new HT CDiamond wid de same problem. WORD!.. ah' figured it's time t'do sump'n about it Introducin'... de 'Diamond UK Localizashun Project'. Fust - duzn't turn off if ya' gots anoda' 6.1 device dat ain't some diamond! Right on! Aldo ah' am developin' and testin' fo' mah' Diamond, de resources is likesly shared wid oda' 6.1 devices, so's ya' may well wanna cut de installa' a try. Slap mah fro! Version 1.0 uh de installa' is available in CAB fo'm here, and gots'ta revert all dose nasty 'favo'ites' t''favourites'! Right on! It's likesly dis be plum de tip uh de iceberg, so's i'm callin' on dude Diamond owners t'spot US English spellin's and repo't dem in dis topic so's dat ah' can edit da damn resources. Downdates gots'ta be deployed via AppToDate (of course). Good idea? P
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted June 23, 2008 Report Posted June 23, 2008 Haha, cool! P PS Spacemonkey! :D You're alive!
Guest spacemonkey Posted June 23, 2008 Report Posted June 23, 2008 What can I say, I've turned into a forum lurker... I am seriously thinking about getting myself a diamond when they go retail, so this translation looks like a primo addition. Haha, cool! P PS Spacemonkey! :D You're alive!
Guest UnLoCkSmItH Posted June 23, 2008 Report Posted June 23, 2008 Weird? :D Yeh I forgot, that one completely defies the "i" before "e" rule lol :(
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