Localization translation - how do you get it done? - Windows Phone 7 Software Development

I'm currently working on the next update for the 1800PocketPC app, which will
introduce articles being automatically translated into whatever language you choose.
Because of this, I thought it was about time I made the app itself available in a number of languages.
What I need help with is:
What do you think are the 'main' languages I should get the app translated into?
Who/where/what do you get to translate your apps for you?
I'm tempted to just put another post on here at some point
and a post on 1800PocketPC itself asking for volunteers,
but I thought it might be worth asking how other wpdvs get it done
Edit : I do know how to localize an app, Im not asking how to do that.
Just wanting peoples thoughts on where to find people to create translated resource files for me.

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MySmartPanel English v0.1

Hey guys, was a bit bored yesterday travelling from Singapore to Malaysia. So I started making a translation of the Korean MySmartPanel.
This is v0.1 as I have only changed a few things. Will change relevant URLs as possible, and as much other stuff as possible when I get back to Sweden and can use my Data Transfering again to verify the work. As of now, since I do not have Korean character support, I have simply made educated guesses of what these titles link to. And as I am noob at DLL editing I don't know how to extend bit-strings, resulting in "Applications" being called "App" etc. If someone knows how to make bit strings longer without messing up internal references please let me know and I will correct it.
Any feedback is appreciated. Thanks!
Demo video:
YouTube, thanks turnstar
MediaFire
can you post a screenshot? thanks in advance!
screenshot plz
just download the small video - its looks nice - I'll try it out.
I uploaded the video to youtube so no one has to download it to see it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0hCDD3y998
MrRusch: Feel free to add this link to your first post. Also sorry if you didn't want me doing this, I can take it down if you want.
good work.thanks.
Thanks for this. Nice to have something new to play with.
Now... If someone could translate the 'create your own panel page'
http://xperia.diocean.co.kr:8089/write.aspx
It would seem that you can choose two background pictures for normal and portrait mode and pick different program sets from the drop down list.
Not sure about the other fields though.
there was an italian website that had a english section that let u make your own panel. google it and im sure it will come up.
i make lots of panels from it. all u needed was a text doc with the html code and 4 pictures, 2 portrait (one large and one small) and 2 landscape pics (also one large and one small). the pics are just what i see in the panel manager.

Change MIUI themes' language from Chinese to English

I'm not really an expert in this kind of stuff, but because someone asked me to do anotherone, I thought I'd just do a simple tutorial.
I know that it's not that well explained, but I was searching for this a long time ago and didn't really find anything, this is just from experience, so don't expect too much of it.
It's really not that hard:
1. Rename the .mtz to .zip
2. Open it with whatever you open your zips with.
3. Anything you can't open, just open it with winrar or whatever.
4. Search through everything and open manifest.xml (I think... most of the time the rest is just ****)
5. In that manifest.xml, you just search for anything that looks chinese and use google translate to translate it. ( if the translation sucks, just make a normal sentance of it)
6. Save the changes and just try it out. (be sure to rename it to .xml first)
Hope it was usefull.
(I know my English isn't always that good, but please ignore it)
PS: (Some things might not be up to date anymore, because I'm not really on MIUI anymore)
best way is to find a chinese and let him/her change it for u.LOL
That's all well and good, but why can't Android do this automatically like Chrome can?
not working. the only xml file i found is rather simple, and nothing there in chinese. all in English.
Justinjesse said:
best way is to find a chinese and let him/her change it for u.LOL
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Wrong! Never do this way! Always get a native English speaker to translate the Chinese. This is how language translation is done! SOURCE -> TARGET your translator must be a native speaker of the TARGET language. Using native speakers of the SOURCE language results in Chinglish, which either sounds awkward, ridiculous, or incomprehensible.
haha! chinese and asians have decent english grammar so it depends
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gromky said:
Wrong! Never do this way! Always get a native English speaker to translate the Chinese. This is how language translation is done! SOURCE -> TARGET your translator must be a native speaker of the TARGET language. Using native speakers of the SOURCE language results in Chinglish, which either sounds awkward, ridiculous, or incomprehensible.
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Pretty sure it was a joke mr serious
Sent from my HTC Vision using xda premium
I translated the the but after translatation the miui rom won't setting the theme, giving error "null: download failed"
I tried to edit one, but failed thanks noobness of google translator
plz help me
manifest.xml file is not there plz help
Not hapoy
why cant they just put english as a language options in the apps.... duh

[BETA] SpeechyVTS

A translator you can really talk to, literally. Say what you need and Speechy VTS will translate and speak out loud what you said in English for others to know what you really need or if you're just trying to learn the language to prepare for your trip.
So when you're at the Airport and no one speaks English and you don't know the native tongue, you can say "How do I get to Terminal B" and know someone who speaks Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, or French can help.
Currently in BETA and as we've encountered 1-error out of 10 so far, we may be needing more testers but on a non-AT&T Network. If you're interested, please let me know as we will contact you if you're deemed needed.
Thank you all for our continued support by XDA and it's users, YOU!
Nice app, but I have question: Does app supports other languages, or only those listed ?
lseidman said:
A translator you can really talk to, literally. Say what you need and Speechy VTS will translate and speak out loud what you said in English for others to know what you really need or if you're just trying to learn the language to prepare for your trip.
So when you're at the Airport and no one speaks English and you don't know the native tongue, you can say "How do I get to Terminal B" and know someone who speaks Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, or French can help.
Currently in BETA and as we've encountered 1-error out of 10 so far, we may be needing more testers but on a non-AT&T Network. If you're interested, please let me know as we will contact you if you're deemed needed.
Thank you all for our continued support by XDA and it's users, YOU!
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you can count on me for testing your app
Budniu said:
Nice app, but I have question: Does app supports other languages, or only those listed ?
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Hi Budniu,
Currently at the time of the screen shot, those were the only languages supported but we've now migrated to a whole new speech service that is using a speech server hosted in the cloud...
We we're trying to make it a non-net connected App but we've gotten requests/concerns wanting other languages like Babel fish, Bing & Google Translators offer.
Good thing is, we don't make App's around us and what we want. We make what YOU, the users want and that is our main goal.
tessut said:
you can count on me for testing your app
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That is so terrific to hear! We can't wait for you to try it out too and see what you think about it...
Unfortunately though, an automatic closing issue kept occurring on non-US Phone Carriers using SpeechyVTS 0.0.6B. Everyone who got a pre-existing copy, including USA has been asked to please remove from his/her phone, just temporarily.
Good news is, we've spotted the error and I think pretty much done but just want to make sure it's workable and stays loaded before allowing even US users access once again... We will notify you ALL immediately and update the screen shot.
I appreciate your message as it's nice to know we have others interested!
if you still need non-us-testers, i could help out. language: german, englisch
diboze said:
if you still need non-us-testers, i could help out. language: german, englisch
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Hi Diboze,
We certainly do. New Artwork is being applied and version 0.0.9B will hopefully be made available tonight.
Once everything is encrypted and ready for release we will let you and others who are interested aware.
Thank you,
Lance
is this homebrew or will it be available via the marketplace ?
the0ne said:
is this homebrew or will it be available via the marketplace ?
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Hello,
It will be made available to the Marketplace with our other currently available App's. To see all of our App's and where eventually you can find this and any upcoming App's at:
http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/publishers/Compulsive%20Technology
Hope this answers your question?
Thanks,
Lance
0.0.9B
Speechy: VTS got a bit of a face-lift... Here she is! Now with a iPhone "like" scroll list to easily scroll through the list of languages and the list acts just like an iPhone list as it can be flicked and extra "cushion" to the top and bottom of the list when you pull/scroll through it...
Icon's/Tiles are being revamped... All those who were interested in testing, you'll be notified.
Thank you,
Lance
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ill gladly test it as well
tmobile
hd7
id you need another U.S. tester
Hello,
With the new update, all testers are desired. We've changed how Speechy works almost entirely as for functionality to try and make it, without sounding too rude, idiot proof.
I will notify you once the file is encrypted and ready for export.
Thank you,
Lance
knightsoldier said:
ill gladly test it as well
tmobile
hd7
id you need another U.S. tester
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Please provide your emails in private for testing...
BETA Requests ENDING!
I would like to thank EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, you've all been great and have made this very exciting for us.
However, we've gotten an outrageous amount of requests which will be ending, tonight. We will not be allowing anyone else as of 11/23/11 - 9:45 PM PDT. Very sorry but as we didn't want to turn anyone down, we got mass amounts of requests!
Q: Will you have any other BETA's?
A: Yes! We're actually fixing it up for the 3rd BETA release but making this public, just like this as it seems to be AMAZING people wishing to try our stuff.
Q: ... But will it be Voice Enabled?
A: Actually, it is... The App is named TESA (The Extremely Smart App) and it is our take on the ever so popular iPhone 4GS Plugin, Siri.
Q: Is it just like Siri?
A: No. TESA is programmed with a hundred+ (or will be) options/functionality and really to be used to help those who are blind or bad vision and additionally for general use of course.
Q: Hundred options? Doesn't sound like much!
A: It is quite a bit but that's ok as we're making this a public TODO List where you the users get to help add functionality in to an App. With a simple form, submit a desired task OR word/phrase/etc and could be added and in some cases (if verified) instantly!
As for TESA, we'll need a valid Full Name, Zipcode and Email but not everyone will be elected to try it unfortunately and please wait until the thread for it is created before requesting to help.
Thank you all yet again!
Sincerely,
Lance
Quick question: it will be a free/ad-based app, or paid?
For promoting (so aggressively) commercial app you should pick another forum, AFAIK...
It will be free. If you wish to have the entirely other edition with OCR translations included (not shown), that will be paid. TESA will be free as well, maybe a popup but doesn't seem logical since really no UI for it and can use Bluetooth to use it.
I forgot to ask... Which forum should I be directed to for my commercial apps?
sensboston said:
Quick question: it will be a free/ad-based app, or paid?
For promoting (so aggressively) commercial app you should pick another forum, AFAIK...
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lseidman said:
I forgot to ask... Which forum should I be directed to for my commercial apps?
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For the paid apps, xda has a corresponding forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=993
sensboston said:
For the paid apps, xda has a corresponding forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=993
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Very good, I will start adding them in once we develop one/release.
Thank you.
Deep Link Download Option
Hello,
If you've been added to the BETA but can't access the file? Please open your web browser to: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/1b8d1380-45f9-41ab-bdba-5c1ed248f507.
This is the "deep link" to the App and will allow you to go forth and obtain it. If your email does not match your LIVE Account, you will be forbidden from being able to obtain it.
If you continue to have access issues, please alert me.
Thank you,
Lance

[REQ] Creation of MOD

Hi !
I'm here to ask you if it is possible to create a MOD. I know this is not the place to post but I have an account newbie.
I have think a MOD who tweet, post on Facebook (and google + etc ...) from multitasking. The idea is when you support the "tweeter" for example, we have the pop-up of twitter.
Otherwise by creating small apps (which would be better (easier installation ...))
I come to speak to you to know what you think, and to find a person or group that might realized this idea.
Thank you for reading.
PS : If there's mistakes, it's because I'm French
PS2: I have wanted to illustrate it, but I'm not allowed to putting a link in the topic.

Develop apps for Nokia 220 and Nokia 225 (S30+ platform)?

I have posted this question on StackOverflow, Reverse Engineering Stack Exchange but no one answer
Did anyone remember the Mediatek's MRE (MAUI runtime environment)? That thing has completely gone since 2016. Does anyone have a way to do this? As I described in the links, someone said that the application needs to be signed before running on Nokia S30+. Does anyone have a sign tool or something like that? Thanks!
In this forum, if I remembered well, there are tutorials for creating VXP apps for watchface for some Mediatek-based watches, but when I try that, it does not work.
Currently I'm reversing the Nokia 225's firmware to see how it loads the vxp binary and vertify its signature, but the firmware is somehow encrypted. Does anyone have a full firmware dump from flash of a Nokia 220/225 or any S30+ devices?
Thank you so much!
Hey there, I don't have an answer to your question but would you be willing to answer a small question pertaining to what you asked?
I have a Nokia 225 4G, and I'm wondering how to uninstall system apps like Facebook and Opera Mini that come pre-installed with the phone. Is there some sort of developer option that can be enabled like on other android phones? You seem to be an expert with this kind of thing so I thought I'd ask.
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Hey there, I don't have an answer to your question but would you be willing to answer a small question pertaining to what you asked?
I have a Nokia 225 4G, and I'm wondering how to uninstall system apps like Facebook and Opera Mini that come pre-installed with the phone. Is there some sort of developer option that can be enabled like on other android phones? You seem to be an expert with this kind of thing so I thought I'd ask.
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Hello! I did find the answer to my question (you can see the answer in RE.SE).
About your question, I think it's possible to do this. I have seen some API in MRE SDK to do this kind of thing. Also, I'm not an expert in this kind of thing )
You might want to reach [Ximik_Boda](https://4pda.to/forum/index.php?showuser=6288932) using QMS feature in 4pda forum. He is an expert in MRE development. In fact, my answer in RE.SE is based on his research. Sign up an account (there are tutorial on the Internet for signing up an account on 4pda forum for people who don't understand Russian, like me), and then ask him in Russian (he won't chat to you in English). You might want to use Google Translate. Even if you are not native English speaker, try writing the message in English and then translate it to Russian, it will be much more accurate than translate from your native language to Russian (I tried that).
I will ask him your question to see if it's possible to do that. Thanks!
raspiduino said:
Hello! I did find the answer to my question (you can see the answer in RE.SE).
About your question, I think it's possible to do this. I have seen some API in MRE SDK to do this kind of thing. Also, I'm not an expert in this kind of thing )
You might want to reach [Ximik_Boda](https://4pda.to/forum/index.php?showuser=6288932) using QMS feature in 4pda forum. He is an expert in MRE development. In fact, my answer in RE.SE is based on his research. Sign up an account (there are tutorial on the Internet for signing up an account on 4pda forum for people who don't understand Russian, like me), and then ask him in Russian (he won't chat to you in English). You might want to use Google Translate. Even if you are not native English speaker, try writing the message in English and then translate it to Russian, it will be much more accurate than translate from your native language to Russian (I tried that).
I will ask him your question to see if it's possible to do that. Thanks!
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Wow man thank you so much! That's so awesome that you reached out to him with my question. I'll do the same if I can make an account...I'll need to find someone who can read Russian to help with the captcha.
Again, thank you for your help.
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Wow man thank you so much! That's so awesome that you reached out to him with my question. I'll do the same if I can make an account...I'll need to find someone who can read Russian to help with the captcha.
Again, thank you for your help.
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You don't need anyone to read the captcha. You can bypass it: https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/how-to-bypass-4pda-captchas/
raspiduino said:
Hello! I did find the answer to my question (you can see the answer in RE.SE).
About your question, I think it's possible to do this. I have seen some API in MRE SDK to do this kind of thing. Also, I'm not an expert in this kind of thing )
You might want to reach [Ximik_Boda](https://4pda.to/forum/index.php?showuser=6288932) using QMS feature in 4pda forum. He is an expert in MRE development. In fact, my answer in RE.SE is based on his research. Sign up an account (there are tutorial on the Internet for signing up an account on 4pda forum for people who don't understand Russian, like me), and then ask him in Russian (he won't chat to you in English). You might want to use Google Translate. Even if you are not native English speaker, try writing the message in English and then translate it to Russian, it will be much more accurate than translate from your native language to Russian (I tried that).
I will ask him your question to see if it's possible to do that. Thanks!
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Sorry, my stupid! Nokia 225 4G is not the same as Nokia 225. I have searched on the internet and found that it run S30 OS.
From this Reddit post (
https://www.reddit.com/r/dumbphones/comments/mup1gg
) it's said that it's not possible to uninstall apps from Nokia 225 4G.
Why do you want to uninstall it? I don't think it will free much storage.
Is there a way to side load apps into these things? And the OS doesn’t seem to be Series 30+ anymore…
SurferX said:
Is there a way to side load apps into these things? And the OS doesn’t seem to be Series 30+ anymore…
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Yes, and it seems that the OS is a variation of KaiOS. Maybe you can ask people on some KaiOS forum?
And if I rembered correctly there are some example app repos for KaiOS on Github.
Good luck!
EDIT: if you are out of luck and really want to do this, I would suggest finding some flash tool to read the ROM and reverse engineer it. Or you can find some debug port (JTAG) or debug mode (like AT commands?) to dump the flash.
Or just desolder the flash IC and read it back (but it will be hard)
Actually, the OS on the feature phones without WiFi ex, Nokia 225 run something called Smart Feature OS which is proprietry. The app store is from gameloft afaik.
In that case you might want to find firmware updates of the phone and analyze it, or dump the flash from the phone and RE it
surferboii said:
Actually, the OS on the feature phones without WiFi ex, Nokia 225 run something called Smart Feature OS which is proprietry. The app store is from gameloft afaik.
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I'm researching the Nokia 225 4G TA-1282, and Nokia's site states that it does indeed run S30+.

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