Localisation: what is available?

Hi,

After launching a field to help with Covid restrictions ( https://apps.garmin.com/en-IE/apps/893891d9-08e9-4bac-afee-127d5731a7b1 ) that was applicable to France as well as Ireland, I added French translations for the first time on any of my fields and... well, my first review was one I needed google translate for...

But...

I have never seem anything other than an English language (or at least the American assault on same) fields.

It got me thinking;

What do people see in other languages?

How are those language searches selected?

Is there a way for me to review, say, an Italian ConnectIQ search to work out whether or not to bother translating one or more of my apps?

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0 jim_m_58 over 5 years ago

Take a look at the "strings" sample in the SDK. In the sim you can set language in "settings" and on a watch, under Settings>System>Language.

Look at the Programmer's guide too.

0 9635560 over 5 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

Thanks, but I’m not talking about the nuts and bolts of implementation- as I say, I’ve already built and released multiple languages.

What I am curious about is how I can see what a Frenchman in France would see.

In other words; as far as I have experienced, Garmin exists solely in English, but I know that is not even a fraction of the whole picture.

How can I see what is available in another language when I cannot even find a single field (even the one I have built and released and had reviewed) that doesn’t use English?

+1 jim_m_58 over 5 years ago in reply to 9635560

Have you tried changing the language setting on your device? You may have to uninstall and then reinstall after you change.

+1 jim_m_58 over 5 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

Just tried the stings sample I mentioned in the sim, and there if under settings>language in the sim if I pick french or german, I see french or german.

0 9635560 over 5 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

Perfect. Thanks.

Also, eye-opening. If I were French, I’d be seriously irritated!

Forget white privilege; Anglophone-privilege will be the new PC. ;)

+1 9635560 over 5 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

I’ve just found a better, or at least easier, way.

If you view in the browser, the URI has a language code in it.

Change le code et voila!

https://apps.garmin.com/fr-FR/apps/542d099f-4f5d-46af-8c71-11c17c4f2f1c

Mon produit et toutes Garmin en Français!