tag:infinitekind.tenderapp.com,2009-01-14:/discussions/problems/348-locale-does-not-show-the-netherlands-on-english-osInfinite Kind: Discussion 2011-04-09T01:27:22Ztag:infinitekind.tenderapp.com,2009-01-14:Comment/4288282009-10-05T17:29:51Z2009-10-05T17:29:51ZLocale does not show The Netherlands on English OS<div><p>HI</p>
<p>The default moneydance locale is the 'current locale', as
defined by the operating system. That could be just about any
locale, however if Moneydance doesn't have a localization
translation for that locale then it will just use US English
translation info. If you change the locale in MD to any other
locale then they won't be able to change it back to the 'system'
locale since that doesn't actually exist in MD.</p>
<p>What this means is that Moneydance will try by default to match
to the locale specifed by the host operating system. If Moneydnace
doesn't have a translation for the Locale set on the host OS it
will use US English even though the option will show whatever was
specified by the OS.</p>
<p>I do not believe that Moneydance has a localization translation
for Netherlands. However we are open to translation contributions,
or even working out a paid translation, if you have any experience
and software localization let us know.</p>
<p>I am sorry for the confusion.</p>
<p>Sincerely</p>
<p>Ben Spencer</p></div>Ben Spencertag:infinitekind.tenderapp.com,2009-01-14:Comment/4288282009-10-05T18:46:17Z2009-10-05T18:46:21ZLocale does not show The Netherlands on English OS<div><ul>
<li>current locale as far as Windows is concerned, is Western
Europe, Amsterdam, Kopenhagen etc., Which is correct.</li>
<li>
<p>"I do not believe that Moneydance has a localization translation
for Netherlands. " You do. At least, MD does. I am not looking for
a Dutch translation, just wondering why MD lets the language of my
OS determine my "locale" in MD. This seems to me very bad practice:
please just let the user decide what locale and/or language he/she
wants to use. There are lots of reasons why people may have a OS in
a different language setting than they want most of their other
software to be.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Again: I use MD on my laptop, with The Netherlands as "locale".
So it is possible, MD does support it. So why cannot use this on my
desktop with an English OS? That was my question.</p>
</li>
</ul></div>A.Translatortag:infinitekind.tenderapp.com,2009-01-14:Comment/4288282009-10-05T19:06:37Z2009-10-05T19:06:37ZLocale does not show The Netherlands on English OS<div><p>I believe we might have a disagreement with the meaning of
terms. The Locale option in MD is used to set the language you want
to run the software in. Specifying the Locale option in MD
translates the software into a different language,</p>
<p>Moneydance does not have a built in local option for "The
Netherlands" that option was created dynamically when you first ran
Moneydance. It should have the same functionality as the "US
english" locale option.</p>
<p>The user can specify which locale option they want to use.
However we have to use something as a default option. We use the
locale option of the host OS as a best guess to set the default
to.</p>
<p>Once again I am sorry for the confusion. I realize this is not
exactly intuitive and I assure you you are not loosing anything by
not being able to set the Locale in MD on you English OS to "The
Netherlands". Setting it to US English should have the same
effect.</p>
<p>Sincerely</p>
<p>Ben Spencer</p></div>Ben Spencertag:infinitekind.tenderapp.com,2009-01-14:Comment/4288282009-10-08T07:29:12Z2009-10-08T07:29:16ZLocale does not show The Netherlands on English OS<div><p>Ok, thanks. It was confusing since the option "The Netherlands"
is available on my laptop.</p></div>A.Translator