globalization

I am currently trying to figure out how to localize the error messages generated by MVC. Let me use the default model binder as an example, so I can explain the problem. Assuming I have a form, where a user enters thier age. The user then enters "ten" in to the form, but instead of getting the expected error of "Age must be beween 18 and 25." the message "The value 'ten' is not valid for Age." is displayed. The entity's age property is defined below: [Range(18, 25, ErrorMessageResourceType = typeof (Errors), ErrorMessageResourceName = "Age", ErrorMessage = "Range_ErrorMessage")] public int Age

I was just wondering what is the best way to handle multiple languages on a web page? Should I create an event in the load where I change the labels of all my controls to the approrpiate language text, or is there a better way? I am using .NET framework, thanks. For ASP.NET, use Resource files. This will let you provide multilingual functionality and you can add translations without needing to recompile. http://www.beansoftware.com/ASP.NET-Tutorials/Globalisation-Multilingual-CultureInfo.aspx You will want to look at the section of the MSDN documentation that deals with localization and

I've been searching for the answer over the net, but I don't seem to be able to find a comprehensive list of all languages available for my app with their exact display name. (I find many lists, but none of them seem to match the language strings I have. Read on.) The closest one I found is this one, but is not complete. I am coding a plugin in C# where the text is exported from SDL Trados Studio to Word and the language is set accordingly in Word. I need to write a custom method that casts these language names to their relevant Word.Language equivalent. This is because Trados (using the

We have localised strings in the database and would like to know if extending the ASP.NET Resource Provider Model would work with the ASP.NET MVC 3 Razor view engine. Kindly let me know if ASP.NET MVC 3 Razor view engine supports retrieving localized strings from the database once we have extended the ASP.NET Resource Provider model. Or does it work only with Classic ASP.NET and not with ASP.NET MVC. Thank you Satyaprakash J The cleanest solution I've found so far is: http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/514321/A-Simple-and-Effective-Way-to-Localize-ASP-Net-MVC . Comments/Feedback are welcomed.

I'm working on a project and I'm just starting to do all the work necessary to globalize the application. One thing that comes up quite often is whether to globalize the exception messages, but ensuring that string.Format uses CultureInfo.CurrentCulture instead of CultureInfo.InvariantCulture. Additionally this would mean that exception messages would be stored in resource files that can be marked as culture-specific. So the question is, should exception messages be globalized or should be be left in either the InvariantCulture or the author's country; in my case en-US. Jon Skeet Exception

What is the best practice for specifying CurrentCulture or InvariantCulture and not specifying the culture at all? From what I have read, if you're doing serialization, for instance, you need InvariantCulture as a means of specifying a canonical representation of a data value. That's a relatively small percentage of culture-based string manipulations. I find it long, verbose, and ugly most of the time to specify it every time I do, say: var greeting = string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, "Hello ", userName); However, my team recently turned FxCop on and now there's a push to always use