7 Internationalization

Internationalization is the process of creating software that can be translated more easily. Changes to the code are not specific to any particular market.

Oracle Retail applications have been internationalized to support multiple languages.

For information on updating Mobile Point-of-Service text for different locales, see "Changing Text" in Chapter 2.

Translation

Translation is the process of interpreting and adapting text from one language into another. Although the code itself is not translated, components of the application that are translated include the following:

• Graphical user interface (GUI)

• Error messages

The following components are not translated:

• Documentation (online help, release notes, installation guide, user guide, operations guide)

• Batch programs and messages

• Log files

• Configuration tools

• Reports

• Demonstration data

• Training materials

The user interface has been translated into the following languages:

• Chinese (Simplified)

• Chinese (Traditional)

• Croatian

• Dutch

• French

• German

• Greek

• Hungarian

• Italian

• Japanese

• Korean

• Polish

• Portuguese (Brazilian)

• Russian

• Spanish

• Swedish

• Turkish