[Android] App Internationalization Support (English/Japanese localization)

Localizing an Android app between English and Japanese by splitting values/strings.xml and values-ja/strings.xml.

[CentOS] Character Encoding Settings

A short memo on switching the CentOS locale to ja_JP.UTF-8 by editing /etc/sysconfig/i18n.

Difference Between China's Country Codes CN and C2 #country_code

The difference between PayPal's CN and C2 country codes for China, and how to use each in cross-border e-commerce.

Made CodeNote.net Multilingual

During the three-day weekend, I implemented multilingual support for CodeNote.net that I had wanted to work on for a while. This is the first phase where I added English support, and I've summarized the specific steps from URL design to hreflang configuration, which is important for SEO.

Day.js Time Zone Support Sample Code: How to Use dayjs.tz()

Day.js timezone plugin sample code covering three ways to call `dayjs.tz()` and how they differ.

Daylight Saving Time Specifications ~ Summer Time, Daylight Saving Time (DST)

A developer-focused summary of DST terminology and the PST ⇄ PDT switching rules to be aware of.

[Facebook] Language Code and Country Code (locale) List

A reference table of language and country codes usable with the locale parameter in Facebook's APIs.

i18n Multilingual support management methods ~ Comparing advantages and disadvantages of Language files and Template files

Trade-offs of language-file versus per-language-template approaches for i18n multilingual support.

[iOS] How to Fix Build Error After Editing Localizable.strings: "validation failed: The data couldn't be read because it has been corrupted."

The build error after editing Localizable.strings was caused by missing semicolons at end of lines.

Language Code Specification Memo

Reference links for the ISO 639 language code spec, handy when naming a DB column.

[Linux] How to Configure Character Encoding (UTF-8, EUC, SJIS)

How to set LANG on Linux for Japanese EUC, UTF-8, and SJIS character encodings.

Making Mintlify Documentation Sites Multilingual (English/Japanese)

A guide on how to make a documentation site built with Mintlify multilingual, supporting both English and Japanese. Covers everything from docs.json configuration to directory structure and actual translation file placement with concrete examples.

Resolve Japanese character corruption in MySQL CLI with SET character_set_results=utf8mb4;

Fixing Japanese mojibake in the MySQL CLI with SET character_set_results=utf8mb4;.

[PHP] Character Code Conversion for Platform-Dependent Characters (EUC-JP→UTF-8)

Chain mb_convert_encoding via sjis-win to convert EUC-JP to UTF-8 including platform-dependent characters.

[PHP][JavaScript] Encoding and Character Garbling Issues with urlencode and encodeURI

Skip PHP-side urlencode and rely on JavaScript's encodeURI to avoid IE mojibake.

[PHP] Setting Language Environment to Japanese with mbstring.language="japanese"

Set PHP's language environment to Japanese via mbstring.language in php.ini.

[Java][Play!] Retrieving Messages Defined in message Using Messages.get()

Looking up conf/messages entries from a Play! controller with Messages.get().

PRD (Product Requirements Document) Japanese-English Translation Reference List

A Japanese-English translation reference list for the typical sections of a PRD (Product Requirements Document).

[Ruby] Internationalization (i18n) for state_machine

Localizing state_machine state and event names via i18n YAML and human_state_name.

[Ruby on Rails] 'ValidatesTimeliness' for Date and Time Validation

Setting up ValidatesTimeliness for Rails date/time validation, with i18n messages and custom formats.

[Ruby] 'will_paginate' for adding pagination functionality

will_paginate helper options and localizing its labels through a locale YAML file.

[Windows7] How to localize English version to Japanese

Localize English Windows 7 to Japanese via Region and Language settings.

[WordPress] Bogo Plugin for Easy Per-User Language Switching Between Japanese and English in Admin Dashboard

Switching WordPress admin dashboard language per user between Japanese and English with the Bogo plugin.