Re: [android-developers] are text files in assets translated to the local language?

On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 2:17 AM, Mark Murphy <mmurphy@commonsware.com> wrote:
> On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 1:10 PM, Jim Graham <spooky130u@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Strange.  I read just the opposite:  that you should put strings in
>> strings.xml so they'll get translated for you, instead of putting them
>> in the Java code.  The implication was that they were automatically
>> translated, and I've worked based on the assumption that that was the
>> case all along.
>
> The only way that would work is via machine translation, discussed
> elsewhere in this thread. MOTODEV Studio for Android will help you
> translate string resources via Google Translate, but that's about it
> in terms of automatic tool support.
>

You can also upload strings.xml to Google Translate using the
Translator Toolkit and get the files translated and formatted automatically
as described here:

http://googledevelopers.blogspot.jp/2012/03/localize-your-apps-and-content-more.html

http://translate.google.com/toolkit

Whether you'd want to use the result as in your app is another
matter though.

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