Software Architecture in Golang: Localizability: Internationalization (i18n) and Localization (l10n)

Localizability is the process/practice to enable the software to be localized into different languages without any change to the source code (Microsoft reference).

In practice Localizability consists of a combination of Internalization (i18n) and Localization (l10n), in Golang this process is mainly handled by using the packages included in the "golang.org/x/text" Go module, however it's not as easy as it seems, so to make things a bit simpler you can use "nicksnyder/go-i18n", however keep in mind that even when using this package the process of Internationalization/Localization is still a bit convoluted.

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■ Go libraries for text processing: https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/text
■ Translate your Go program into multiple languages: https://github.com/nicksnyder/go-i18n
■ Microsoft Docs Localizability: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/glob...
■ W3C Localization vs. Internationalization: https://www.w3.org/International/ques...

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00:00 - Introduction to Localizability in Golang
00:15 - What is Localization (l10n)?
00:58 - What is Internationalization (i18n)?
01:41 - Localizability (i18n and l10n) example in Golang
14:14 - Conclusion of Localizability (i18n and l10n)


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