This week we're joined by internationalisation (i18n) expert Eli Schutze. Originally from Nicaragua, Eli is a London-based web engineer and speaker currently making money work for everyone at Monzo Bank. In this episode she clears up some common misconceptions around the issue of translating apps and websites. It turns out that doing i18n properly often runs counter to a lot of the principles developers are taught when they learn programming.
Why do we call it "i18n"? (Spoiler: because it's hard to say!) And why do developers need to do the hard work of i18n themselves? Why not just use automated tools? How does i18n work on a technical level, and what is likely to go horribly wrong when developers try to be too "smart"? Find out all this and more in this week's international instalment of A Question of Code.
Mentioned in this episode:
15: What happens in a kick off meeting?
14: How do you learn?
13: Project Introduction
12: Should you get a CS degree?
11: When should you change to your second language?
10: Is coding less fun when it’s your job?
9: Where do you find jobs?
8: When should you quit your job?
7: Where do you learn?
6: What tools do you need?
5: Which language should you learn first?
4: How do you manage your time?
3: Freelance or full-time?
2: Frontend or Backend?
1: Why are you learning to code?
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