How to translate my application in japanese

[Roy Colica]

All,
I've to translate my application (written in C, C++ and Java on HP-UX 11.11) in japanese. I really don't know how to start and manage this.. How many bytes represent a japanese 'char'? So you think my application should be changed or is something trasparent?
Can you please help?
Thanks
Roy

[Peter Godron]

Roy,
not exactly very much information in your description!
You can start by looking at setting up a different language environment:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=993816

You would then have to translate your application messages. If you are using a database, this would also need to be checked.
Allow for lots of testing.

[Bill Hassell]

Note that you will need some expert help in providing a good translation. There are several 'character' sets is Japanese and as with all language translations, there is seldom a one to one translation for words in your application messages. You will also need to be aware of the potential language environments in target audience. The local computers need characters sets installed that match your application.

[Andrew Merritt_2]

How are you storing all the messages you currently produce from your application? The simplest way is to use the NLS message catalogs and then it's a matter of translating the messages (assuming you've taken care of things like positional inserts, where for example you insert a filename in a text message), without having to change the code.

Andrew