Start-to-Finish Visual Basic 2005: Learn Visual Basic 2005 as You Design and Develop a Complete Application

Chapter 18. Localization and Globalization

Bienvenue à chapitre dix-huit! My apologies to those of you who don’t speak French—and also to those who actually do. I took four full years of the language in high school, but for some reason, it didn’t stick. I can still remember some of the important sentences, such as, «Je suis un garçon» and «Où est le crayon». We even read Candide and Le Petite Prince in class, but to no avail. I did take Japanese in college, and found it much easier to digest than French. So perhaps I should say instead .

In an attempt to expand this book beyond the shores of English-speaking nations, I localized that previous paragraph. ...