Hungarian Mac OS X Released

mr100percent writes "Apple's Hungarian web site for Mac OS X is reporting that the Hungarian version of Mac OS X Panther is available for download for 10.3.0, three point releases back, requiring you to downgrade if you're above. Only the system applications have been localized: iApps and Help menus remain in English. A more current Hungarian localization is currently in development."

Comments

Who is responsible for the localisations?

[Anonymous Coward]

From what I know it is not Apple in the US that is in charge of the localisation to different languages, like this is Apple Hungary's work and not Apple US's work is this true? at least this is what I've been told when I went to Dubai a few months back, I met with people from Apple ME, I asked them if they had an Arabic OS X? they told me they are still working on that and they released an early version of an Arabic Jaguar which my clients either never heard of or said a three month old monkey using an online translator to translate English to German to Japanese to French back to English then to Russian from that to Arabic could've done a better job translating. I've been told however, that Apple ME is crap, but my experience with them when I needed help with my PB showed that they are worse.

I think Apple in Cupertino should find better people to represent them internationally, they should get those localisations out and fast!

Re:Who is responsible for the localisations?

[nettdata]

That's pretty interesting, in that a lot of Oracle's I18N work is also done in Ireland. I wonder what it is that makes Ireland such the I18N hotbed?

Re:Amazing

[Ilgaz]

Also in other news, Turkish OS X started to ship. Currently only testing mags has it in hands but Apple TR states "orders opened". http://www.apple.com.tr/macosx/

If there are any turkish reading this, they would agree. Apple is almost perfectionist in translating stuff. E.g. they translated Netscape 4.x to turkish while no turkish netscape exists.

The "turkish" Windows really, really sux. They translated it like babelfish, real funny (or, tragicomic?), "invented words" etc. While on the other hand, since Mac OS 7 (or before, not sure) there was a perfect turkish MacOS in hand, all the time.

I saw people flaming Apple TR for not shipping OS X Turkish and its hard for non coding people to understand the big deal, its all done now. I bet Hungarian people, got used to local MacOS for years demanded it. Especially media sector.

Only problem is with Quicktime 6.5 I heard... Well that 6.5 release creates problems everywhere, so no big deal :)

Now, it doesn't support greek? Sure? Poor Apple Greece, I can imagine the flames they get after people hear Turkish OS X :))

Re:Just imagine...

[CaptainPinko]

I'm afraid you argument may be flawed since how many people in Wales speak Welsh? Well enough to use a computer in Welsh? As a primary language so that they wouldn't perfer to use the regular English(CDN/US/UK/AU/insert flavour here) version? The point was about tapping into new markets. Translating into Welsh might get them access only to ($4 billion-- that is assuming 25% meet the mentioned criteria which I think is safely high--but I'm not in the UK so I could b wrong). Whereas a Hungarian version would probably open up around $11 billion. For example I'd rather use a Candian English OS (eg "colour" not "color") but I will use UK or US, but I will not use Korean or Welsh (since I know neither language).