Re: Another view on analysis and ER
From: mAsterdam <mAsterdam_at_vrijdag.org>
Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2007 22:11:37 +0100
Message-ID: <4759b5d5$0$228$e4fe514c_at_news.xs4all.nl>
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> I'd bet that most United Nations db headers are uni-lingual,
> propositions too. I doubt that they translate their ER diagrams into 99
> languages, although from stories I've heard, I might be wrong about that!
Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2007 22:11:37 +0100
Message-ID: <4759b5d5$0$228$e4fe514c_at_news.xs4all.nl>
paul c schreef:
> mAsterdam wrote:
>> Development of a database for a multilingual >> organization does face the requirement that >> the extension should be language-neutral. >> This seems more achievable than automatic translation.
>
> I'd bet that most United Nations db headers are uni-lingual,
> propositions too. I doubt that they translate their ER diagrams into 99
> languages, although from stories I've heard, I might be wrong about that!
I won't take your bet, I'll side with you on that.
However, even with the uni-lingual db headers there will be a lot of multi-lingual user-interfaces to those databases. In a way they take the role of those headers. Received on Fri Dec 07 2007 - 22:11:37 CET