Localizating your ASP.net and Xamarin applications to support multiple languages

by Scott Davis

Sat, Apr 22, 2017
Room: P1838
Time: 15:00

QONQR (pronounced Conquer) is a mobile game built using Xamarin and ASP.net web platform. This 2 developer company supports applications on Windows Phone, Android and iPhone with a complex Azure cloud platform. QONQR is now available in 7 languages, with translations crowdsourced from the players. In this talk we'll discuss the challenges of supporting an application in multiple languages, UI design, translator coordination, and the unexpected technical challenges. Out of the box solutions available in .Net can cause significant negative side effects. We'll discuss how to avoid them and will demo how to integrate the Microsoft Multilingual App Toolkit into your cross platform solution.

About the Author

Scott is the CEO and lead cloud + mobile developer for QONQR, an indie mobile gaming company in Minneapolis. QONQR (pronounced Conquer) is the GeoSocial game of World Domination. Players battle to capture and control their home towns and surrounding cities. Today QONQR players have captured over a million towns and cities in every country in the world. QONQR players now control over 35% of the populated earth. Prior to QONQR, Scott spent over a decade as a software consultant, business analyst, and project manager, including time as a district manager overseeing 50 direct reports. Scott holds an MBA with an emphasis in Venture management and is a former adjunct professor in the Information Technology Management master's program at St Mary's University.