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10 posts tagged languages

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Why twelve languages is a constraint, not a feature

What it forces on every screen — and the quiet filter an English-only marketplace applies to who gets to sell.

The Metzee team3 min read
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How Metzee works in twelve languages

Eleven Indian languages and English, including the parts that are genuinely hard and the one that is still not right.

The Metzee team2 min read
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Can I sell in my own language?

Yes, and for a local audience it is worth more than any promotion.

The Metzee team2 min read
languages

Reporting a wrong or awkward translation

Worth doing, and the one detail that makes a report usable.

The Metzee team2 min read
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Using Metzee in your own language

Eleven Indian languages and English. What is translated, what is not, and how to switch.

The Metzee team2 min read
languages

In Urdu something is on the wrong side

A known class of bug with a known cause. What it looks like, and why reporting it is the only fix.

The Metzee team2 min read
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One screen is still in English

Three different reasons, and only one of them is a bug. How to tell, and how to report it.

The Metzee team2 min read
app

The text is too small to read

Your phone's text size works. Zoom works too. What to do about anything that does not scale.

The Metzee team2 min read
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How to change your language, step by step

Where the setting is, the twelve languages, and the one part of Metzee that stays in English.

The Metzee team2 min read
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Your buyers may not read your language

A practical argument for describing things in a way that survives being read by somebody whose first language is different.

The Metzee team1 min read

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