| 摘要 |
Separate language and locale properties are implemented within a data processing system. The language property only controls selection of the human language employed for user interface text and, preferably, the sort order for text-based items displayed in the user interface. The locale property controls all other cultural support, number format, date format, currency and currency format, time format, etc. This split allows a particular language to be selected without utilizing a particular set of cultural conventions associated with a region in which the selected language is dominant. Instead, the cultural conventions may be selected for an entirely different region. The bifurcation of language and locale properties also facilitates dynamic switching of user interface views, allowing layering of user interface text from underlying operational components and simplifying the requirements associated with changing from user interface text in one human language to the same user interface text in a different human language.
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