Database of common translated phrases for localization?

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Published on 2009-11-24T19:24:40Z Indexed on 2010/03/13 8:35 UTC
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I'd like to localize my app into a few other languages, all of which I can barely order a drink in.

Does anyone know of an online resource for translations of common software menu options, messages, etc. into other languages?

Given the number of developers (both OSS and closed-source) that deal with localization, and the overlap of resource strings between, it seems like a pretty obvious fit for a wiki or open source package, but I can't seem to find anything like this.

I could try to mine the Windows resource files or dig around in resource strings in robust OSS apps like Firefox, but I suspect I'm not the first person to think of this and surely there is a site that I'm just not finding yet.

Update: since nothing exists like this that I could find, I started a feeble attempt at an open-source string library. It's just a boilerplate Google spreadsheet now, so if you want to contribute, please go here:

http://www.xark.org/

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