Datasheet

vox

väga

waffle

wood

ändere

yen

yuan

yucca

Geopolitical Concerns

Part of the cultural adaptation of the US-product to a specific market is the resolving of geopolitical issues. While

the US-product should have been designed and developed with neutrality and a global audience in mind, the

localized product should respond to the particular situation that applies within the target country/region.

Sensitive issues or issues that might potentially be offensive to the users in the target country/region may occur in

any of the following:

 Maps

 Flags

 Country/region, city and language names

 Art and graphics

 Cultural content, such as encyclopedia content and other text where historical or political references may

occur

Some of these issues are relatively easy to verify and resolve: the objective should be for the localizer to always

have the most current information available. Maps and other graphic representations of countries/regions and

regions should be checked for accuracy and existing political restrictions. Country/region, city and language

names change on a regular basis and need to be checked, even if previously approved.

A thorough understanding of the culture of the target market is required for checking the appropriateness of

cultural content, clip art and other visual representations of religious symbols, body and hand gestures.

Grammar, Syntax & Orthographic Conventions

This section includes information on how to apply the general rules of the Estonian language to Microsoft

products and documentation.

Adjectives

In Estonian, adjectives should be handled in the following manner.

In Estonian adjectives are handled as nouns. They are declined and they also have plural forms as nouns have. If

they appear with a noun, they concord to a noun. Please see ―Eesti keele käsiraamat‖ for detailed information.