{"id":99885,"date":"2018-10-03T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/?p=99885"},"modified":"2019-03-13T00:24:25","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T07:24:25","slug":"20181003-00","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20181003-00\/?p=99885","title":{"rendered":"Practical example of why you need to leave room for German localization"},"content":{"rendered":"

Consider the following household kitchen item: The sink saddle<\/a>. It is a mat that goes over the divider in a double sink. <\/p>\n

Here’s what it says on the label: <\/p>\n

SINK SADDLE
TAPIS D’ÉVIER
PROTECTOR DE MONTURA
SATTELFÖRMIGER SCHUTZ FÜR DAS SPÜLENZWISCHENSTÜCK <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That brief Ph.D. dissertation translates as “saddle-shaped protector for the sink in-between piece.” <\/p>\n

Not sure why they didn’t go for Spülesattel<\/span>. I mean, sure, it’s not a word in the dictionary, but neither is “sink saddle”. <\/p>\n

Today is German Unity Day (Tag der Deutschen Einheit<\/span>) the national day of Germany, celebrated on the anniversary of the 1990 reunification of Germany. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Try to say it all in one breath.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1069,"featured_media":111744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-99885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oldnewthing","tag-other"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":"

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