allendalepharm Chapter 81
Chapter 81
Lin Feng looked up at her.
"I don't know," he said, "but I want to try."
Cheng Yuxin remained silent for a few seconds.
Then she said, "Then I support you."
Lin Feng looked at her.
Cheng Yuxin blushed slightly.
"Eat quickly, it's getting cold." She stood up and went into the kitchen.
At nine o'clock in the evening, Lin Feng sat at his desk and opened the floppy disk.
He copied the PKZIP file to his computer—not his home computer, he didn't have one. He copied it into his mind.
He read through PKZIP's help file and memorized all the commands and prompts.
Then he opened his notebook and began writing a Chinese localization plan.
The following content needs to be translated into Chinese: command names, prompts, error messages, and help documentation.
Localization method: Directly replace the English strings with Chinese strings, and then process them using an encoding converter.
He wrote two pages.
After finishing writing, I checked the time: 10:30.
He closed the notebook and lay down on the bed.
The Chinese localization will begin tomorrow.
After school on Wednesday, Lin Feng went to Liu Jian's house again.
He sat down at his computer and began translating PKZIP into Chinese.
First, translate the command names into Chinese.
PKZIP has few commands—add, extract, view, test, etc. He wrote the Chinese equivalent of each command on a piece of paper and then replaced it.
Then translate the prompts into Chinese.
Change "Adding file:" to "Adding file:"
Change "Extracting to:" to "Extracting to:"
Change "Done." to "Completed."
He revised them one by one.
It took two hours to revise, but it's finished.
He then processed the characters using an encoding converter to ensure that the Chinese characters could be displayed correctly.
Finally, he compiled it.
Compilation successful.
He ran it.
A line of Chinese text appeared on the screen: "Adding file: README.TXT"
It became.
Liu Jian watched in stunned silence.
"Lin Feng, you really translated it into Chinese?"
Lin Feng nodded.
Liu Jian leaned closer to the screen and stared at it for a long time.
"This...this is amazing."
Lin Feng didn't speak.
He copied the localized PKZIP file onto a floppy disk.
Then eject the floppy disk and put it in your pocket.
"I'll return it to you tomorrow."
Liu Jian waved his hand: "No need to return it, it's yours."
Lin Feng smiled.
Back home, he sat at his desk, looking at the floppy disk.
The localization is complete.
Next, let's talk about how to sell it.
He thought for a while and came up with an idea.
Computer room.
There are several computer arcades in Beichuan City, located in the city center and near the university. Many people go there, and some of them need software. He can sell them on floppy disks for five yuan each; if someone wants one, he'll make a copy.
He nodded.
feasible.
On Friday night, he went downtown.
There was a computer arcade called "New World" next to the department store. He had seen it when he passed by; it had more than a dozen computers and was always full of people.
He pushed the door open and went in.
The room was filled with smoke and the clatter of keyboards. The people sitting there were mostly young people; some were playing games, some were practicing typing, and a few were huddled together reading something.
A fat man in his twenties, wearing a floral shirt, was sitting behind the counter, reading a newspaper.
Lin Feng walked over.
"Boss."
The fat man looked up and glanced at him.
"Internet access? One dollar and fifty cents an hour."
Lin Feng shook his head.
He took the floppy disk out of his pocket and placed it on the counter.
"Boss, I have some software here, a localized Chinese compression tool. Would you consider selling it here?"
The fat man was stunned for a moment.
He picked up the floppy disk and looked at it.
"Is it localized in Chinese?"
Lin Feng nodded.
The fat man inserted the floppy disk into the computer and turned it on.
A Chinese prompt appeared on the screen.
He read a few lines, and his eyes lit up.
"Is this PKZIP?"