Language Issues (part of Globalization and Localization Issues)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vsent7/html/vxconlanguageissues.asp

Microsoft
2004

Abstract:

This article is a very good primer on the language issues involved in localization software. It touches upon topics such as language direction, capitalization, code pages, fonts and input methods, to name just a few. It gives a reader a solid understanding of the complexity and factors involved in localizing software into different languages.