title: Localising ASP.NET application into Mandarin
body: <p>We have developed a medium-sized ASP.NET / SQL Server application that uses resource files to provide English and Spanish user interface variants. Unicode data types are used throughout the databases. Now we are being asked to add Mandarin to the mix. I have no experience with localising into Asian languages, so I really cannot imagine what kind of job this would be.</p>
  
  <p>My questions are:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>How complex would this job be, as compared to localising into another Western language such as French or German?</li>
  <li>What additional issues, other than (obviously) translating strings in resource files, should I deal with for Mandarin localisation? Anything related to the different alphabet, perhaps?</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>Reports of previous experiences or pointers to best practices are most welcome. Thanks.</p>