# Support for formal/informal language variations

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-for-formal-informal-language-variations/15035>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [24 Abril , 2014 12:40 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-for-formal-informal-language-variations/15035 "2014-04-24T12:40:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![neil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/neil/32/102150_2.png) [@neil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neil)\
**Post date:** [24 Abril , 2014 20:27 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-for-formal-informal-language-variations/15035/4 "2014-04-24T20:27:56Z")

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As an english-speaker, I don’t understand the concept! I18n will definitely barf on arbirtrary locale codes. It already barfs on fr\_FR, which is a valid code (it only accepts fr). A new layer would need to be added to do some mapping.

I don’t know what the solution is in the meantime… A decision about formal vs informal within the language team at the Transifex project should be made so that translators know what they’re supposed to use.

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