title: Coding in Other (Spoken) Languages
body: <p>This is something I've always wondered, and I can't find any mention of it anywhere online. When a shop from, say Japan, writes code, would I be able to read it in English? Or do languages, like C, PHP, anything, have Japanese translations that they write?</p>
  
  <p>I guess what I'm asking is does every single coder in the world know enough English to use the exact same reserved words I do?</p>
  
  <p>Would this code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>If (i &lt; size){
      switch
          case 1:
              print "hi there"
          default:
              print "no, thank you"
  } else {
      print "yes, thank you"
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>display the exact same as I'm seeing it right now in English, or would some other non-English-speaking person see the words "if", "switch", "case", "default", "print", and "else" in their native language?</p>
  
  <p>EDIT - yes, this is serious. I didn't know if different localizations of a language have different keywords. or if there are even different localizations at all.</p>