Norwegian

English and Norwegian are both Germanic languages, with Norwegian being part of the North Germanic branch. While both languages share some common foundations, Norwegian has distinct characteristics that require specific considerations for YAMLResume.

Linguistics

Character Set

The character sets of English and Norwegian are similar—both languages primarily use the Latin alphabet, but Norwegian has additional letters. Here's a detailed comparison:

The main differences between the English and Norwegian writing systems:

• Additional letters: The Norwegian alphabet includes three extra vowels: æ, ø, and å, which are distinct letters with specific pronunciations.
• Letter order: In Norwegian alphabetical order, these letters come at the end: ...x, y, z, æ, ø, å.
• Case variations: Norwegian uses both uppercase and lowercase versions (Æ/æ, Ø/ø, Å/å).

Idioms

Date

Days of the week and months are not capitalized in Norwegian (unlike English). For example, "Sep 2021" in English is translated as "sept. 2021" in Norwegian, with a lowercase month and a period after the abbreviation.

YAMLResume only uses months, hence the translation table:

Capitalization

Norwegian has more conservative capitalization rules compared to English. Generally, only proper nouns, the first word of sentences, and the pronoun "I" ("jeg" in Norwegian) are capitalized.

YAMLResume internally adopts a fixed set of options and terms for all resume templates. For example, languages in YAMLResume resume templates adopt LinkedIn's language fluency options:

• Elementary Proficiency
• Limited Working Proficiency
• Minimum Professional Proficiency
• Full Professional Proficiency
• Native or Bilingual Proficiency

These are translated to Norwegian as follows:

• Grunnleggende nivå
• Begrenset arbeidskunnskap
• Minimum profesjonelt nivå
• Fullt profesjonelt nivå
• Morsmål eller tospråklig nivå

Only the first word is capitalized, following Norwegian capitalization conventions.

Typesetting

Punctuations

Norwegian has several notable differences in punctuation from English:

• Quotation marks: Norwegian typically uses guillemets («») or straight quotes (""), and punctuation is usually placed outside quotation marks.
• Decimal separator: Norwegian uses a comma as a decimal separator (e.g., 3,14) instead of a period like in English (3.14).
• Thousand separator: Norwegian uses a space or period as a thousand separator (e.g., 1 000 or 1.000) rather than a comma.
• Date format: Norwegian dates follow the pattern DD.MM.YYYY or DD/MM/YYYY, unlike the American MM/DD/YYYY format.

Translations

YAMLResume adopts the following translations for various options and terms used in Norwegian resumes.

Education Degrees

Languages

Language Fluencies

Location (Countries and Regions)

Section Names

Skill Levels

Options and Terms