Ever wondered what is on the other side of that wall? Or maybe, really: Who is on the other side of it?
This is the first episode of an ongoing discussion between Angela Starkmann - translator and a linguist - and Daniel Goldschmidt - software engineer and localization professional. They discuss the relationship between software, localization, people and processes – and the emotions evolving from their work.
Angela: One of the real challenges of my professional life as a translator is, that there are some parts of the work process that are completely out of my sight. Jobs are 'thrown over the wall' – and I catch them, if I am lucky, and throw them back as soon as I am done with them. No wonder that sometimes it is so difficult to get a project done the way it was meant to be.
In my case, the people on the other side of the wall are the authors of a text, or – in most cases – the people involved in the creation of software. It took me years to understand, what software engineers were ...
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