Translation and Localization

translation and localization

Click, cliquer - Is clicking global?

Are cultural differences evident in online help system navigation? A study conducted by the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Germany, examines not only a cultural model, but also sheds light on…

October 2008 Text by Martina Panzer

translation and localization

Russian translations: now open for business

History shows that it is difficult to make anything but very short term economic predictions. People tend to extrapolate observations of the past into the future. However, human society is such an…

June 2008 Text by Serge Gladkoff

translation and localization

The language side of Iceland

Most people think of Iceland as the small island between Europe and the American continent, full of wild nature and ice. What many people don’t know is that Iceland has a very strong and rich economy…

June 2008 Text by Alfredo Spagna

translation and localization

Preparing projects for localized desktop publishing

If you search the web for guidelines for preparing projects for localization, you will find that most of the results focus on issues related to language content. For technical documentation and…

June 2008 Text by John Watkins

translation and localization

Translation industry Canada: Partnering to increase global…

In the global language industry, the visibility of a handful of high-profile full-service providers masks a fundamental characteristic of the sector: taken together, small- and medium-sized companies…

February 2007 Text by Nancy A. Locke

translation and localization

Translating and localizing for the largest niche market in the world

The US market has long been the largest and most coveted of markets. US consumers enjoy unprecedented spending ability with generous incomes and easy credit. Until recently English has been the only…

February 2007 Text by Rick Woyde

 

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