Software Localization
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Create Additional Income Streams for Your Software
Create Additional Income Streams for your Software
Software developers and publishers across the globe are being hurt by today’s economic downturn. One way to cope with today’s challenging economy is to open new markets for your existing applications. Translation can extend the reach of your software to other countries. By translating, say, the English version of [...]
Why is WYSIWYG important for software localization?
If you are new to software localization and visit the web sites of software tool vendors, they will tell you that What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get (WYSIWYG) is an extremely important feature. We all know it is important for desktop publishing. WYSIWYG editing eliminates the need to print a flyer again and again [...]
Online Help Localization
Localizing windows software has an easy phase and a hard phase. Usually, the user interface elements, such as the menu and dialogs, are easy. In most cases, the amount of translatable text is minimal. This leads many companies to the conclusion: “OK, let’s go for other language versions of our software.” If the process involves [...]
Software developers and localization tools
In the past, I have worked with many software companies, and they all have one problem in common: Software developers like home-brewed solutions, independent from the development language they use.
The reason is this: Software developers are all brilliant in their job! And there is nothing on earth they cannot code in a few hours, especially [...]
Skip the typical software localization beginner’s traps
Localized software opens new markets and creates more revenue. This concept sounds great; however, what does it mean for you, as a software developer? How can you write software that you can easily localize? And what does localization mean for your day-to-day work?
You might consider the [...]
A beginner’s guide to Windows software localization
Business colleagues often ask me if localizing software into foreign languages really means more sales and better revenues. If you complete the localization process in the right way, the answer is “absolutely, you can achieve higher profits”. Moreover, would successful software companies like Microsoft have been localizing software for years without a proven business case [...]
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