How to Prepare an Ideal "Localization Kit"
By Nabil Freij Global Vision Whenever undertaking a new project, and regardless of who will be performing your localization, the first thing to do is to create a complete localization project bill of...
View ArticleTechnical Book Review –"Enabling Globalization" by Nabil Freij
© 2010 Ugur Akinci “Enabling Globalization: A Guide to Using Localization to Penetrate International Markets” by Nabil Freij, the President of the localization company GlobalVision International Inc....
View ArticleFree Articles on Localization and Translating Technical Documents
Here are some free articles about various aspects of technical document translation and localization, courtesy of Global Vision International, Inc. Thou Shall Have Free and Transparent TMS: Client Side...
View ArticleLocalization — Don't Use Phrasal Verbs in Your Technical Documents
© 2010 Ugur Akinci Localization of technical documents requires translation of technical text into local languages. Some English components do not have corresponding equivalents in other languages and...
View ArticleThe Difference Between Globalization vs. Localization in Technical Writing
© 2010 Ugur Akinci Technical communicators are faced with several choices when generating documents for an international audience: 1) They need to do something and change the document before the...
View ArticleEliminate Nominalization from your Technical Writing
© Ugur Akinci Eliminate nominalization (i.e., turning verbs and adjectives into nouns) not only from your technical documents but from all your writing. Nominalization is the name grammarians have...
View ArticleLocalization – Problem with Translating Phrasal Verbs – English-French Examples
© Ugur Akinci Multi-word phrasal verbs in English is a crucial ingredient of creative writing. It’s hard to write beautiful English, especially when writing dialogs in fiction, without using such...
View ArticleThe True Scope of a Localization Project
© Ugur Akinci Some technical communicators think that “localization” is one and the same thing as “document translation.” Localization certainly encompasses translation but that’s not all. A...
View ArticleOn the Idea and Title of Product Evangelist in Technical Communications
© Ugur Akinci I love product evangelists for two good reasons: (1) I love software products. I have no idea how we lived back in the 60s and 70s without any software doing all these wonderful things on...
View ArticleJapanese and Chinese Numerals in Technical Writing – An Introduction
© Ugur Akinci I wish I knew Japanese and Chinese. Unfortunately I know neither. That’s why I took great interest in reading a great article which explains some of the difficulties involved in...
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