FAQs, Help, and Tutorials

• Computers: Software: Globalization: FAQs, Help, and Tutorials  (2)

LISA (Localisation Industry Standards Association) FAQ   - Basic information about translation, localisation, internationalization and the industry related to these.

Creating a multilingual Scribble application with the MS Resource Localization Toolset - Article by Stefan Kuhr about localization with Visual C.

Facets of Software Localization: A Translator's View - Introductory guide to software localization

Gettext - Article from Onlamp about website localization with PHP and GNU Gettext tools.

The Localization Research Centre - The Localisation Research Centre (LRC) is the world's leading information, educational, and research centre for the localisation community.

Localization Resources - Includes site offering rich resources to the entire localization industry. Offering free glossaries and an online database of available translator jobs.

Multilingual Architecture Primer - An introduction to multilingual architectures as a way to localize software application. Covers technical, financial and linguistic issues.

SolidWorks and GlobalVision Follow Localization Process - Article from the September 1999 issue of Software Developer and Publisher. (Why should one establish a localization process?, A Success Story, Conclusion: Process is King).

Unicode and Character Sets - Article from Joel on Software about the importance of character sets and Unicode in the localization process.

Universal Creole for Localization Efforts - Article investigating the idea of whether or not there is a Universal Creole for localization efforts. [PDF]

XML in Localisation - Article focusing on the most common XML formats used in the localization industry.