GLOBAL SOLUTIONS FOR MULTILINGUAL APPLICATIONS: REAL WORLD TECHNIQUES FOR DEVELOPERS AND DESIGNERS

Chapter 5: Strategies for Multilingual Development and Internationalization

The following links are discussed in Chapter 5 and appear here in the order they appear in the book.

Information on Cultural and Political Issues That Can Affect International Products

• The CIA World Factbook: http://www.odci. gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
• The Multilingual Information Society: http://www2.echo.lu/mlis/en/home.ht ml

Applications with a Globalized Code Base

• Windows 2000 Multilanguage Version: http://www.microsof t.com/globaldev/faqs/multilang.asp

International Copyright and Legal Issues

• U.S. Copyright Office's statement on international copyright: http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/fls/fl 100
• Law Forum: http://www.lawforum.net/firm s/copyrights.htm
• EU's External Information Office: http://europa.eu.i nt/en/comm/dg10/infcom/external.html
• American Alliance for Software Exports: http://www.aase.org
• Software Publishers Association Global : http://www.spa.org/intl.
• Bottom Up (an online magazine about high-tech ventures): http://www.bottom-up.c om/marketing/mk-981201.shtml

Other Internationalization Information and Resources

• Uniscape, Inc.: http://www.uniscape-inc.com
• Monotype, Inc.: http://www.monotype.com
• Java's ByteToCharConverter and CharToByteConverter classes: http://java. sun.com/products/jdk/1.1/intl/html/intlspec.doc7.html for more details
• Cost-Benefit Estimator : http://www.languagepartners ..com/downloads.cbe
• Maxim (an Excel-based tool for buyers of multilingual services): http://www.fxtrans.com

Publications

• MultiLingual Computing & Technology: http://www.multilingual.com
• Le Journal: http://www.linglink.lu/lejourn al/index.asp
• Language International: http://www.language-international. com

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ISBN 0-471-34827-9
272 pages
September, 1999

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