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

Chapter 8: Translation and Localization

The following links are discussed in Chapter 8 and appear here in the order they appear in the book.

Testing Issues

• Internationalization testing issues: http://soldc.sun. com/developer/articles/i18n/index.html
• Language Technology Resource Center: http://www.multilingual.com

Translation

• Translation agencies: http://www.hake.com/transl ators/index.html-ssi and http://www.glennsguide.com
• The American Translators Association: http://www.atanet.org
• OpenTag Initiative: http://www.opentag.org

Translation Tools

• Déjà Vu: http://www.languagepartners.com/dvi
• LANTSCAPE: http://www.lant.com
• TranslationManager: http://www.qsoft.de/ibmtrans/ib mtrans.htm
• TransLexis: http://www.qsoft.de/ibmtrans/tr anslex.htm
• Translator's Workbench: http://www.trados.com
• WebBudget: http://www.webbudget.com
• Workbench: http://www.sdlint.com

Automatic Translation Tools

• Babylon Single Click Translator: http://www.babylon.com
• Enterprise Translation Server : http://www.transparent.com
• LANTMARK: http://www.lant.com/lantmark.htm
• L&H: http://www.lhsl.com
• SYSTRAN: http://www.systransoft.com and http://babelfish.altavista.com
• Translation Experts: http://www.tranexp.com and http://www.tranexp.com/InterTran.cgi

Tools for Localization

• Catalyst: http://www.corel.ie/catalyst
• Localization Guru: http://www.beta-sigma.com
• rcTest: http://www.rubric.com
• Superlinguist: http://www.ktintl.com
• TurboSFX: http://www.pgcc.com
• Visual Basic Language Manager Pro: http://www.whippleware.com

Other Localization Resources

• "3 Steps to Successful Translation Management": http://www.fxtrans.com/faq.htm
• The Localisation Industry Standards Association: http://www.lisa.unige.ch
• The Localization Institute: http://www.localization-institute. org

Writing Globally

• Nancy Hoft Consulting: http://www.world-ready.com/r_intl.h tm
• Controlled Languages: http://www-uilots.let.r uu.nl/Controlled-languages
• On-Site English: http://www.on-site-english.com
• Rubric Localization Handbooks: http://www.rubric.com/local/ha ndbooks.html

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

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