The International Macintosh Users Group presents:

Windows Vista Localization

Group: International Macintosh Users Group (IMUG)
(A Forum for Multilingual / Multiscript Computing)
Date: October 19, 2006, 7-9 p.m.
Speaker: Adam Jones (VP and General Manager, SimulTrans, L.L.C)
Topic: Windows Vista Localization
Location: Apple Computer, Apple Campus, 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino
Take Saratoga/Sunnyvale exit off 280, turn South into
Cupertino, turn left onto Mariani Avenue, left into
Infinite Loop. Meeting is held in the Singapore Room.
Please arrive by 7:10, as the door is not monitored
after this time.
Admission: $4; free for IMUG members
Contact: Roger Sherman, (650) 859-5981
roger [dot] sherman [at] sri [dot] com
Website: http://www.imug.org

If you are a localization manager, development director, international
marketing manager, or anyone overseeing the release of international
products, this is the opportunity to understand how Microsoft's upcoming
Operating System, Windows Vista, will handle localization elements. We
will give you some advice about how to create Windows Vista products and
manage updates in a way that minimizes expense while taking advantage of
the new features of this platform.

We will cover the following:

- How does Windows Vista differ from XP? (We will give a short demo of
Vista.)
- What user interface design changes is Microsoft making to standard
applications and recommending to developers? How will these
modifications impact localization requirements?
- How can new language-specific resource files (.mui) be used with
language-neutral portable executables (LN files) to simplify
localization of Vista applications?
- How are Office 2007 data files structured differently than those in
Office 2003? What advantages do these files offer for localizing content?

Some of these topics sound technical, but this seminar will not be
engineering-focused. We do not plan to present details of how to write
code, but more about the structure and process required for localizing
Windows Vista applications. Localization managers, product managers,
engineers, and other interested people should all feel comfortable
attending.

Adam Jones is Vice President and General Manager at SimulTrans, the
software localization company headquartered in Mountain View, where he
has spent 13 years directing the company's customer outreach efforts,
internal production groups, and other operations. Adam regularly gives
training presentations at conferences of the Society for Technical
Communications, the American Translators Association, the Software &
Information Industry Association, and other groups. Adam previously
worked as an International Strategic Account Specialist at Oracle
Corporation and a high school English teacher. He holds a B.A. and M.A.
from Stanford University, in Public Policy and Education.

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