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Getting it Right The First Time:
Streamlining your software localization and avoiding costlymistakes
Group: International Macintosh Users Group (IMUG)
(A Forum for Multilingual / Multiscript Computing)
Date: March 15, 2007, 7-9 p.m.
Speaker: Luciano Arruda (viaLanguage, Inc.)
Topic: Getting it Right The First Time:
Streamlining your software localization and avoidingcostly mistakes
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
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With global markets currently dominated by emerging economies and agenerally good business climate internationally, the allure of new international customers is difficult for most companiesto ignore. In order to meet that demand, organizations are starting to take a closer look at ways to make more out of theirexisting software localization budget and cover a wider
range of markets. How many new languages could you add to your currentrelease projects without increasing your team's head count? To meet those types of demands, high-performance localizationteams take advantage of the latest tools and technologies to increase their efficiency and improve their quality.But what does that look like?
A large portion of the cost associated with software localization isrelated to your globalization process, the tools you use and how your localization team/partners interact. In theory, localization costs should decrease as you move from one localized product release to the next since, with successive releases,product management teams gain experience and adopt more efficient tools and processes. The team should become increasinglyproductive! In reality, it doesn't always work that way. In fact, sometimes just the opposite occurs. Localization expensesseem to go up with each release without much improvement in quality.
This 45 minute workshop will explore these topics:
* Major strategic components and project milestones for softwarelocalization projects
* How to implement more efficient processes and make better use oflocalization vendors
* Most common mistakes made in software localization projects, andhow to avoid them
* Information on technologies and services that will help yourorganization become more
streamlined
The speed of globalization will only increase in the coming years. Bybeing armed with the appropriate processes and tools, your localization efforts can be streamlined to take advantage of thethose opportunities as they present themselves, keeping you ahead of the curve -- and ahead of your competitors.
Luciano Arruda ( Sales Engineer, viaLanguage) is the software account liaison for viaLanguage supporting clientlocalization needs and integrating customized solutions for software localization projects. He has 8 years of experience in the software localization industry working for companies like Macromedia, Looksmartand Adobe in Program and Project Management, Localization Engineering and Quality Assurance. Born in Brazil, Lucianois fluent in Portuguese and speaks Spanish. He holds a B.S in Computer Science from Cal State Hayward University.
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