Global Talk » Internationalization

Localization World to be Held in October

tkelly — Mon, 10 May 2010 14:22:17 +0000

A Localization World conference will be held October 6-8, 2010 at the Bell Harbor Conference Center in Seattle, Washington. For details visit http://www.localizationworld.com/

Style Guide for English Worldwide

Ann L. Wiley — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:46:52 +0000

For guidelines on using English effectively worlwide, consult Kohl’s Global English Style Guide, which has been reviewed.

Publishing Stories Internationally

Ann L. Wiley — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 02:49:53 +0000

The challenges of selling stories for youth in many parts of the world and successsful techniques are the subject of an April 14, 2010 feature in Publishing Perspectives, “Selling Amanda Abroad.” This is a series of books and an interactive website.

Global User Research Handbook Available

Ann L. Wiley — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 02:51:39 +0000

The Handbook of Global User Research is described on the User Centric website at http://www.usercentric.com/handbook-global-user-research. You can view the table of contents at http://www.globaluserresearch.com/book/table-of-contents.

Localization World Berlin, June 2010

tkelly — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:08:43 +0000

Localization World will be held in Berlin in June 2010. Details about the five tracks are posted: Global Business Best Practices, Managing Global Websites, Advanced Localization Management, Localization Core Competencies, and Know-How for Global Success.

International Variations in Address Form Fields

Ann L. Wiley — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:06:05 +0000

When you are creating a form, it’s necessary to consider users in countries other than your own. The UXmatters blog has a post about setting up address fields to accomodate international differences.

Usability Guidelines for International Web Users

Ann L. Wiley — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:38:53 +0000

The Nielsen Norman group offers “E-commerce User Experience: Design Guidelines for International Users” (pdf, 2007). You can read about and download these guidelines. There is a charge for the download.

Internationalization and Search Engine Optimzation

Ann L. Wiley — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:56:43 +0000

Successful internationalization does more than prepare a website for deployment across cultures and in different languages. There are a number of ways you can optimize your website for search in different regions, where language and culture affect the way people look for information. Read more in “Internationalizing websites for search success” in the December 2009 issue of Tekom’s TC World.

Delicious International Communication Links

Ann L. Wiley — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:47:50 +0000

If you spend a few minutes on delicious.com, you can be rewarded with insights about resources in internationalization and localization, as well as who is active in the community. Explore one user’s links on web localization and then explore some other related searches to discover this world for yourself.

Internationalization and Localization of Websites

Ann L. Wiley — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:27:20 +0000

If your organization does business in more than one part of the world, your web team faces the challenge of internationalization and localization of the website.

Internationalization refers to making a product ready for use throughout the world, and localization refers to making a product ready for use in a particular geographic area. For a website, internationalization requires making the code work worldwide, especially to support presenting the site in multiple languages, and developing a design and content for audiences with different cultural expectations.

Several articles are available to help meet these challenges. Four are presented here.

Several basic tips for internationalizing code are presented in Implementing Websites For Internationalization.

If you are providing a website in multiple languages, it’s desirable to avoid creating and maintaining multiple versions of the site. Internationalize JSP-based Websites presents one method.

A design blog addresses the challenge of providing a way for users to change to their preferred language. The author notes there is no standard interface for this. For details, visit Design Examples of Website Internationalization and Localization.

Creating content for readers worldwide is the focus of 7 Easy Tips to Internationalize Your Website. This is part of a larger guide with many resources, Culture Customized Content.