Global Talk

Please review the extensive STC_GATF_report by STC’s Globalization Audit Committee.

From the Executive Summary:
“As one of the largest international associations for technical communicators, STC has a unique opportunity to lead the way toward a more globally aware and culturally considerate workforce. In the past several years, STC has come a long way in this regard, and having a global approach is one of the behaviors we highlight in our strategic plan. However, we have never formally assessed how we are doing in regard to globalization, but rather have reacted to issues as they have arisen. The results of this audit will help us prioritize and become more proactive in our approach to globalization, particularly as it relates to member communication.”

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For lively discussion and valuable information about localization, join the Localization Professional Linkedin group, http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=44105&trk=anet_ug_hm

Today’s discussion yields extensive information about the meaning of color in various cultures, to build on the chart in “Color Meanings by Culture” posted at http://www.globalization-group.com/edge/resources/color-meanings-by-culture/

Features Color in various cultures, Cross-cultural communication, Forums, Localization, Resource

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/

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If you are new to localization, you may want to join SimulTrans for the “Introduction to Localization” webinar on Tuesday, April 27 or Thursday, May 19. 

This is an educational event. Details are:

SimulTrans Webinar – Introduction to Localization
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
2 p.m. EDT / 1 p.m. CDT / Noon MDT / 11 a.m. PDT
OR
Thursday, May 19, 2010
4 p.m. EDT / 3 p.m. CDT / 2 p.m. MDT / 1 p.m. PDT 
Free of charge   
Register at http://www.simultrans.com/register.cfm 
Contact: SimulTrans
education@simultrans.com
+1-512-670-8988 

Description: Introduction to Localization
This session addresses the basics:

• What is all this “-zation” language?
• How should you prepare a localization kit and request a proposal? 
• What factors should you consider in choosing a localization partner?
• How long does localization take? How much does it cost?
•  How can you ensure high linguistic quality?
• What are translation memory tools?

Presenter
Adam Jones, Chief Operating Officer, SimulTrans

Adam oversees SimulTrans’ worldwide operations, including project management, translation, engineering, testing, multilingual publishing, account management, and marketing. Adam has spent over 16 years directing the company’s customer outreach efforts, internal production groups, and other operations. He 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.  

To learn more about the company, visit SimulTrans’ website at http://www.simultrans.com.

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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.

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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.

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The Globalization and Localization Association, GALA, has published its full April, 2010 schedule of webinars. Topics covered are:

• Taking Stock of Your Business
• Global Sight Overview and Demonstration
• Effective Localization Workforce Management
• Plunet BusinessManager Version 5.0

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LocalizationCareers.net is an employment site focused on jobs in the localization industry. You can post jobs, post your resume, and browse jobs anonymously.

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“If you’re going to localize, make it visible in the search results,” advises Google in the March 19 post on the company’s Webmaster Central Blog. The post is “Working with multilingual websites.”

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The Localisation Research Centre (LRC) has announced the LRC XV Conference – Brave New World: The Future of Localisation Services, September 23-24, 2010 in Limerick, Ireland.

The First International XLIFF Symposium (XML Localisation Interchange File Format) will be held on September 22, 2010 in Limerick, preceding the LRC conference.

This is an opportunity to present your work with XLIFF and to discuss XLIFF’s future development. Submissions for presentations are due by May 15. Details are posted on the LRC site.

Tech Comm News Event, Localization, XML

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.

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The ITC SIG business meeting at the upcoming STC Summit is scheduled as follows.

Monday, May 3
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Meeting Room: Cumberland E
Contact: Traci Nathans-Kelly

The schedule is still being adjusted. If there is a change, it will be posted here.

STC News Event, Localization, Technical communication, Translation

Neil Perlin is bringing “Beyond the Bleeding Edge” back to the Summit this year in Dallas. This session presents summaries of technologies and methodologies that are too new or unusual to fit into traditional Summit sessions–and Neil is looking for presenters.

Is there a technology or methodology you’d like to discuss? Can you share experiences in using XML or machine translation technologies? Do you have unique approaches to assuring effective communication across cultures? Share your experiences! See the full description of Beyond the Bleeding Edge on STC’s Notebook  at for details and instructions on how to submit a proposal.

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The full preliminary program for the STC Summit to be held in Dallas May 2 – 5 is now online.

Visit the program page to see the available sessions. You can register online.

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7-9 June 2010
Hotel Maritim ProArte, Berlin, Germany

Ulrich Henes and Donna Parrish are finalizing the program for Localization World Berlin and will let us know when the program is published.  Get a first look at parts of the great program  being planned.  There is an ad for the conference listing some of the program offerings; see it before it appears in print.

Visit http://localizationworld.com for details as they are available.

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