http://goingglobal.corante.com/ Adventures in Web globalization and all that it entails en-us jyunker@bytelevel.com 2006-08-27T18:02:38-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2006/08/27/quechua_has_friends_in_high_places.php Quechua is the language of the Incan Empire and is spoken by roughly 10 million people throughout South America, the majority of whom live in Peru and Bolivia. Recent developments suggest that this “minority” language is not going gently into... 64452@http://goingglobal.corante.com/ Software Localization 2006-08-27T18:02:38-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2006/08/19/google_desktop_in_28_languages.php Google Desktop began as a simple application that would let you search your computer's hard drive as quickly as it searches the Internet. And, best of all, it was free. It still is free, but now it supports lots of... 64003@http://goingglobal.corante.com/ Software Localization 2006-08-19T07:29:29-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2006/04/11/tips_for_creating_bilingual_software_and_web_sites.php I got an email last week from Chris Wood, one of the authors of "Bilingual Software Standards and Guidelines in Wales." I realize that this may not sound like the most exciting read, but I recommend downloading a copy (hey,... 55358@http://goingglobal.corante.com/ Software Localization 2006-04-11T15:33:36-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2005/12/15/an_inside_look_at_the_globalization_of_windows.php Robert Scoble has taped an interesting interview with Michael Kaplan, who's the technical lead in charge of the globalization of the upcoming Windows Vista OS. If you've got a half hour to spare, it's worth a watch. It gets... 41850@http://goingglobal.corante.com/ Software Localization 2005-12-15T07:53:55-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2005/11/17/lionbridge_completes_120million_word_translation_project.php Lionbridge announced recently the completion of software localization for the new Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. This project entailed the localization of the user interface and documention, which included an estimated 15 million words across 8 languages. This project sure kept... 38102@http://goingglobal.corante.com/ Software Localization 2005-11-17T07:45:01-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2005/06/05/dita_becomes_a_standard_now_what_is_it_exactly.php The standards organization OASIS recently approved Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) version 1.0 as an OASIS Standard -- a "status that signifies the highest level of ratification." So what exactly is DITA? According to the press release, "DITA consists of... 13072@http://goingglobal.corante.com/ Business Globalization 2005-06-05T13:34:15-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2005/04/01/go_global_with_microsoft.php If you're a tech who develops Microsoft apps for the world, you probably already know about Microsoft's TechEd event in June. But if not, they have a Global Development & Deployment track planned. The track promises that "developers will be... 13039@http://goingglobal.corante.com/ Web Globalization 2005-04-01T07:21:36-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2005/03/11/staroffice_learns_a_few_more_languages.php Sun says that it localize its StarOffice software suite into five additional languages over the next year, which will include Russian, Polish and Dutch. The software is currently available in 11 languages. StarOffice costs a great deal less than Microsoft's... 13017@http://goingglobal.corante.com/ Software Localization 2005-03-11T10:14:18-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2005/02/10/gmail_in_emerging_markets.php Richard Koman for SiliconValley Watcher writes about the potential of Gmail in developing markets. The greatest reason why I think Gmail has a good shot at popular usage is Google's expertise at localizing the platform for developing markets. I don't... 12994@http://goingglobal.corante.com/ Software Localization 2005-02-10T18:18:08-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2004/12/29/software_in_emerging_markets.php Localization industry organization LISA has posted an interesting Q&A with Ori Redler, co-founder of software vendor RedleX, which has developed a word processing application for the Mac that supports such "minority" languages as Welsh, Farsi and Hebrew. Not only does... 12964@http://goingglobal.corante.com/ Software Localization 2004-12-29T15:52:10-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2004/12/23/microsoft_lite_is_late.php The Wall Street Journal documents Microsoft's efforts to profit from developing markets while battling piracy. As I've mentioned before, Microsoft's response over the past decade to a piracy-prone market has been to simply ignore that market. That is, until Linux... 12957@http://goingglobal.corante.com/ Software Localization 2004-12-23T11:13:59-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2004/12/14/while_microsoft_fiddles_cont.php Red Hat Linux is now avaailable in Bangla (also known as Bengali). Bangla is the official language of Bangladesh, a country with more than 140 million people. Why Bangla you ask? Because a growing number of programmers in India and... 12950@http://goingglobal.corante.com/ Software Localization 2004-12-14T21:21:43-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2004/12/05/openoffice_swahili_launches_while_microsoft_fiddles.php While Microsoft focuses on its "strategic markets" the rest of the world is making do with open source software. And they're doing quite well, thank you very much. There is now an OpenOffice software package available in Swahili. According to... 12940@http://goingglobal.corante.com/ Software Localization 2004-12-05T22:59:39-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2004/12/02/icanada.php The iTunes Canada store is now up and running. That makes it a total of 14 local iTunes stores now available. Here is a screen shot of the iTunes global gateway: To give you an idea of how quickly Apple... 12936@http://goingglobal.corante.com/ Web Globalization 2004-12-02T00:36:50-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2004/12/02/china_blogs.php A great article about the growth of blogging in China. Chinese also happens to be the fastest-growing language on the Internet.... 12934@http://goingglobal.corante.com/ Blink › 2004-12-02T00:22:27-08:00