1. Software Localization Hot Topics for 2012

2. Control Assets – Maximise Reuse – Maximise Quality Introductions John Doue –Software Localization Architect Kai Simonson –Business Manager Mika Pehkonen –Localization & Documentation Manager Makarand Tankhiwale –Lead Localization Engineer Moderator: –Enda McDonnell

3. Control Assets – Maximise Reuse – Maximise Quality Agenda Trends –Machine Translation –Internationalization –Agile Localization What is the practice today? –With our panelists –With the audience

4. Control Assets – Maximise Reuse – Maximise Quality Machine Translation Low costs are attractive Quality is the concern Panellists experiences? Suitable for some doc sets What about software? Pricing? First machine translation in 1954 Huge success, but ‘hydrolic ram’ translated as ‘water goat’

5. Control Assets – Maximise Reuse – Maximise Quality Internationalization Whose role is it anyway? –All here would say R&D –Is that the practise? –Developers are being pushed to release software –Not to release internationalised software What Richard Drayfuss in Whose Life is It Anyway?

6. Control Assets – Maximise Reuse – Maximise Quality Internationalization Whose role is it anyway? –All here would say R&D –Is that the practise –Developers are being pushed to release software –Not to release internationalised software Should R&D CAT Tools –Pseudo Translate Mock translation, Cheapest time to find bugs –What about TM? Richard Drayfuss in Whose Life is It Anyway?

7. Control Assets – Maximise Reuse – Maximise Quality Agile Localization Agile Development –Code Development methodology –Iterative process Design, code, test, localize –Reduced cycle times in development –=> reduced cycles in localization –i.e. More frequent, smaller volumes –Constant stream of L10n Traditional Waterfall Versus Agile

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