Title :
Innovative and interactive internationalization of software and documentation
Author :
Wigestrand, Henrik
Author_Institution :
Software Innovation a.s., Oslo, Norway
Abstract :
The internationalization (I18N) of software products and documentation for a multinational market usually requires massive structuring and co-ordinating efforts, including outsourcing challenges. The Norwegian company Software Innovation is trying out new methods, integrating professional freelance translators from the target countries in the development I18N process. Through a gradual internationalization, and having translators from the target country localize the software onsite in Norway, the company hopes to obtain higher product quality, greater flexibility and lower costs
Keywords :
outsourcing; software quality; system documentation; Norway; Software Innovation; costs; documentation; language translation; multinational market; outsourcing; software product internationalization; software quality; Application software; Costs; Documentation; Job shop scheduling; Marketing and sales; Natural languages; Outsourcing; Software tools; Technological innovation; User interfaces;
Conference_Titel :
Professional Communication Conference, 1998. IPCC 98. Proceedings. 1998 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Quebec City, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4890-7
DOI :
10.1109/IPCC.1998.722089
