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Are Last-Minute Updates Wreaking Havoc With Your Localization Budget?

By GlobalVision International | Published: June 30, 2003

There’s a very old (and, unfortunately, very true) saying in high tech that sometimes you have to shoot the developer before a product can be released to manufacturing. When developers change or add product functionality at the last minute, Tech Pub writers must scramble to update the documentation so that it doesn’t gate the release. When you consider that localization is taking place at the same time, the ripple effect of updating the documents can have international ramifications. Obviously, once documentation has been released for localization, early and minimal changes to that documentation can reduce your localization costs. But what if this is not possible?

The localization process often involves … Read More

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Taking Full Advantage Of Single-Sourcing And Succeeding

By GlobalVision International | Published: March 31, 2003

In situations where costs and time-to-market are overriding considerations, Tech Pub Writers are finding that manual rearrangement of hardcopy source for online viewing – a process know as “chunking” – is difficult, if not impossible, to do.

Of even greater concern is the ability to create and maintain technically accurate documentation that can be deployed in either print or online versions from a single source document.

Just as developers write code that can be compiled for a variety of operating systems, writers can adopt methods for single-sourcing their manuals. Reusable text can be shared within source documents, and those same documents can be designed to allow for easy conversion to … Read More

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Tech Pub Writers Contribute To Reduce Localization Costs

By GlobalVision International | Published: December 31, 2002

As writers involved in localization know, it is common practice for technical translation services vendors to generate project estimates based on the amount of words, pages and graphics found in the to-be-localized manuals and online help. Professional writers in the industry use the following practices to reduce localization costs for their companies and clients.

Verbosity is the enemy. It pays to be concise and straight to the point, eliminating unnecessary text when localization is imminent. When writing technical documents, remember that simplicity is very much desired by the end-user.
Reuse strings and sentences whenever context permits it. Many product localization vendors give credit for repeated text, since re-translation is easily

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Your Localization Strategy Should Evolve With Your Needs

By GlobalVision International | Published: September 30, 2002

With low overhead and relatively small startup costs, software companies continue to mushroom in the U.S. to provide thousands of applications to niche markets. Once successful at home, efforts are made to quickly expand globally to gain market share and increase revenues.

This is when the need for localization first arises. The challenge at hand is to be able to provide a localized product, while maintaining a stronghold on continuing to improve and evolve the product. The separation and the fusion of product development and product localization become the paradox to solve, requiring the implementation of a workable localization strategy.

Depending on the importance of the localization task, quality control, … Read More

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To Localize Or Not To Localize… Is This The Question At Hand?

By GlobalVision International | Published: June 28, 2002

Localize or Not All companies selling internationally will sooner or later face the question of whether to localize their products and services, or not .

To narrow down the scope of possible answers, it is essential for a company with a global vision to first identify the geographies that are of interest to it. Often firms enter international markets with their domestic offering and do not localize products, web pages and collateral until they see a definite opportunity to increase revenues. Revenue potential, strategic goals and other forces can help identify the most promising target markets for localization and enable a company to take a proactive instead of simply a reactive role.

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GlobalVision International, Inc. announces results of the 2001 Client Satisfaction Survey

By GlobalVision International | Published: January 11, 2002

GlobalVision International, Inc.

Contact: Nabil Freij
GlobalVision International, Inc.
Tel: (508) 616-6660

93% to recommend the company’s services to others!

Berlin, MA, January 11, 2002 – GlobalVision International, Inc., a specialist in software and internet localization, announced today the results of a Client Satisfaction Survey, conducted in December, 2001.

The survey measured the satisfaction level of GlobalVision’s client base. The following are the highlights of the survey:

92% of the respondents are extremely or very satisfied. There were no unsatisfied respondents. 93% would recommend GlobalVision’s services to others.

96% stated that GlobalVision’s employees are experts in their field and 100% of the respondents said that GlobalVision is responsive to their … Read More

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Successful Global E-Commerce: Art or Science?

By GlobalVision International | Published: August 31, 2000

Many pioneering companies have successfully implemented e-commerce solutions to either augment their existing sales channels, or as their sole sales channel. These companies are leaders in reaping the commercial benefits of the Web. As highly efficient revenues flow through their e-commerce channels, they look at expanding their global capabilities — particularly where traditional sales channels costs are prohibitive.

One may say, “But the World Wide Web is global, since everyone on the Internet has access to it.” True, but Internet access and closed sales are two different things. It has been noted that international customers are three times more likely to buy a product if it is available and communicated … Read More

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GlobalVision expands its CAD localization business

By GlobalVision International | Published: June 1, 2000

GlobalVision International, Inc. today announced that its partnership with SolidWorks Corporation, a renowned developer of mechanical design software solutions, allowed for the international release of SolidWorks 2000 in multiple languages. The Graphical User Interface, Help and Manuals were simultaneously released in nine Asian and European languages. The tight cooperation between SolidWorks’ internal localization group and GlobalVision made this complex release possible.

Recently Moldflow Corporation, MetalSoft, Inc. and ANSYS, Inc, all current SolidWorks partners, have also relied on GlobalVision’s services to release international versions of their products. By continuing to win many of SolidWorks’ partners GlobalVision International, Inc. expands its CAD/CAM localization business and its expertise in this field.

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Manuals Localized by GlobalVision are Selected Best In Class By End-Users

By GlobalVision International | Published: January 2, 2000

Tokyo, Japan, January 2000- The User satisfaction survey on 70 major graphics software applications, published in Nikkei Computer Graphics, 1999/10 issue, has concluded that the SolidWorks Japanese Manuals are the best in their class.

The survey rated 70 products in 13 different areas, including Price, User Interface, Manual, Technical Support, Update frequency, Number of Plug-ins, … End-users answered either “Satisfied” or “Dissatisfied” and indicated the level of their satisfaction or dissatisfaction with a number.

SolidWorks was listed as No. 1 in the “Manual” and “Update frequency” criteria. The survey also asked the question “Do you plan to keep using the software?”. SolidWorks came in number two. The percentage of users … Read More

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Japanese Localization

By GlobalVision International | Published: October 18, 1999

Japanese Documentation GlobalVision International, Inc. today announced that its partnership with Object Design Inc. (ODI) enabled ODI to release its ObjectStore and eXcelon products fully localized to Japanese on time and with outstanding end-quality.

“When ODI was faced with localization requirements to Japanese their main concerns were meeting strict quality and schedule requirements”, said Nabil Freij, president of GlobalVision International, Inc. “Being a very technical product, they proceeded very cautiously about selecting the right localization partner. ”

“Our end-users are software developers. To properly localize our products, we needed a localization partner that has expertise in our subjects,” said Brian Otis, Engineering VP for ODI. “After evaluating many vendors, GlobalVision International, Inc. … Read More