Learn
about Software Localization and Internationalization
Start by reading the following books:
To get a good deal on the books above, click
on their title.
Sign up for the Introduction
to Localization class
at the
Look at related Web pages, such
as:
Localization
Industry Standards Association (LISA)
Silicon
Valley Localization Forum
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Introduction
to Software Localization (L10N) and Internationalization (I18N)
This page is a signpost. It shows you the many
roads leading to knowledge of localization. Some of the roads are expensive,
some are free. You just found a road that is FREE: a free course
on localization given by Ricardo Erb of Erb Localization Seminars and
Consulting at the Internet Free College (IFC).
Starting in June 1998, Ricardo Erb will teach
a class at the IFC, on the subject of Software Localization and Internationalization:
Introduction to Localization. To sign
up for this course at IFC, click here: IFC
Computer Department: Web localization course
Background of Ricardo Erb:
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Manager of Software Localization and
Publications at MediaGate, Inc., San Jose, California
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Former Manager of the Localization
SIG, Silicon Valley chapter of the Society for Technical Communication
(STC)
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Former Editor of Global Talk, international
newsletter of STC
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Fluent in four languages (English,
French, German and Hungarian)
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Conducted numerous seminars on localization
in Silicon Valley
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Translated Electrical Engineering research
papers for the U.S. Department of Energy (13 years)
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Interpreted for NATO in Europe
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Wrote technical documentation and manuals
for computer hardware and software companies in Silicon Valley (19 years)
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Studied Translating and Foreign Policy
at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, California
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Studied Modern Languages (French, German,
and Russian), and Computer Sciences at Portland State University, Portland,
Oregon
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Studied Electronics Technology at the
Institute Electro-Radio, Paris, France
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