This presentation offers a concise introduction to software localization, the steps taken when localizing a product and the solution - SDL Passolo.

1. Translating software
with SDL Passolo

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Software localization and documentation
translation are different!

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SDL Trados Studio is not the
(only) solution!

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Why?

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Document types are different
Software
• Not self contained
• String-based
• IDs = context
• UI string separate unique
linguistic asset class
Documentation
• Self contained
• Sentence based
• Surrounding content =
context

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Developers are
different!
• Human language is not a core topic
• Create linguistic content in different way
• Lower linguistic quality
• Content is changed more often (code &
linguistic data)
• High influence on translatability

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Workflows are different
Development Localization Testing
Development Localization Testing
waterfall
Development Localization Testing
Development
Localization Testing
iterative Development Localization Testing
Development Localization Testing
Development Localization Testing
Development Localization Testing
Development Localization Testing continuous

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The solution for software localization is
SDL Passolo

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Default
○ Binary files (EXE, DLL, SYS, OCX) with
Windows Standard Resources (16, 32, 64 bit)
○ Windows Resource files (RC, RC2, DLG)
○ Windows 8 Modern UI files (XLIFF, RESJSON)
○ Android resource parser
○ JavaScript Object Notation
○ Visual Basic < 6 project files (VBP) and forms
(FRM)
○ Binary files for Windows Mobile (Windows CE,
Pocket PC, Windows Mobile)
○ Microsoft Installer files (MSI)
○ HTML files ad HTML derivatives
○ Unix/Linux Portable Object files
○ Mono and multilingual XML files (incl. XLIFF)
○ Multilingual Microsoft Excel files (XLS, XLSX)
Optional add-ins
○ Microsoft .NET add-in (Framework 1.0 to 4.5
including WTF and Silverlight, RESX, binary
resources)
○ Java resources (All Platforms; J2EE, J2SE
and J2ME) Properties files, Source files
(JAVA), binaries (CLASS), Project files (JAR,
WAR)
○ Embarcadero (Borland) Delphi/C++ Builder
Files Delphi 3 to Delphi XE6 (EXE, DLL, BPL)
(including dialog and menu editor)
○ ODBC database parser (supporting ACCESS,
SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, IBM DB2)
Supported file formats

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Internationalization support (i18n)
Pseudo-translation
Testing
Source optimization
i18n
is an
engineering
activity

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Visual Localization - WYSIWYG editors for dialogs,
menus, web pages, bitmaps
Localization of embedded files - Graphics in
binaries can be exported and imported
More context information for translators
Translator Productivity features
Localization (l10n)
Translation
is part of
Localization

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Simulate translation

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Localization Project Management
Simple handling of software localization projects with
multilingual project files
Update feature for easy translation of new software
releases
Alignment and Leverage of translations and layout
data
Full history of edits including rollback to previous
versions
Collaboration Edition supports agile development
processes
User management and task management in projects
Efficient
project
management

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Support for Agile processes
Developer
Project
file
External
Translator
Internal
Translator
Reviewer
Localization
Manager
Translation
Bundles
Localization
Kit
Creating Project
Project Update
Export
New/Changed text entries
FTP
Invitation
E-Mail

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File type specific checks
Custom checks via macros or add-ins
Linguistic checks for inconsistent
terminology or translations
User defined checks
Quality Assurance

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Automation & customization
Integration into automatic build server
environment
SDL Passolo COM object for automation od
recurring tasks
Develop your own add-ins using the Passolo
SDK
Find add-ins on the SDL OpenExchange app
store
Acrolinx add-in
Available on sdl.com/openexchange

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SDL Passolo, SDL Trados Studio and SDL MultiTerm
Sharing of assets
Through TMs and term bases, BUT
mind:
• Not all strings are
segments
• UI elements are not terms

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To conclude…

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○ Allows optimal workflows
○ Reduces friction between
software developers and
localizers
○ Streamlines communication
between developers and
localizers
○ Controls linguistic quality in
source and target
languages
SDL Passolo
is the right tool
for software
localization
because it…

20. The winning combination of typical product localization…
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Get
software
localization right
Get
documentation
localization right
Get
terminology
right
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www.sdl.com/passolo