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iLanguage localizes UUU
Electronics (code name) Wireless Control Device
The Challenge
Leading wireless technology developer UUU Electronics Inc. needed to localize
the Graphical User Interface (GUI) of their latest product Nee (code name),
which turns your PDA, web pad, or other electronic display into an UUU remote
control. Nee provides users with the ability to control office and home
entertainment devices from their handheld. The first localization of Nee's GUI
for the HP-Compaq iPaq PocketPC was crucial for UUU's further expansion into
foreign markets. Nine languages were first targeted - Spanish, German, French,
Italian, Portuguese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean and
Japanese - with more to be added later. User manuals and electronic
documentation were translated and culturally adapted for non English speaking
users to take advantage of the products easy-to-use features. Marketing
communication documents were also localized for each target market. The project
involved several file formats which included C++ software coding, .RC, PDF,
.doc and HTML.
The Solution
UUU selected iLanguage as its unique multi-language localization vendor due to
its strong track record in software localization with in house teams of project
managers, translators, software engineers and graphic specialists. A production
team made up of a project manager and a software localization engineer began
working on the project. A group of 12 in-house translators and 2 freelancers
translated the material in the target languages, assisted by Computer Aided
Translation Memory from Trados. As always the translations went through quality
assurance testing , editing and proof reading by a senior iLanguage editor to
meet our zero defect policy and assure consistency. Software engineers worked
in the localization of the C++ coding included in Nee's GUI and tested its
functionality. The localized versions of the Nee application, its electronic
documentation and user manuals were sent off to UUU for final testing.
The Result
The project was completed under the allocated budget an in less than two
months. The localization of Nee turned out to be a great success for UUU and
HP-Compaq. Multilingual users are able to take full advantage of this product
in their own language. UUU was very impressed by iLanguage flawless project
management, software localization and superior quality translations, in all
nine target languages. Both companies are preparing for many new projects
together.
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