Localization of your software to suit various cultures and in multiple languages can increase your revenue and profits. Localization means adapting your software products and relevant technologies to a specific region or language. This process requires the cooperation of a professional partner with a proven track record in this field.
Today, many businesses in Turkey trust Kalite Tercume for localization services. As a company, we have been localizing software products of numerous companies for years. We do localization in these fields:
- Documentation
- e-Training modules
- Firmware
- Help pages
- Marketing materials
- Multimedia materials
- Product localization
- Software localization
- Training materials
- Websites
Localization is a field considered distinct from translation, as it is more specific. Cultural elements and language-specific issues need to be taken into account in localization. For example, if accelerator keys (shortcut keys/underlined keys) are used during the localization of a software program, the key underlined should be adapted to an appropriate letter in the target language. While identifying the same letter as a shortcut key in two menus in the target language may not cause a major problem, it can restrict the usability of the software. The difference in decimal separators in Turkish and English can be cited as another example. In the localization of an instruction for font size settings from English to Turkish, if the font size setting is specified according to English usage, the user would receive a message indicating that the function is invalid if the language of their operating system is in Turkish. In other words, the corresponding command would not work. Furthermore, flawed localization of a website may reduce site traffic.
We provide comprehensive localization services so that our clients’ software can run effectively on local operation platforms. Our localization team is competent and well equipped to complete localization projects of any scope and volume. Our localization process includes:
- Analysis of source files
- Software analysis
- Identifying tools and processes required for the workflow of localization
- Calculating the volume of the project in order to determine its cost
- Preparation of translation tools
- Preparation of key term lists specific to the clients
- Blocking of texts not to be translated
- Transferring the translation memories
- Determination of the total number of words
- Proofreading the translated files
- Correction of errors identified by proofreader
- Preparation of the files for delivery
- Updating the client’s translation memories (TM)
- Preparation and distribution of the software
- Error management
