{"id":1405,"date":"2020-05-15T16:14:55","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T14:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.defrent.de\/software-localization\/"},"modified":"2021-02-19T11:25:57","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T10:25:57","slug":"software-localization","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.defrent.de\/en\/software-localization\/","title":{"rendered":"Software localization"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"shariff shariff-align-left shariff-widget-align-left\" style=\"display:none\"><ul class=\"shariff-buttons theme-round orientation-horizontal buttonsize-small\"><li class=\"shariff-button mastodon\" style=\"background-color:#ccc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s2f.kytta.dev\/?text=Software%20localization https%3A%2F%2Fwww.defrent.de%2Fen%2Fsoftware-localization%2F via @defrentck@hessen.social\" title=\"Share on Mastodon\" aria-label=\"Share on Mastodon\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"shariff-link\" style=\"; background-color:#79b428; color:#fff\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"shariff-icon\" style=\"\"><svg width=\"75\" height=\"79\" viewBox=\"0 0 75 79\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M37.813-.025C32.462-.058 27.114.13 21.79.598c-8.544.621-17.214 5.58-20.203 13.931C-1.12 23.318.408 32.622.465 41.65c.375 7.316.943 14.78 3.392 21.73 4.365 9.465 14.781 14.537 24.782 15.385 7.64.698 15.761-.213 22.517-4.026a54.1 54.1 0 0 0 .01-6.232c-6.855 1.316-14.101 2.609-21.049 1.074-3.883-.88-6.876-4.237-7.25-8.215-1.53-3.988 3.78-.43 5.584-.883 9.048 1.224 18.282.776 27.303-.462 7.044-.837 14.26-4.788 16.65-11.833 2.263-6.135 1.215-12.79 1.698-19.177.06-3.84.09-7.692-.262-11.52C72.596 7.844 63.223.981 53.834.684a219.453 219.453 0 0 0-16.022-.71zm11.294 12.882c5.5-.067 10.801 4.143 11.67 9.653.338 1.48.471 3 .471 4.515v21.088h-8.357c-.07-7.588.153-15.182-.131-22.765-.587-4.368-7.04-5.747-9.672-2.397-2.422 3.04-1.47 7.155-1.67 10.735v6.392h-8.307c-.146-4.996.359-10.045-.404-15.002-1.108-4.218-7.809-5.565-10.094-1.666-1.685 3.046-.712 6.634-.976 9.936v14.767h-8.354c.109-8.165-.238-16.344.215-24.5.674-5.346 5.095-10.389 10.676-10.627 4.902-.739 10.103 2.038 12.053 6.631.375 1.435 1.76 1.932 1.994.084 1.844-3.704 5.501-6.739 9.785-6.771.367-.044.735-.068 1.101-.073z\"\/><defs><linearGradient id=\"paint0_linear_549_34\" x1=\"37.0692\" y1=\"0\" x2=\"37.0692\" y2=\"79\" gradientUnits=\"userSpaceOnUse\"><stop stop-color=\"#6364FF\"\/><stop offset=\"1\" stop-color=\"#563ACC\"\/><\/linearGradient><\/defs><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"shariff-button linkedin\" style=\"background-color:#ccc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.defrent.de%2Fen%2Fsoftware-localization%2F\" title=\"Share on LinkedIn\" aria-label=\"Share on LinkedIn\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"shariff-link\" style=\"; 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background-color:#79b428; color:#fff\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"shariff-icon\" style=\"\"><svg width=\"32px\" height=\"20px\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 18 32\"><path fill=\"#3b5998\" d=\"M17.1 0.2v4.7h-2.8q-1.5 0-2.1 0.6t-0.5 1.9v3.4h5.2l-0.7 5.3h-4.5v13.6h-5.5v-13.6h-4.5v-5.3h4.5v-3.9q0-3.3 1.9-5.2t5-1.8q2.6 0 4.1 0.2z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"shariff-button twitter\" style=\"background-color:#ccc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.defrent.de%2Fen%2Fsoftware-localization%2F&text=Software%20localization\" title=\"Share on X\" aria-label=\"Share on X\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"shariff-link\" style=\"; background-color:#79b428; color:#fff\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"shariff-icon\" style=\"\"><svg width=\"32px\" height=\"20px\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"#000\" d=\"M14.258 10.152L23.176 0h-2.113l-7.747 8.813L7.133 0H0l9.352 13.328L0 23.973h2.113l8.176-9.309 6.531 9.309h7.133zm-2.895 3.293l-.949-1.328L2.875 1.56h3.246l6.086 8.523.945 1.328 7.91 11.078h-3.246zm0 0\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<p>Whether for user interfaces (UI) or industrial human\/machine interfaces (HMI): Users expect to be able to operate your product in their native language \u2013 and in English as the international \u201cfallback\u201d language.<\/p>\n\n<p>While your programmers implement a functioning <em>internationalization<\/em> (i18n) in the code, DeFrEnT will make sure that the <em>localization<\/em> (l10n) \u2013 i.e., the translation of all output strings \u2013 of your software or machine control is understood by users speaking German or French as their primary language.<\/p>\n\n<p>The localization of UI or HMI strings poses <strong>particular challenges<\/strong> to a translator:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Often, inflexible graphical layouts lead to <strong>character limits<\/strong>, which must be observed even if a target language can easily need \u00b130% characters to express the same concept. Consider the German &#8220;Druckerwarteschlange&#8221; (20; +82%) or &#8220;Druckauftr\u00e4ge&#8221; (13; +18%; actual meaning: &#8220;print jobs&#8221;) against the English &#8220;print queue&#8221; (11).<\/li><li>An increased use of non-standard <strong>abbreviations<\/strong> in the source language to meet screen space constraints will lead to a lot of translator queries if they are not properly documented.<\/li><li><strong>Code<\/strong> or <strong>variables<\/strong> within the strings that absolutely must be preserved.<\/li><li>Additionally, <strong>string concatenation<\/strong> leads to a heap of problems when the target language\u2019s\u00a0 syntax is different from the source language.<\/li><li><strong>No context<\/strong> to infer the meaning of certain words from, as translators regularly do when working on continuous text. This, too, can lead to translator queries if you don\u2019t provide screenshots, documentation or other reference material \u2013 or even a VM appliance running your software so the translator can find this out for himself.<\/li><li>Special <strong>data formats<\/strong> used in localization, for example .po, .resource and .resx files, client-specific XML dialects, .ini files, etc. which your translator ought to be able to process efficiently.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.defrent.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/pixabay-pixelcreatures-CC0-settings-265131_640_2.jpg\" alt=\"Cursor on a screen pointing to the word &#x201C;settings&#x201D;\" class=\"wp-image-837\" width=\"331\" height=\"218\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"clearfix\">Thanks to his long-standing experience in localization, Mr K\u00f6bel has the necessary\u00a0 <strong>translation strategies and L10N tools<\/strong> to master these challenges and to deliver <strong>translations that are meaningful and intuitive to users<\/strong> with a minimum of hassle.<\/p>\n\n<p>As <strong>added value<\/strong>, DeFrEnT provides you with <strong>free proofreading of your source strings<\/strong>. Since Mr K\u00f6bel needs to read the original strings anyway, he will be happy to notify you of errors or inconsistencies, so you can further <strong>optimize your product<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-notice gb-font-size-15 gb-block-notice\" style=\"color: #32373c; background-color: #79b428;\" data-id=\"63e4e4\">\r\n<div class=\"gb-notice-title\" style=\"color: #313131;\">\r\n\r\nWebsite localization\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"gb-notice-text\" style=\"border-color: #79b428;\">\r\n\r\nWe will be glad to also help you localizing your web content, either directly within your CMS or through its XML \/ XLIFF export files, by editing HTML source code or by exchanging Office documents.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether for user interfaces (UI) or industrial human\/machine interfaces (HMI): Users expect to be able to operate your product in their native language \u2013 and in English as the international \u201cfallback\u201d language. 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