Globalization Insider

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Confusion in the Cost-Value Chain of Localization Services (premium) • Jaap van der Meer, R.R. Donnelley Global Software Services
Quality Issues in Internationalization (I18N) and Localization (L10N) (premium) • Emmanuel Uren, Robert Howard and Tiziana Perinotti
An Update on the Eastern European Survey
Translation Tool Technology - A WHA Evaluation Report (premium) • Emilio Alesiani, Project Manager, Word House Associates, Rome, Italy
LISA 1995 Executive Committee Candidate Statements (premium)
The LISA Forum Mountain View, California (6-8 November, 1994) (premium)
Tales of Legacy Code and Ancient Character Sets (premium) • Jeff Ramsden, Senior Localization Engineer, AT&T Language Line Services

Tales of Legacy Code and Ancient Character Sets

Jeff Ramsden, Senior Localization Engineer, AT&T Language Line Services

Localizing applications, be it for Microsoft Windows, DOS, Macintosh or UNIX, is rarely simple, and never the same thing twice. This is especially true when localizing for Asian languages. Let's face it--Unicode, although becoming more popular, is rarely used on any major platform. Yeah, I know, Windows NT and such are supposed to be chock-full of Unicode, making localization easy. But then, how many native Windows NT applications have you seen lately? No, the world still runs on Windows 3.1 and Macintosh. Ladies and gentlemen, it's time to port code from code page 437 to DBCS (Double Byte Character Set).

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