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EXCELLENT!
An enlightening book!To take advantage of a world that is "flat",businesses must comprehend the powerful role culture plays in shaping tastes and preferences.To start, check out www.theculturallycustomizedwebsite.com and do the Cultural IQ test!
A Must Have
The Culturally Customized Web Site is a must have for all web designers. Whether you are a first-timer, or an old pro, The Culturally Customized Web Site will have what you need. All too often, we forget that our sites are not being viewed only by Americans, and The Culturally Customized Web Site reminds us of this. It gives us the cultural know-how needed to create an effective localized site. Praise to Singh and Pereira for showing us the way!

let me see . . .
I give these guys a 2 stars rating for being interested in some highly overseen theme.
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Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Internet - Web Site Design    5. Marketing - General    6. Business & Economics / Marketing / General    7. Internet    8. Computers    9. Electronic Commerce    10. E-Commerce - Internet Marketing    11. Internet - Web Page Design    12. Software localization   

Subjects:  1. Computer Books: General    2. Computer Graphics - Game Programming    3. Computer games    4. Computers    5. Games / Gamebooks / Crosswords    6. Programming    7. Programming - Software Development    8. Software localization    9. Video & Electronic - General    10. Art / Graphic Arts    11. Computer Programming   

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A truly excellent book
This book was truly a pleasure to read. A good writing style, a lot of information, and a tight editing job that really makes both the messenger and the message look better. What more could a person ask for? Excellent book on "XML tools for Internationalization"
Yves Savourel's book on XML Internationalization and Localization is an excellent resource and definitely worth reading for anyone working with XML in an international environment. Great book - sorely needed - just in time
Yves Savourel has a firm grasp of the technical aspects of XML development - completed by a wealt of experience in the product globalization arena. The writing style in XML internationalizaion and Localization is clear and unambiguous - easily understood by the novice and guru alike, and using terms that are familiar to anyone working in the internationalization and localization industries. The book's content is comprehensive with useful and practical examples, directly applicable to the real world. Thorough, interesting examination of one of critical development formats for entrprise, database and internet computing, the book is much needed! I hope there is more to come. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer Books: General    2. Computer Networks    3. Computer Programming Languages    4. Computers    5. Computers - Languages / Programming    6. Programming - General    7. Programming Languages - HTML    8. Programming Languages - XML    9. XML (Document markup language)    10. Computers / Programming Languages / HTML, SGML, VRML, XML    11. XML   

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Excellent book for translators and localization editors
I bought this book as on overall introduction on localization, for I'm about to do an internship for a localization agency.
Mandatory Primer for any Localization Newcomer
This book is invaluable to any newcomer in the localization industry, whether you aspire to become a wiz engineer preparing RC-files for translation left and right, or a project manager with the need to understand every step of a project's planning process and actual execution. Industry standard methods, techniques and tools are discussed. Tips and warnings are conveyed. Hard to beat this book as a general yet comprehensive introduction. Any drawbacks? All I can think of is the fact that there is no separate chapter devoted to web site globalization - well, Bert, maybe you could add another 100 pages to the next edition to address this issue? I'll be the first in line...

Not as complete as the description implied
If you are a translator localizing software under Windows, this book is for you!Buy it first before other books you might get later.However, Esselink views the computing world as if only Windows is worth discussing.A few pages are devoted to the Mac crowd and the only other OS mentioned at all was SunOS, and only in passing.Given Windows' large market share in the desktop market, it deserves substantial coverage.However, it is only one competitor among many in the server and embedded systems markets.With the growth in the markets for wireless access (web enabled cellphones) and PDAs, ignoring other OSs is a serious oversight.Read more

Subjects:  1. Computers    2. General    3. Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy    4. Politics/International Relations    5. Programming - General    6. Programming - Software Development    7. Software documentation    8. Software localization   

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Good for Desktop no good for Web Software Development
This book seems quite good for desktop software. However if your needing to investigate how to the issues of handeling globalization and localization issues for a web site. Don't buy it. Doesn't address it at all.

This book will be very helpful...
If you are developer or tester who is doing the work related to I18N and L10N, this book will be very helpful for you. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer Books And Software    2. Computer software    3. Computers    4. Computers - Languages / Programming    5. Design    6. Development    7. Microcomputer Operating Environments    8. Microsoft Windows    9. Microsoft Windows (Computer fi    10. Microsoft Windows (Computer file)    11. Operating Systems - Windows    12. Programming - Software Development    13. Software Localization    14. Computers / Programming / General    15. Software engineering   

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Needs a better editor
This text is the industry standard for internationalization training, but this only shows how far the industry needs to go. The text desparately needed a good editor as the number of typos for a professionally produced volume is astounding. Much of the information is available from other sources and can be obtained without purchasing this book from sources such as Microsoft or Apple.Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer Books And Software    2. Computers - General Information    3. Electronic data processing doc    4. Electronic data processing documentation    5. Programming - General    6. Software Engineering    7. Software localization   

Subjects:  1. Artificial Intelligence - General    2. Computer Books: General    3. Computers    4. Computers - General Information    5. Congresses    6. Control systems    7. General    8. Machine learning    9. Neural networks (Computer science)    10. Programming - Systems Analysis & Design    11. Robotics    12. Robots    13. Computers / Artificial Intelligence    14. Intelligence    15. Neurosciences    16. biomimetic robots    17. cognitive development in robots    18. cognitive robots    19. imitation and neural networks    20. learning for robots    21. learning self localization and mapping    22. neural networks for robots    23. neural vision    24. speech interfaces and neural networks    25. spiking neural networks in robots    26. talking robots   

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A disappointment. The book is very 'padded'.
I'm currently reading the book "Internationalization and Localization Using Microsoft .NET". The topic of this book is one which I'm very interested in. Unfortunately, this book has been very disappointing to me. Probably the only .NET loc book. Not recommended.
I have a bit of background in localizaiton engineering and I also wrote a few .NET apps (definitely not a professional level, though). Still I got lost in this book and my time was wasted. Do not waste your time with this book
Our company purchased this book so that we could localize a C# .net project. This book offered very few technical details about important parts of the process.Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer Books: Database    2. Computers    3. Computers - Languages / Programming    4. Hardware - Personal Computers - General    5. Internet - General    6. Microcomputer Application Software    7. Programming - Software Development    8. Software Localization   

Subjects:  1. Artificial Intelligence - General    2. Computer Books: General    3. Computers    4. Computers - General Information    5. General    6. Networking - General    7. Programming - Software Development    8. AI Planning    9. Algorithmic Learning    10. Autonomous Mobile Robots    11. Computers / Artificial Intelligence    12. Computing and Information Technology    13. DAI    14. Humanoid Robots    15. MAS    16. Mobile Robots    17. Multi-Agent Systems    18. RoboCup    19. Robot Control    20. Robot Localization    21. Robot Navigation    22. Robot Soccer    23. Robot Vision    24. Simulation   

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A reference not a tutorial
While working on a software project that would be released in multiple countries, I started thinking about the issues that arise when developing international software.As a result, I found myself purchasing this book. Must-have for international software developers
Although the book is not new, and does not cover Linux/Unix and Java issues, it has been a unique source of information in my international software development. I was happy when I inherited this book from a colleague, and I keep it open on my table. It contains, for instance, all the codepages that I ever heard of.

A must have for any Int'l SW Developer/Tester
Nadine Kano also recommends the book "SW Internationalization and Localization" by Uren, Howard, Perinotti. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer Books: General    2. Computer software    3. Computers - Operating Systems    4. Development    5. Microcomputer Operating Environments    6. Microsoft Windows (Computer file)    7. Microsoft Windows NT    8. Operating Systems - NT    9. Operating Systems - Windows 95    10. Programming - Software Development    11. Software Localization    12. Microsoft Windows   

Subjects:  1. Computer Books: General    2. Computers    3. Computers - Communications / Networking    4. Networking - General    5. Programming - General    6. Programming - Software Development    7. Programming - Systems Analysis & Design    8. Bluetooth    9. Computers / Networking / General    10. Radio technology    11. ad-hoc networking    12. ad-hoc sensor networks    13. context-aware sensors    14. distributed services    15. localization    16. low-power networking    17. medium access control    18. mobile networks    19. network power management    20. network scalability    21. network selfconfiguration    22. query systems    23. sensor networks    24. wireless networks    25. wireless sensor networks   

Subjects:  1. Apple And Macintosh Programming    2. Computer - Apple/Macintosh    3. Computer Books: General    4. Hardware - Personal Computers - Macintosh    5. Macintosh (Computer)    6. Software Design    7. Software localization    8. Computer Programming    9. Computer Software Packages    10. Macintosh   

Subjects:  1. Electronics - General    2. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    3. Engineering - Mechanical    4. Expert systems (Computer scien    5. Expert systems (Computer science)    6. Fault location (Engineering)    7. Industrial Technology    8. Mathematical Models    9. Science/Mathematics    10. Systems Engineering    11. Technology    12. Technology & Industrial Arts    13. Engineering measurement & calibration    14. Industrial quality control    15. Technology / Engineering / Mechanical    16. damage    17. diagnosis    18. diagnostics    19. dynamics    20. faults    21. holistic    22. models    23. monitoring    24. reliability    25. system identification   

Subjects:  1. Fluid Mechanics    2. Gas dynamics    3. Mathematical Physics    4. Mechanics - General    5. Numerical analysis    6. Physics    7. Science    8. Science/Mathematics   

Subjects:  1. Artificial Intelligence - General    2. Computer Graphics - General    3. Engineering - General    4. Robotics    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Technology    7. Technology & Industrial Arts    8. Engineering: general    9. Environmental science    10. Mobile Robotics    11. SLAM    12. Simultaneous Localization and Mapping    13. Stochastic State Estimation    14. Technology / Robotics   

Subjects:  1. Atomic Physics    2. Nuclear Physics    3. Optics    4. Physics    5. Quantum Theory    6. Science    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Atom Interferometry    9. Atomic & molecular physics    10. Bose-Einstein Condensation    11. Localization    12. Quantum Computing    13. Quantum Measurement    14. Quantum physics (quantum mechanics)    15. Science / Waves & Wave Mechanics   

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Decent overview but very outdated
This is a decent overview to some general aspects of internationalization and localization. However, there isn't a whole lot in the book that's not available from various places on the web. Furthermore, there's no discussion of Unicode, no application of Windows, and no mention of what's the right way to do things in HTML and XML. It's very, very 1994. I can't stress enough how much is missing from this book without a mention of Unicode. All examples given are in Unix, which may or may not be a negative, depending on your needs. A lot of pages are spent on various character encoding schemes, which are now almost completely irrelevant. Since there aren't that many good internationalization books, you might be better off finding information on the web.

good for understanding i18n generally
Good introduction to i18n issues.I also feel that it give a pretty complete handling of the basic issues.Great companion for the O'Reilly CJKV book.O'Donnell's book concisely and clearly explains general issues. Specifically: I use it often for the explanation of the various encodingmethods and how they are implemented.

This book is old, old, old!
This book is well written but quite dated.There is no mention of"Windows" and "Unicode" was only theoretical at thetime.It has good background on the central issues of softwareinternationalization but is sadly out-of-date for current softwaredevelopers (especially if using Windows). ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer Books: Languages    2. Computer Programming    3. Computers    4. Computers - Languages / Programming    5. Linguistics    6. Programming - General    7. Programming - Software Development    8. Programming Languages - General    9. Software localization    10. Computers / Programming / Software Development   

Subjects:  1. Computer Books: General    2. Computer Science    3. Computers    4. Computers - General Information    5. Information Theory    6. Networking - General    7. Ad hoc networks    8. Computers / Security    9. Localization    10. Networks    11. Radio technology    12. Secure    13. Time Synchronization    14. Wireless   

Subjects:  1. Application software    2. Computer Books: General    3. Computer software    4. Computers    5. Computers - Languages / Programming    6. Development    7. General    8. Marketing    9. Programming - General    10. Programming Languages - General    11. Science/Mathematics    12. Software Design    13. Software localization    14. Computer Software Packages    15. Computers / Computer Science   

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