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Comment on Lua Resource Files – Nobody Needs These by John White

John White — Tue, 11 May 2010 16:42:29 +0000

Thomas: Good idea, and thanks.
But I still say it’s a dodgy way to structure a resource file…

Comment on Lua Resource Files – Nobody Needs These by Thomas

Thomas — Tue, 11 May 2010 14:12:52 +0000

Hi,

We would use the Regular Expression File Filter in SDL Trados Suite/Studio to handle these files. This filter allows you to specify the text to be translated using regular expressions.

You’ll have to set up the following opening pattern , ” and closing pattern “. This way you don’t get the name value.

HTH
Thomas

Comment on 3 Reasons for Facebook’s Localization by Vote by Danics

Danics — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:30:56 +0000

Its something that I think is both money-saving and quality assuring for FB.
MyMemory uses a similar method for their shared memory, and it is a great tool.
Great blog you have here, John

Comment on Want a Language Clause in Your Contracts? by John White

John White — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:39:05 +0000

Jenia:

I find that small and huge clients don’t mind wading into the muck of localizing these things – the former because they don’t realize what they’re getting into, and the latter because they can throw a phalanx of global legal talent at it.

The mid-range clients are circumspect and prefer to leave things in English. Sort of a doughnut-hole.

Comment on Want a Language Clause in Your Contracts? by Jenia Laszlo

Jenia Laszlo — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:40:17 +0000

John – just stumbled upon your blog and it has all kinds of awesome, lucidly written content. Very impressed that you’ve been turning out consistent, very high quality content on the topic over the years.

To add my perspective to the question that you have raised – I used to manage projects for a client who localized their legal content in many languages for multiple markets – and the complexity around contracts application in local legislatures, special terminology translation and acceptance by in-country users was overwhelming. The clause that you quote could have definitely benefited them.

Comment on Unsophisticated Translator vs. File Format – Who Wins? by blogalizeme

blogalizeme — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:25:22 +0000

hi, I tried subscribing to your blog’s RSS feed, but there seems to be a problem (feedburner is not finding the page with the feed). Hope you can fix this soon!
thanks, and keep the great work with your blog!

Comment on 3 Reasons for Facebook’s Localization by Vote by John White

John White — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:19:56 +0000

@Colin What’s not always necessary: the differentiation or the quality?

Comment on 3 Reasons for Facebook’s Localization by Vote by Colin Cooper

Colin Cooper — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:33:42 +0000

Go Facebook, indeed. They’ve had a huge amount of coverage as a result of the protests against CS from professional translators. But Facebook is in a small minority of instances where CS will work well. For most commercial enterprises, we don’t have the same natural goodwill, and we need to be waving money for translation services. But I hope it does one thing if at all – and that’s raise the game for professionals. There’s a lot of talk about differentiation between professional and amateur translation. This differentiation may exist, but a) it’s not always demonstrated in some of the quality that is delivered, and b) it’s not always necessary.

Comment on 3 Reasons for Facebook’s Localization by Vote by The Localization Girls

The Localization Girls — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:27:49 +0000

All for it. Anything that dismantles the Microsoft idiom – 20th Century – and promotes engagement of real users is to be encouraged. Go Facebook.

Comment on A Vendor That Doesn’t Use Translation Memory?! by John White

John White — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:45:05 +0000

@Katerina Dohnalova Right, but do you plan to leave the project that way, or pour it into newer CAT tools like TM?