SimulTrans: Globalization Seminar Program

Globalization Seminar Program

Innovation

In 1996, in an effort to educate professionals in Silicon Valley and introduce firms to the benefits of localized products, SimulTrans began its free localization seminar series. Now the seminar program is run on both coasts of the United States and throughout Europe, and boasts authoritative industry speakers from leading high-tech companies and renowned universities.

Free Seminars

SimulTrans’ lunchtime and evening seminars reach out to a diverse audience of international executives, localization directors, software engineers, technical writers, publication managers, and students. A limited audience size enables participants to ask questions, voice concerns, and share individual expertise with speakers and other attendees. SimulTrans encourages seminar participants to contribute to the program, and often chooses lecture topics based on the individual requests of clients and attendees.

Workshops

In addition to its monthly seminar program, SimulTrans provides customized workshops for its clients on topics such as publishing for a global audience, software internationalization, localizing websites, utilizing translation memory tools, and project management. SimulTrans’ workshop instructors are unique in that they aren’t just lecturers or academics, but real localization and internationalization specialists who are actively working and living the subjects they teach. Participants benefit from limited enrollment, multiple specialized instructors, and excellent take-home materials and references. Workshops are offered in one- or multiple-day lengths. SimulTrans tailors each workshop to help meet the unique goals of the participants.

Expertise

Past speakers at SimulTrans’ seminars have shared their expertise on many diverse topics, including the following:

Scheduling Localization Projects
Strategies for Efficiently Creating Screen Captures
Building a Scalable Globalization Strategy
Reducing Localization Costs
Help Localization
Translation with Content Management Systems
Utilizing XML for Localization and Globalization
Tips for Preparing your Document for Translation
Cross-Locale CJKV Code Conversion
Localizing Multimedia
Identifying International Software Testing Requirements
Quality Assurance
Building and Sustaining a Successful Global Website
Internationalization Best Practices for Java and Solaris

Topic for 2010 Seminars

Introduction to Localization

Every few years, SimulTrans conducts its Introduction to Localization seminars, in the midst of more advanced and specialized topics.

If you are new to localization, this is the opportunity to figure out what it is all about. Or, if you have been managing localization but never received the details on the process, this would be a great refresher.

In this session, we will review the basics:

What is all this "zation" language?
How should you prepare a localization kit and request a proposal?
What factors should you consider in choosing a localization partner?
How long does localization take? How much does it cost?
How can you ensure high linguistic quality?
What are translation memory tools?

You should only plan to attend this introductory webinar if you are new to localization or want to review the basics. If you are an expert localization manager, this is probably not the best session for you.

This seminar will be held in several cities during 2010, and will be available in webinars. If you are interested in participating, please complete the registration form.