{"id":520,"date":"2010-01-22T16:42:19","date_gmt":"2010-01-22T21:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.epictranslations.com\/blogs\/?p=109"},"modified":"2019-10-16T05:22:20","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T05:22:20","slug":"about-software-localization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.epictranslations.com\/fre\/about-software-localization\/","title":{"rendered":"About software localization\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>About software localization<\/p>\n<h2>About software localization\u2026<\/h2>\n<h3><strong>WITNESS OF A PRACTICE:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While working in the software localization field for a big\u00a0IT company, I figured out how sometimes translators can&#8217;t avoid<strong> bad translation<\/strong> renderings.\u00a0I \u00a0found out that About software localization strings are translated out of context, the mainly visual context in this case. Once the translation was passed onto engineers, &#8216;words&#8217; were assembled to the software itself and just a quality review used to follow this stage of the process. At this stage, <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.epictranslations.com\">translators <\/a>were not allowed to correct so many things \u00a0(as the main work was already done), while, instead, a lot of errors were spotted when words were finally associated to menus, windows, etc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Someone said that the translator is a rational agent aware of and controlling his actions and that he\/she surrenders to external coercion only if his\/her reason decides that it is the wisest thing to do.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t agree with such an out-of-date and topical thinking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About software localization About software localization\u2026 WITNESS OF A PRACTICE: While working in the software localization field for a big\u00a0IT company, I figured out how sometimes translators can&#8217;t avoid bad translation renderings.\u00a0I \u00a0found out that About software localization strings are translated out of context, the mainly visual context in this case. Once the translation was passed onto engineers, &#8216;words&#8217; were assembled to the software itself and just a quality review used to follow this stage of the process. 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