Instructor Class Description

Time Schedule:

• Spring Quarter 2013
• Summer Quarter 2013
• Autumn Quarter 2013

Hiram Marques Machado
HCDE 513
Seattle Campus

Globalization and Localization Management

Examines globalization and localization business processes. Topics include localization challenges for various business sectors and audiences as well as selecting localization software, services, and content; project types; and associated start-to-finish processes. Offered: S.

Class description

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:

* Understand internationalization, globalization and localization business manaegment concepts and terminology * Understand the development cycle of software, online services and web sites and its relationship to the localization process * Be able to draft a basic localization workflow model * Have fundamental knowledge of localization engineering management, technology and tools * Understand the translation and cultural adaptation process * Understand the basic business management framework to manage localization projects * Understand community localization and crowdsourcing

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General method of instruction

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