RE: localized.....

["Susan W. Gallagher" <sgallagher -at- kinzan -dot- com>]

> Let's say I'm an employer in Dallas, Texas and most of my 
> business documentation in English...
> 
> Anyone wanna help translate the Cambodian or Arabic documents?

And

> Let's say I'm American on assignment in France.
> MY own language is English, but my company's language is French.

These two posts accentuate the meaning of, and problem with, 
localization. That is, localization is not personalization. 
A localized product will be translated to French for sale 
in France, to Italian for sale in Italy, and to English for 
sale in the US. So here, it would seem that the term "localized"
is the one to use. In the case of a transplanted worker, there 
is no provision to provide the text in the worker's native 
tongue.

Sue Gallagher
sgallagher -at- kinzan -dot- com

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