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Or "Localization" if you prefer ! ... " the process of translating a product into different languages or adapting a language for a specific country or region. "

We're all familiar with those confusing Operating Instructions that were only loosely translated from, say, their original Chinese, to English, and wished that the manufacturer had got a person with fluent English skills to "tidy up" the final product! We can do that!

But Localisation can be more subtle than that. Not only is American English subtly different to British English, but terms and meanings can also vary. As can culture!

Here is an example of a light-aircraft check-list that we translated from French to English:

Here's an example of one of many examples of a web page that we have created, designed primarily for English-speaking viewers, but with an alternative page on which the bulk of the text is in Dutch :

     

Another web-page example... This one English and German, for Oma Marnies' Pies :

     

And don't you just HATE going into foreign restaurants where you can't understand a THING on the Menu?!