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The LRC Reader is a collection of interesting articles from past issues of Localisation Focus magazine, published by the Localisation Research Centre.

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'Argentinean Localisation Industry' by Teddy Bengtsson

Teddy Bengtsson discusses localisation from an Argentinean perspective, and whether the recent industry mergers will have much impact on the fragmented localisation industry there.
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'Localisation in South Africa' by Dr Kim Wallmach

South Africa is a technological leader in its region, with a world-class road infrastructure, banking sector and the largest internet market in Southern Africa (ca. 3 million internet users, mainly young, affluent, educated professionals, as well as a sizeable number of tertiary-level students (Goldstuck, 2001)). The country has a well-developed communications sector, with an emphasis on providing universal telecommunications access to all (ITU, 2001).
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'Localisation in Brazil' by José Eduardo De Lucca

Brazil's population of 180 million people speak a variation of Portuguese that is conventionally called Brazilian Portuguese in the world of localisation. The Brazilian variant is considerably different from the Continental Portuguese language (spoken in Portugal, Angola, Mozambique, São Tomé and Principe, Timor, Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau). There are orthographic, grammatical and semantic differences and products localised to the Portuguese of Portugal are not accepted here and the reverse is also true.
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