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November 2003 |
| Gruppo
L10N offer Italy's first Post-Graduate Localisation Course
The
first post-graduate course on localisation in The
course is built around practice-oriented teaching. The majority of the
learning activities will be carried out by working on a real localisation
project. The course will include seminars, lectures and workshops given by
guest speakers. The
course program will last 300 hours (two semesters) and provide all
participants with the skills needed to work in the software localisation
industry. Students will receive a thorough theoretical and practical
grounding in computing, with special reference to the localisation
process. Applications
are now open. The basic requirements for enrolment are a degree in modern
languages, translation or IT. An ECDL (European Computer Driving Licence)
is a plus. Gruppo L10N welcomes leading industry players to sponsor the
course either by financing a scholarship for the value of the course fee
or hosting a student for a paid six-month training period. Candidate
sponsors will be invited to come through a comprehensive sponsorship
agreement. For
further information contact the team at info@gruppol10n.it. New CPSL Office in Ireland A leading European language services provider, Celer Pawlowsky (CPSL), has opened a new business development office in Galway, Ireland. The new office will add to CPSL's expansion strategy, designed to improve its customer service and business development in the target markets, life sciences, IT and automotive industries. In the new office, industry veteran, Aidan Collins, will be responsible for business development of localisation services for companies in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the broader European market. Collins, who brings the value of significant local market knowledge, will act also as onsite account manager for CPSL´s current Irish and British clients, consolidating current successful partnerships. Transmission 1.0 localises Photoshop files Transmissions LLC, a provider of graphic localisation tools and custom business software solutions, has released Transmission 1.0 for Windows XP and Windows 2000. Transmission 1.0 is a solution for managing the translation and localisation of text intensive Adobe Photoshop files. Designed in partnership with TRADOS Incorporated, it is designed to seamlessly integrate with Adobe Photoshop and TRADOS. Transmission 1.0 automatically converts Photoshop files into TRADOS readable XML-based files (TTX files). It lets users view translatable text in a graphical context as an aid for translation using TRADOS, and it substitutes fonts to accommodate alphabets not supported by the original text's font. It then automatically updates Photoshop files with translations and any font substitutions and saves translated Photoshop files in a Web-ready format. Transmission 1.0 is also available in a corporate edition that is bundled with additional functionality aimed at larger organizations with either very large or very many graphics translation and localisation projects. Babel Media adds on-line testing service Babel Media has launched an on-line beta testing service, Planet Testing, in response to the emerging on-line games sector. The service will fully launch during the first quarter of 2004, but Babel is already testing two on-line PC titles with one top five publisher. According to a recent report by DFC Intelligence, the number of on-line global gamers will treble to 40 million by 2006. Yet publishers face challenges in that on-line games need extensive compatibility testing across all ISPs, hardware and territories. Babel's Planet Testing means publishers can outsource this expensive aspect of their on-line games offering. The company's volunteer teams in Europe, the United States and Asia-Pacific, combined with its team of experienced testers in the United Kingdom and India, can scale testing to provide a "real world" test scenario before a title is released. Babel is also considering solutions to provide an effective test compatibility scenario. PASSOLO offers an Enhanced Visual XLIFF Solution PASS Engineering has announced a limited-time offer of its Visual XLIFF component for PASSOLO. First presented at the LRC Summer School 2002, PASSOLO's XLIFF Add-in has undergone continued development since then and now provides full support for XLIFF 1.1 and the new XLIFF Profile for Windows Resources. This enhanced XLIFF Add-in is currently available free of charge to all PASSOLO 4.0 customers.Commenting on PASSOLO's support for XML and XLIFF translation, Florian Sachse, Managing Director of PASS Engineering, points out PASS's firm commitment to supporting XLIFF and promoting its development as an industry standard. "We recognize the importance of XLIFF in the localization industry and remain dedicated to its further development. XLIFF has the potential to increase customer benefit and improve investment security by ensuring interoperability between different processes and applications." |