As a localization project manager, you’re the captain of the ship — you’re the one who’s ultimately responsible for the crew and for everything that happens from port to port. The cargo is heavy and the turnarounds are tight. Will you deliver on time? On budget? Will the linguistic quality of your translations be up [...]

Back in the 1990s, many companies just had one, global website to represent their businesses. Now, however, you’re likely to have a dedicated website for each of your markets, and may even have several. If this story sounds familiar, your organization is probably facing the challenge of how to give these sites local color without [...]

Developing localized websites requires a great deal of localization engineering knowledge. The best-practice tips set out below can give you a head start in creating a localization-friendly website. You may need to customize these practices depending on the structure, complexity and backend design of your website. Use Unicode When Developing Your Site An internationalized application [...]

In May 2011 a new privacy law came into effect across the European Union (EU), which states that cookies may only be used by website owners with the end-user’s consent. In other words, if you use cookies, then in most cases you need to ask visitors for their permission to do so. This has a [...]

Armed with the best of intentions, their best people, and often best practices, many business organizations have gone about the process of choosing their web content management (WCM) systems from the standpoint of meeting emerging—and often critical–needs to bring rapidly burgeoning web content under control and to support the execution of online marketing programs. Many [...]