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Enabling Science Lessons in interactive media and help authoring with localization Content Strategy Applied 1 st March 2012 Colum McAndrew (MISTC) Senior Technical Writer
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A presentation given to the Content Strategy Applied Conference in London, March 2012.
Transcript of Localisation case study
Enabling Science
Lessons in interactive media and help authoring with
localizationContent Strategy Applied
1st March 2012
Colum McAndrew (MISTC)Senior Technical Writer
Enabling ScienceSlide 2 © IDBS 2009
IDBS – Enabling Science
Founded in 1986.
Private company based in Guildford, UK.
Global provider of innovative enterprise data management, analytics and modelling solutions.
PricewaterhouseCooper's Profit Track 100 company (2010).
Frost and Sullivan ‘Enabling Technology’ Award in R&D data management (2010).
Queen’s Award for International Trade (2011).
Enabling ScienceSlide 3 © IDBS 2009
IDBS – Enabling Science
Founded in 1986.
Private company based in Guildford, UK.
Global provider of innovative enterprise data management, analytics and modelling solutions.
PricewaterhouseCooper's Profit Track 100 company (2010).
Frost and Sullivan ‘Enabling Technology’ Award in R&D data management (2010).
Queen’s Award for International Trade (2011).
Enabling ScienceSlide 4 © IDBS 2009
IDBS – Location! Location! Location! Offices in the UK, US, France, Japan, India, China
and Australia.
Enabling ScienceSlide 5 © IDBS 2009
The real issue…
Quality deliverables
Cost effectiveness
Enabling ScienceSlide 6 © IDBS 2009
Case Study No.1
Help FilesTrainingGuides
Computer Based Training
Enabling ScienceSlide 7 © IDBS 2009
Localisation requirements
German content.
Two different deliverables:
◦ Localised version of CBT
◦ Quick start guides
Located in help files
Printable
Links to further non-localised help
Enabling ScienceSlide 8 © IDBS 2009
Using Adobe Captivate – Step 1
Enabling ScienceSlide 9 © IDBS 2009
Using Adobe Captivate – Step 2
Enabling ScienceSlide 10 © IDBS 2009
Using Adobe Captivate – Step 3
Enabling ScienceSlide 11 © IDBS 2009
Case Study No.2
Help Files
Written almost entirely in UK English.
Used by many major US clients.
Many Far East, Middle East & Eastern Europe clients.
Enabling ScienceSlide 12 © IDBS 2009
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www.robocolumn.com
@robocolumn
Colum McAndrew
