The June 2009 Chapter Meeting
- Software Localization Practices and Issues
Software companies that grow to a moderate size typically have to address localization to sell to multinational enterprise and international markets. Large companies that have offices all over the word require that their software be localized. This talk describes issues that surround localization and their impact on the companies in general and particularly technical writers.
Speakers:
Bing Hong is the manager of Localization and Technical Writing Services at OSIsoft. She started to build this department in 2006 when she joined OSIsoft. Bing has managed this group for software internationalization, localization, and documentation. Before that, she was the Sr. Engineering Manager of Asian Localization Center at Sun Microsystems. Bing has worked in the software internationalization and localization for more than ten years. Her roles and responsibilities extended from software engineer, technical lead, project manager to engineer manager Dan Claessens is the localization project manager at OSIsoft. Prior to that he was the international product manager at Brio Technology, in charge of localizing and supporting foreign language products. He also worked as an independent consultant for several years and started his software career as a technical writer.
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Bing Hong and Dan Claessens
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
6:00 to 7:00 pm: Networking, conversation & dinner
7:00 to 7:15 pm: Announcements
7:15 to 8:30 pm: Presentation
8:30 to 9:00 pm: Conversation,
follow up on job announcements
9:00 to 9:15 pm: Clear the room; move conversations to the sidewalk
Highlands Country Club,110 Hiller Drive, Oakland, California