HCI Bibliography : HCI Webliography : Intercultural / International / Multilingual Issues
Last Modified: 2007-03-28
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The Intercultural page contains links to information on intercultural issues in human-computer interaction, including but not limited to: internationalization/internationalisation (i18n), globalization/globalisation, localization/localisation, language and translation, and standards.

IWIPS 2007: 9th International Workshop on Internationalisation of Products and Systems
28-30 June 2007 - Merida, Mexico

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INTERCULTURAL LINKS (241 links) 2007-03-28

Sub-Topic Areas: BOOKS (6) - CHARACTER_SET (19) - COMPANIES (68) - DATE_FORMAT (5) - DICTIONARY (10) - EXAMPLES (3) - MAIL (5) - MARKETING (7) - RESOURCES (56) - STANDARDS (47) - TRANSLATION (106) - USABILITY (9) -

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BOOKS Books on developing software for an international / intercultural market.
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  1. Beyond Borders: Web Globalization Strategies United States, Massachusetts, Boston
    John Yunker 2002-09-11 Byte Level Research jyunker@bytelevel.com
  2. Designing User Interfaces for International Use
    Jakob Nielsen 1990
    Provides the table of contents of a book of contributed chapters.
  3. Developing International Software For Windows 95 and Windows NT
    1995
  4. Globalization Handbook for the Microsoft .NET Platform English United States, California, Santa Clara
    Bill Hall 2004-11-29 MLM Associates, Inc. billhall@mlmassoc.com
    A guide to learning internationaliztion and localization in Microsoft .NET
  5. International User Interfaces
    Jakob Nielsen 1996
    Provides the table of contents of a book of contributed chapters.
  6. Internationalization | Localization | Globalization | Translation

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CHARACTER_SET Information about character sets for different language support.
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  1. <FONT FACE> considered harmful French English
    Why you want to use HTML font face tags with care.
  2. ASCII - ISO 8859-1 (Latin-1) Table with HTML Entity Names
    Many links to HTML ISO and HTML pages.
  3. Clearing Up Character Sets
    Bob Green
    A good online survey of character sets.
  4. I18nGuy: Internationalization, Localization, Standards, and Amusements United States, Massachusetts, Lexington
    Tex Texin 2002-10-23 XenCraft tex@I18nGuy.com
    Examples of using Unicode for business applications and other information about Unicode, Code pages, and Web
  5. International Text in JDK 1.2
    Mark Davis
    Java Development Kit
  6. Internationalization of the Hypertext Markup Language
    F. Yergeau 1997-01
  7. ISO 8859 Alphabet Soup
    Roman Czyborra 1998-12-01
    Images of what the ISO character sets look like. Includes links to pages on ASCII, Code Pages, and Cyrillic character sets.
  8. ISO 8859-1 character set overview
    Web Design Group
    Images of 8859-1 (Latin 1) characters and HTML entities.
  9. ISO-8859 briefing and resources [on Latin-1 character sets]
    Alan J. Flavell
    "A fairly large briefing or tutorial."
  10. Java Tools: International Classes for Unicode
  11. Let Us Conjecture What the World Would Be Like had the Roman Empire Not Fallen
    Steven Pemberton
    Insights about diacritics.
  12. Notes on Internationalization
    Alan J. Flavell 2000-05-18
    Introduction to i18n and character sets for HTML.
  13. Unicode and Multilingual Support in HTML, Fonts, Web Unicode and Multilingual Support in HTML, Fonts, Web
    2002-07-24
  14. Unicode Character Code Charts
    2004-10-25
    PDF versions of Unicode character charts
  15. Unicode Home Page
    "The source of the path breaking universal 16-bit encoding for the scripts of the world's principal languages."
  16. Unicode Standard
    "The Unicode Worldwide Character Standard is a character coding system designed to support the interchange, processing, and display of the written texts of the diverse languages of the modern world."
  17. Unicode-Database German Germany, Berlin
    Juergen Auer 2004-10-16 info@sql-und-xml.de
    Characters which can be used in Html/Xml /RegEx, ordered by number, category, block and other properties. The unicode-version of each character is shown.
  18. W3C Internationalization and Localization
    World-Wide Web Consortium coverage of internationalization issues including character sets, language negotiation, and help setting up servers.
  19. Windows Codepages
    2001-09-19
    Microsoft Windows character sets with graphical and textual listings.

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COMPANIES Companies with a focus on developing software for intercultural / multilingual markets.
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  1. Aaron Marcus and Associates, Inc. United States, California, Emeryville
    Aaron Marcus 2001-07-12 Aaron@AMandA.com
    "Designs user interfaces that enhance communication, productivity, and user satisfaction."
  2. ABC Translations United States, California, Los Angeles
    Brenda Fuller 2003-12-23 ABC Translations, Inc. fuller.b@abctranslations.com
    Providing a full suite of translation, localization, and globalization consulting services.
  3. Acendia Spanish Translation and Localization United States, California, Los Angeles
    Jonathan Font-Rubi 2004-06-28 Acendia, Inc. jjfr@acendia.com
    A suite of localization services offered by localization and globalization consulting specialists.
  4. Alis Technologies
    Internationalization and Localization Services
  5. Aplomb Translations United Kingdom, London
    Lisa Israel 2003-03-21 Aplomb Translations aplomb@aplombonline.com
    Professional translation service. Translates and localises websites and text, specialising in the legal, financial and technical fields.
  6. arolis - international ease of use Germany, Munich
    Christian Sturm 2004-05-02 arolis - international ease of use c.sturm@arolis.com
    consultancy and conduct of international user research and usability testing specialized on German-, English- and Spanish-speaking countries
  7. BeTranslated.com - French translation services
    Michael Bastin 2005-01-28 BeTranslated.com mike@betranslated.com
  8. BliTranslations English United States, Massachusetts, Boston
    Kym Perkins 2007-03-26 Boston Language Institute translate@blitranslations.com
    Offers translation and interpreting services to corporations, law firms, universities, media and marketing firms and federal, state and local government agencies.
  9. Bowne Global Solutions
    2006-04-03
    Localization Service
  10. Communicaid - global communication English United Kingdom, London
    2006-01-22 info@communicaid.com
    Intercultural Awareness Training
  11. Crosscultural Communications United States, Alabama, Birmingham
    Ross O'Brien 1999-02-15 ross@crosscultural.com
    CrossComm develops multilingual Internet sites
  12. CTS Translation Services United States, Washington, Vancouver
    Andrew Gosser 2003-06-12 CTS Language Link sales@ctsll.com
    CTS LanguageLink is a source for multilingual communication, translation, interpretation and localization services enable your business to compete worldwide.
  13. Dray & Associates, Inc. United States, Minnesota, Minneapolis
    Susan M. Dray 1998-10-13 dray@acm.org
    A consulting firm specializing in user-centered design and evaluation of (international) software and hardware systems and products with the motto "if the USER can't use it, it doesn't work!"
  14. ElaN Languages Dutch English French German Chinese Belgium, Limburg, Heusden-Zolder
    Karl Vankerckhoven 2006-05-30 ElaN Languages karl@elanlanguages.com
    Translations and language training in all languages by native speakers.
  15. English to Spanish Translation Services - Etos Mexico, Mexico, Cuautitlan Izcalli
    Gustavo Vega 2005-06-02 Etos - English to Spanish Translation vegustavo@etos-services.com
    Neutral or localized Spanish translations performed by native translators for websites, software and documents.
  16. English-Spanish Translations @ english-spanish-translations.com United States, Florida, Miami
    Gus Luc 2005-08-27 english-spanish-translations.com contact@english-spanish-translations.com
    Free English to Spanish translations and resources.
  17. FIRST RUSSIAN translations English Russian French German Spanish Italian Greek Ukranian Farsi Belarus, Gomel
    Maksim 2005-04-05 info@1russian.com info@1russian.com
    Fast accurate translation of 60+ languages.
  18. ForeignExchange Translations United States, Rhode Island, Providence
    John Yunker 2000-07-22 jyunker@fxtrans.com
    Web globalization, technical translation for regulated industries in 32 languages
  19. French translation services
    2005-03-27 translation@mikebastin.com
    Michael Bastin offers English to French translation services
  20. Global 360 - Software Globalization Consulting United States, Massachusetts, Acton
    Steve Billings 2002-05-05 Global 360 billings@global360.com
    A Boston-area consulting practice coaching software development organizations through the process of adapting their products for global markets.
  21. Global Translations LTD United States, Florida, Miami Beach
    David Grunwald 2003-05-19 Global Translations LTD sales@ global-translation-services.com
    Globalization solutions, including website and software localization in over 30 languages.
  22. Globalization Partners International provides internationalization, localization and translation for software, websites and documentation. United States, DC, Washington
    Martin J. Spethman 2002-04-20 Globalization Partners International mspethman@globalizationpartners.com
    Globalization Partners International provides internationalization, localization and translation for software, websites and documentation.
  23. Globaware International France, Paca, Antibes
    Francois Chalumeau 2003-05-27 Globaware International fchalumeau@globaware.com
    Globaware Internation is a technical translation and software localization company based in France-Sophia Antipolis. Translators can ask questions on our free forum.
  24. IAFL: Translation & Interpretation Services English, Hindi India, New Delhi
    Dheeraj 2007-02-22 IAFL Translation & Interpretation Services iafl@usa.net
    A New Delhi translation company offering services in IT and telecom.
  25. Indianscripts
    2006-03-01 info@indianscripts.com
  26. Language Courses UK English United Kingdom, Brighton
    Adrian Hemsley 2006-04-24 Cactus Language adrian.hemsley@cactuslanguage.com
    Learn a language, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Arabic Portuguese and Chinese courses in London, Manchester and Brighton UK, with native speaker, qualified trainers.
  27. Language Intelligence, Ltd. United States, New York, Rochester
    Rick White 2003-03-07 Language Intelligence rwhite@languageintelligence.com
    Professional localization and language services
  28. Language Translation Service - Professional Translators United States, California, Los Angeles
    Gavin Wheeldon 2004-12-02 Applied Language gwheeldon@appliedlanguage.com
    Translation for 140 languages and all document types.
  29. Lingo24 Translation Services English French German Italian Spanish Japanese Chinese (simplified) United Kingdom, London
    Ioana Mihailas 2006-02-21 Lingo24 Translation Services links@lingo24.com
    Lingo24 provides professional language translation and other services to blue chip companies and other translation agencies throughout the world. We specialise in document translation services between English and European and Asian languages.
  30. LingoPort United States, Colorado, Boulder
    Adam Asnes 2003-03-18 LingoPort, Inc. aasnes@lingoport.com
    Provides internationalization consulting and software solutions to develop world ready software.
  31. LinguaVox - Translation & Globalisation Spanish, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Arabic, Greek, Hindi, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Russian, Ukrainian, etc. Spain, Vizcaya, Santurtzi
    Francisco Fernandez 2006-10-01 LinguaVox contact@linguavox.net
    ISO 9001 certified translation company offering globalization services in over 1,500 different language combinations and over 75 target languages.
  32. Linguistic Systems: Translation Services English United States, Massachusetts, Cambridge
    Bill Lawson 2007-03-07 Linguistic Systems, Inc. wlawson@linguist.com
    Linguistic Systems, Inc. is a US based translation services company, specializing in medical, legal, publishing, manufacturing, healthcare, engineering translation services.
  33. Lionbridge Technologies, Inc.
    2006-04-03
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