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Before localization. How is a web
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To avoid problems and save additional engineering work during the localization phase, it is recommended to design the site according to criteria of internationalisation. These criteria also make the task of subsequent updating easier.
Internationalisation consists
of preparing a web site of the most generic
nature possible and then to draw from it all
the information which could belong to one
specific language or culture. On the other hand, localization is the process of adapting the web site to a language or culture of destination. Thus, preparing a well internationalised web site will help in a more rapid and effective localization.
There are recommendations for the preparation
of multilingual web sites and to check whether
a web site already designed is suitable to
be made multilingual. The most respected by
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Following the recommendations and international standards enables:
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the web site to be more accessible and easily indexed by searchers
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assisted translation tools to recognise translatable text more easily
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standard tools to edit the page more satisfactorily
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the web site to be seen with different navigators
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All in all it will contribute,
also, to making a more usable web site. The
concept of usability was
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Jakob Nielsen |
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and refers to a web site’s
quality of being easy to use, taking
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account the aspects of navigation, design, accessibility
and architecture of the web site, with the
purpose of facilitating the user's experience
instead of complicating it. The time
of designing the web site architecture is
when it has to be decided which type of audience
is to be approached. That is to say,
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international use of web sites has to
be borne in mind if it is
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approach a global audience.On
the other hand, thought must also have
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with psychology, sociology, culture and the
emotional nature of the addressees: how do
they behave? what do they feel? what expectations
do they have? be given to those elements which
have to do with psychology, sociology, culture
and the emotional nature of the addressees:
how do they behave? what do they feel? what
expectations do they have? |
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