Software Localization is more than the translation of a product's User Interface. Companies localize software in order to overcome cultural barriers for their products to reach a much larger target audience.

Software Localization is the modification of a product to include support for the cultural norms of a target country, including the specific language required in that country.

An example of this is the provision of multiple English versions of a product to support Canada, Australia, the UK and the USA. All of these countries share (broadly speaking) the same language. What sets them apart are the cultural norms of that country. This means that different versions of the product are needed for each country .

At LEOSAM we provide all the services you would expect from a market leader in Software Localization solutions. Using a combination of our own tools and third party applications we are able to Evaluate, Extract and Re-integrate all types of translatable element for all products.

How do we do it the best?

We employ highly skilled staff in many disciplines. All staff utilize a support structure, which gives everyone the ability to access our global knowledge pool.

LEOSAM provides a complete solution, including the building, testing and UI verification for Software or Help based products; these can range from traditional Software and Help to Multimedia, Web, Mac, PC, Server and Client side applications.

All Engineers are well equipped with a broad range of skills. With Engineers residing in most of our global offices we have many engineers familiar with the technical issues that surround Asian (Chinese Traditional/Simplified & Japanese), bi-directional (Arabic and Hebrew) and European products.

LEOSAM's Engineering process is based on a model which includes extensive Quality Assurance procedures, this, combined with our continual development training system, means that all our lead engineers have the following key attributes:

Analytical ability to solve problems
Ability to train and motivate teams
Knowledge of all aspects of localization engineering including the use of all LEOSAM localization tools and relevant third party products
Ability to identify technical internationalization issues.

Our Lead Engineer responsibilities include:

Evaluation of engineering assets
Project engineering analysis, including requirements specification and process definition
Proposing and supervising the creation of customized tools for projects
Creating or modifying tools and macros as needed
Managing version control and tool utilization
Preparation of build environments to client specifications
Process knowledge of translation memory tools such as Trados, Catalyst, etc.
Extracting/re-integrating assets from source software into translatable format
Building and engineering localized assets/products to client specifications
Fixing bugs in localizable assets
Identifying localization issues in the client's build environment
Taking localized screen shots
Overseeing all UI testing
Setting up bug report formats or databases
Supervising regression testing and bug fixing as required
General QA following LEOSAM's QA processes on all components for engineering.

The tools and systems we use.

Our Engineering knowledge has enabled us to handle all software localization needs for our clients, and our Software Localization Engineers are able to work on various platforms including:

Microsoft Windows
UNIXHP-UX
Solaris
Linux
Mac
OSDOS
OS/2.
Below is a list of some of the tools we use:

MS Office
FrameMaker
QuarkXpress
Paint Shop Pro
Photoshop
Draw
Flash
WebWorks
Director
Authorware
FireWorks
GoLive
Crystal Reports
RoboHelp
Help Development Kit
MS Help Workshop
SQL server
Oracle
Informix
Apache
Trados Workbench
Deja Vu
Star Transit
Catalyst
Microsoft LocStudio.

LEOSAM has the knowledge and expertise to meet all Software Localization requirements.