1. Globalisation & Computer systems Andrew Hippisley a.hippisley@surrey.ac.uk Room 04BB02

2. Globalisation & Computer systems Plan the need for software globalisation distinguishing localisation, internationalisation, and globalisation linguistic versus non-linguistic globalisation course outline, including assessment Practical: globalising the print dialogue box in Visual Basic

3. Fundamentals Multicultural market means multicultural products

4. Fundamentals Multicultural market means multicultural products Computer systems need to be multicultural or global

5. Fundamentals Multicultural market means multicultural products Computer systems need to be multicultural or global Process of making them multicultural is globalisation

6. globalisation internationalisation “…the process of generalizing a product so that it can handle multiple languages and cultural conventions without the need for re-design. Internationalization takes place at the level of program design and document development.” Eselink (2000: 2)

7. globalisation localisation “…involves taking a product and making it linguistically and culturally appropriate to the target locale (country/region and language) where it will be used and sold.” Esselink (2000: 3).

8. globalisation linguistic non-linguistic

9. globalisation linguistic non-linguistic dates calendars times currency weights and measures icons

10. globalisation linguistic non-linguistic

11. globalisation linguistic dialog boxes menus strings (alerts, status message, tooltips) help files non-linguistic

12. globalisation Course outline Assessment

13. globalisation Practical session aim: localise the print dialog box into the three languages using VB ‘multilingual’ groups of at least 3 work at the conceptual / terminological level keep term database make use of MS glossaries