Localization Services in Asia

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LOCALIZATION SERVICES (occasionally referred as "l10n") is the provision of professional services to adapt a service or product to various languages, cultural contexts, and with the required local "look-and-feel". A product or service should always be developed with localization in mind so that localization is relatively easy to achieve. An example would be creating technical drawings for product guides in which the text can be easily reproduced in another language and which provides adequate space for a professional LOCALIZATION SERVICES provider to work on. This process that allows for easier implementation of localization is commonly termed internationalization. It is believed that a product or service that is internationalized is easier to localize than a product or service which is internationalized after being fully developed. This intricate process of preparing a product or service for localization service providers to localize into a different language context is also sometimes known as globalization.

In providing LOCALIZATION SERVICES for a product or service, Elite Asia will also include details such as time zones, currency, local public holidays, local cultural taboos or color sensitivities, product or service names, gender roles, and geographic examples, in addition to idiomatic language translation. The desired result of a successfully localized service or product would be that the product or service “looks and feels” as though it originated from the target language culture that it was localized for.

Providing localization services in Asia is our forte. Our understanding and expertise in navigating the myriad of multicultural audiences (sometimes in one single Asian country) is what our clients depend on. Find out how you too can put your business in good standing by contacting us through our web form or by calling us at +65 6681 6717 for an obligation free consultation.