Software Internationalization and Localization

  • Authors:
  • Alvin Yeo

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • OZCHI '96 Proceedings of the 6th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction (OZCHI '96)
  • Year:
  • 1996

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Abstract

Software internationalization is a way in which software can be distributed to the rest of the world without any change to the software. Besides economic goals, other reasons motivate software internationalization. A list of factors that need to be addressed in the internationalization and localization process is given. Even though more people have access to computers, little is still known about how different cultures interact with computers. An internationalized spreadsheet has been created and will be used to detect cultural differences in spreadsheet use.