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| Keywords |
| translation, localization, internationalization, technology, machine translation, translation memory, translation workflow, open source, pricing, procurement, integration, best practices, SWOT analysis |
Abstract |
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Worldwide billions of people create enormous amounts of new information daily. Governments spew out crushing heaps of information. Corporations increase the data they store by more than 50 percent every year. To be useful, much of this content needs to be translated into many languages and formats. Most never leaves the language in which it was created.
This report focuses on the software tools that will help unlock this valuable information, especially for global enterprises – government, commercial, or academic – struggling to meet the needs and expectations of their target audiences around the globe. These organizations need to increase the productivity of developers and authors creating the applications and transforming content for global distribution. We analyze the tools that will be most valuable in this effort, discuss where they fit into the application development and content value chain, and outline how we expect these products to evolve over the coming years.
This report is divided into five sections, all of which are currently available at our member site.
- Demand, Supply, and Evolution. This section is currently available. We discuss the drivers for multilingual information, framing the discussion in terms of the “global content value chain” and the “transformational imperative.” These concepts relate to corporate efforts in developing information life cycles, content architectures, and knowledge management frameworks. This section lays out our taxonomy for discussing globalization-enabling tools.
- Authoring, Engineering, Management, and Translation. Each of the four technology discussions follows the same format: what it is, where it fits into the content value chain, what buyers should look for, what are its strengths and weaknesses, what it costs, and which solutions are worth watching. This sector-wide SWOT analysis of authoring, internationalization, localization, management, and translation will acquaint decision makers with the issues they will confront in choosing one of these technologies or choosing between various solutions. We will use this approach to structure future analysis of business, technology, and usage trends for these and related tools.
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Benefits |
| In General: This report provides an overview of the software products available for creating and managing a global or multilingual content value chain. Synonyms for this value chain include “content supply chain” and “information life cycle management.” Because this report discusses technology trends, business dynamics, and specific products, it should prove useful to anyone responsible for choosing, buying, or using such tools. |
| For Buyers: Planners at multinational companies, government agencies, military and intelligence units, and non-governmental organizations that globalize their websites, documents, products, and other materials will learn what options are available. Similarly, content creators and application developers will find value in understanding how these tools can improve their productivity and reproducibility of results. |
| For Suppliers: Language service providers (LSP) rely on software tools to increase the productivity, reliability, and quality of their translation and localization efforts. In addition, those who develop, sell, and integrate software products that support global applications will benefit from the discussion of industry, market, and technology dynamics. |
Physical Details |
| Authors: Donald A. DePalma and Andrew Joscelyne |
| Date: 08 March 2005 |
| ISBN: 1-933555-15-7 |
| Pages: 139 |
Table of Contents |
- Topic
- Software Tools Support a Global Content Value Chain
- Structure of This Report
- Who Should Read This Report?
- Demand
- Global Business Drives Organizations to Tailor Content to Market Needs
- Toward a Global Content Value Chain Strategy
- Global Content Requires Transformational Strategy
- Supply
- Accelerating the Global Content Value Chain
- Demand: Globally Useful Content Starts with Solid Source Materials
- Demand: Transforming Content to Market and User Needs
- Demand: Engineering Infrastructure for Global Readiness
- Demand: Managing Process for Globalization Projects
- Note to Buyer: Some Assembly Required
- Globalization Tools Enhance Content Value Chain Productivity
- Evolution
- How Enterprise Software Supports a Global Content Value Chain
- Crossing the Proverbial Chasm with Globalization Software
- Meet Some Great Companies You Probably Never Heard Of
- Step 1: ISVs Integrate Mainstream Content Technology
- Step 2: ISVs Improve Core Technology
- Step 3: ISVs Revisit Distribution and Pricing Models
- Step 4: ISVs Partner for Scale and Credibility
- Content Value Chain Provides Globalization Framework
- Sector Discussions
- Structure of Technology Discussions
- Authoring: Controlled Languages
- Where Controlled Languages Fit into the Content Value Chain
- Strengths of Controlled Language
- Weaknesses of Controlled Languages
- Opportunities for Controlled Languages
- Threats to Controlled Languages
- Pricing and How to Buy Controlled Language
- Leaders in Controlled Language Solutions
- Authoring: Language Compliance Checkers
- Where Language Compliance Checkers Fit into the Content Value Chain
- Strengths of Language Compliance Checkers
- Weaknesses of Language Compliance Checkers
- Opportunities for Language Compliance Checkers
- Threats to Language Compliance Checkers
- Pricing and How to Buy Language Compliance Checkers
- Leaders in Language Compliance Checker Solution
- Engineering: Internationalization (I18N) Discovery & Remediation
- Where Internationalization Fits into the Content Value Chain
- Strengths of Internationalization Discovery and Remediation Tools
- Weaknesses of Internationalization Discovery and Remediation Tools
- Opportunities for Internationalization Discovery and Remediation Tools
- Threats to Internationalization Discovery and Remediation Tools
- Pricing and How to Buy Internationalization Tools
- Internationalization Discovery and Remediation Tool Solutions
- Engineering: Visual Localization (L10N)
- Where Visual Localization Tools Fit into the Content Value Chain
- Strengths of Visual Localization Tools
- Weaknesses of Visual Localization Tools
- Opportunities for Visual Localization Tools
- Threats to Visual Localization Tools
- Pricing and How to Buy Visual Localization Tools
- Visual Localization Tool Solutions
- Engineering: Localization Testing Tools and Outsourced Services
- Where Localization Testing Fits into the Content Value Chain
- Strengths of Localization Testing Tools and Services
- Weaknesses of Localization Testing Tools and Services
- Opportunities for Localization Testing Tools and Services
- Threats to Localization Testing Tools and Services
- Pricing and How to Buy Localization Testing Tools and Services
- Localization Testing Tool and Service Solutions
- Management: Translation Business Project
- Where Project Management Fits into the Content Value Chain
- Strengths of Translation Business Project Management Systems
- Weaknesses of Translation Business Project Management Systems
- Opportunities for Translation Business Project Management Systems
- Threats to Translation Business Project Management Systems
- Pricing and How to Buy Translation Business Project Management Systems
- Translation Business Project Management Systems
- Management: Translation Workflow (a.k.a. Globalization)
- Where Translation Workflow Fits into the Content Value Chain
- Strengths of Translation Workflow Management Systems
- Weaknesses of Translation Workflow Management Systems
- Opportunities for Translation Workflow Management Systems
- Threats to Translation Workflow Management Systems
- Pricing and How to Buy Translation Workflow Management Systems
- Translation Workflow Management Systems
- Translation: Machine Translation
- Where Machine Translation Fits into the Content Value Chain
- Strengths of Machine Translation
- Weaknesses of Machine Translation
- Opportunities for Machine Translation
- Threats to Machine Translation
- Pricing and How to Buy Machine Translation
- Machine Translation Solutions
- Translation: Translation Memory Workbenches
- Where Translation Memory Fits into the Content Value Chain
- Strengths of Translation Memory
- Weaknesses of Translation Memory
- Opportunities for Translation Memory
- Threats to Translation Memory
- Pricing and How to Buy Translation Memory
- Translation Memory Solutions
- Translation: Terminology Management
- Where Terminology Management Fits into the Content Value Chain
- Strengths of Terminology Management
- Weaknesses of Terminology Management
- Opportunities for Terminology Management
- Threats to Terminology Management
- Pricing and How to Buy Terminology Management
- Terminology Management Solutions
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| Paid Research - Membership Required |
| Beyond Global Websites |
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| Keywords |
| translation, localization, internationalization, technology, machine translation, translation memory, translation workflow, open source, pricing, procurement, integration, best practices, SWOT analysis |
Abstract |
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Worldwide billions of people create enormous amounts of new information daily. Governments spew out crushing heaps of information. Corporations increase the data they store by more than 50 percent every year. To be useful, much of this content needs to be translated into many languages and formats. Most never leaves the language in which it was created.
This report focuses on the software tools that will help unlock this valuable information, especially for global enterprises – government, commercial, or academic – struggling to meet the needs and expectations of their target audiences around the globe. These organizations need to increase the productivity of developers and authors creating the applications and transforming content for global distribution. We analyze the tools that will be most valuable in this effort, discuss where they fit into the application development and content value chain, and outline how we expect these products to evolve over the coming years.
This report is divided into five sections, all of which are currently available at our member site.
- Demand, Supply, and Evolution. This section is currently available. We discuss the drivers for multilingual information, framing the discussion in terms of the “global content value chain” and the “transformational imperative.” These concepts relate to corporate efforts in developing information life cycles, content architectures, and knowledge management frameworks. This section lays out our taxonomy for discussing globalization-enabling tools.
- Authoring, Engineering, Management, and Translation. Each of the four technology discussions follows the same format: what it is, where it fits into the content value chain, what buyers should look for, what are its strengths and weaknesses, what it costs, and which solutions are worth watching. This sector-wide SWOT analysis of authoring, internationalization, localization, management, and translation will acquaint decision makers with the issues they will confront in choosing one of these technologies or choosing between various solutions. We will use this approach to structure future analysis of business, technology, and usage trends for these and related tools.
|
Benefits |
| In General: This report provides an overview of the software products available for creating and managing a global or multilingual content value chain. Synonyms for this value chain include “content supply chain” and “information life cycle management.” Because this report discusses technology trends, business dynamics, and specific products, it should prove useful to anyone responsible for choosing, buying, or using such tools. |
| For Buyers: Planners at multinational companies, government agencies, military and intelligence units, and non-governmental organizations that globalize their websites, documents, products, and other materials will learn what options are available. Similarly, content creators and application developers will find value in understanding how these tools can improve their productivity and reproducibility of results. |
| For Suppliers: Language service providers (LSP) rely on software tools to increase the productivity, reliability, and quality of their translation and localization efforts. In addition, those who develop, sell, and integrate software products that support global applications will benefit from the discussion of industry, market, and technology dynamics. |
Physical Details |
| Authors: Donald A. DePalma and Andrew Joscelyne |
| Date: 08 March 2005 |
| ISBN: 1-933555-15-7 |
| Pages: 139 |
Table of Contents |
- Topic
- Software Tools Support a Global Content Value Chain
- Structure of This Report
- Who Should Read This Report?
- Demand
- Global Business Drives Organizations to Tailor Content to Market Needs
- Toward a Global Content Value Chain Strategy
- Global Content Requires Transformational Strategy
- Supply
- Accelerating the Global Content Value Chain
- Demand: Globally Useful Content Starts with Solid Source Materials
- Demand: Transforming Content to Market and User Needs
- Demand: Engineering Infrastructure for Global Readiness
- Demand: Managing Process for Globalization Projects
- Note to Buyer: Some Assembly Required
- Globalization Tools Enhance Content Value Chain Productivity
- Evolution
- How Enterprise Software Supports a Global Content Value Chain
- Crossing the Proverbial Chasm with Globalization Software
- Meet Some Great Companies You Probably Never Heard Of
- Step 1: ISVs Integrate Mainstream Content Technology
- Step 2: ISVs Improve Core Technology
- Step 3: ISVs Revisit Distribution and Pricing Models
- Step 4: ISVs Partner for Scale and Credibility
- Content Value Chain Provides Globalization Framework
- Sector Discussions
- Structure of Technology Discussions
- Authoring: Controlled Languages
- Where Controlled Languages Fit into the Content Value Chain
- Strengths of Controlled Language
- Weaknesses of Controlled Languages
- Opportunities for Controlled Languages
- Threats to Controlled Languages
- Pricing and How to Buy Controlled Language
- Leaders in Controlled Language Solutions
- Authoring: Language Compliance Checkers
- Where Language Compliance Checkers Fit into the Content Value Chain
- Strengths of Language Compliance Checkers
- Weaknesses of Language Compliance Checkers
- Opportunities for Language Compliance Checkers
- Threats to Language Compliance Checkers
- Pricing and How to Buy Language Compliance Checkers
- Leaders in Language Compliance Checker Solution
- Engineering: Internationalization (I18N) Discovery & Remediation
- Where Internationalization Fits into the Content Value Chain
- Strengths of Internationalization Discovery and Remediation Tools
- Weaknesses of Internationalization Discovery and Remediation Tools
- Opportunities for Internationalization Discovery and Remediation Tools
- Threats to Internationalization Discovery and Remediation Tools
- Pricing and How to Buy Internationalization Tools
- Internationalization Discovery and Remediation Tool Solutions
- Engineering: Visual Localization (L10N)
- Where Visual Localization Tools Fit into the Content Value Chain
- Strengths of Visual Localization Tools
- Weaknesses of Visual Localization Tools
- Opportunities for Visual Localization Tools
- Threats to Visual Localization Tools
- Pricing and How to Buy Visual Localization Tools
- Visual Localization Tool Solutions
- Engineering: Localization Testing Tools and Outsourced Services
- Where Localization Testing Fits into the Content Value Chain
- Strengths of Localization Testing Tools and Services
- Weaknesses of Localization Testing Tools and Services
- Opportunities for Localization Testing Tools and Services
- Threats to Localization Testing Tools and Services
- Pricing and How to Buy Localization Testing Tools and Services
- Localization Testing Tool and Service Solutions
- Management: Translation Business Project
- Where Project Management Fits into the Content Value Chain
- Strengths of Translation Business Project Management Systems
- Weaknesses of Translation Business Project Management Systems
- Opportunities for Translation Business Project Management Systems
- Threats to Translation Business Project Management Systems
- Pricing and How to Buy Translation Business Project Management Systems
- Translation Business Project Management Systems
- Management: Translation Workflow (a.k.a. Globalization)
- Where Translation Workflow Fits into the Content Value Chain
- Strengths of Translation Workflow Management Systems
- Weaknesses of Translation Workflow Management Systems
- Opportunities for Translation Workflow Management Systems
- Threats to Translation Workflow Management Systems
- Pricing and How to Buy Translation Workflow Management Systems
- Translation Workflow Management Systems
- Translation: Machine Translation
- Where Machine Translation Fits into the Content Value Chain
- Strengths of Machine Translation
- Weaknesses of Machine Translation
- Opportunities for Machine Translation
- Threats to Machine Translation
- Pricing and How to Buy Machine Translation
- Machine Translation Solutions
- Translation: Translation Memory Workbenches
- Where Translation Memory Fits into the Content Value Chain
- Strengths of Translation Memory
- Weaknesses of Translation Memory
- Opportunities for Translation Memory
- Threats to Translation Memory
- Pricing and How to Buy Translation Memory
- Translation Memory Solutions
- Translation: Terminology Management
- Where Terminology Management Fits into the Content Value Chain
- Strengths of Terminology Management
- Weaknesses of Terminology Management
- Opportunities for Terminology Management
- Threats to Terminology Management
- Pricing and How to Buy Terminology Management
- Terminology Management Solutions
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