When you’re localizing into an RTL language, everything seems different. Not only the script looks unfamiliar and reading from right to left feels awkward, but also you might need unique adjustments for RTL languages in the i18n or l10n process, or adjustment to your workflows. Localizing into an RTL language always seems a challenge to […]

Before I became a localizer, I was a translator. And before that, I was a writer. Time seems to work very differently now compared with my writer era (which is backed by Einstein’s Theory of Relativity). What used to be abundant and enough started to become as precious as gold. Since I became a part-time […]

I was trained to translate Shakespeare, and then I got a post-editing job. Yes, at first I thought “this is humiliating”, and then “this is unprofessional”. People need to respect someone who wins a national sonnet translation competition at 14 a bit more. But I needed some cash, so I was in. This is supposed […]

Localizing an app can be intimidating and frustrating, but it doesn’t have to be! In this article, I’m going to walk you through the localization process of iOS application and demonstrate how I localized a simple iOS game in Xcode. I’ll also briefly talk about best practices. 1. Left-shifting Anyone? “Shift left” or “left-shifting” is […]

http://anneportfolio.middcreate.net/ Have you ever tried translating a static website, such as one with WordPress? It’s easy to do, and you don’t want to just copy and paste all the information in a word file, get it translated, and send it to the client. You want them to see a translated website directly! Take a look […]

Hi! If you wondering what are all these proposals, check out this brief introduction. This portfolio is a collection of all the projects and work I have done in the Advanced CAT class at Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. In this class, we looked at a variety of tools that help with project […]

This proposal is written after we’ve done the pilot project. By then we have a lot more information. Feel free to take a look & compare!

Here’s our pilot project proposal, which is the proposal we wrote BEFORE we started our training. At that time we had very little information. That’s why we made several adjustments in the updated proposal. Take a look if you want to get inspired on what to do if you have to write a proposal before […]

As you can see, here are our presentation slides on what we have learned. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1elKC5PCRzn3899wg055WWQuaO3Kq37g0/view?usp=sharing

Take a look at this video on a project management/utility tool I discovered!