Services: Localization

Localization (L10N) is the process of adapting a product for a local market. This includes the cultural, linguistic, technical and legal requirements in the user interface, online help, documentation, packaging, website, training material and multimedia content, among others.

The localization process for the target market includes:

Analyzing target markets for local date/time formats, currency, numeral separators and measurement systems.
Culturally adapting text and graphics to suit local norms and dialects.
Translating and adapting content.
Re-engineering the localized end product so that it fully adheres to the target locale.
Testing of the final products to ensure 100% functionality.

Tek provides localization services covering a wide range of high-tech industries and needs such as global websites, multimedia presentations and software products. Tek uses its localization processes and best practices to provide a final localized product that matches the original in functionality, but that is completely adapted to the local market.

Tek’s localization services feature the following:

Tek Solutions Development Managers carry out customer content, language quality and process optimization audits as well as consultation to establish the L10N needs and best practices approach.
The evaluation and preparation of material for localization planning.
The creation of build environments to customer specifications. Language localization undertaken by our in-country linguists who carry out all tasks related to the target language.
Quality Assurance (QA) built into the project plan and carried out by QA specialists at specific project milestones. Tek has developed standard QA procedures that produce some of the finest quality work available.
Testing carried out following detailed testing plans on the majority of platforms.
Bug fixing.
Publishing and graphic localization by our teams who handle all major languages and applications.

Our localization strategy allows Tek and the customer to develop a clear-cut and defined project plan that will adhere to specific objectives and priorities.