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Japanese and Chinese Numerals in Technical Writing – An Introduction

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© Ugur Akinci

I wish I knew Japanese and Chinese. Unfortunately I know neither. That’s why I took great interest in reading a great article which explains some of the difficulties involved in translating a technical document into Japanese or Chinese. As you’d expect, one needs to pay special [...]

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On the Idea and Title of “Product Evangelist” in Technical Communications

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© 2011 Ugur Akinci

I love product evangelists for two good reasons:

(1) I love software products. I have no idea how we lived back in the 60s and 70s without any software doing all these wonderful things on our desktops, laptops, and mobile devices.

(2) I like and [...]

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The True Scope of a Localization Project

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© 2010 Ugur Akinci

Some technical communicators think that “localization” is one and the same thing as “document translation.”

Localization certainly encompasses translation but that’s not all. A localization project can include a lot more than just translating a user manual or two.

Just consider the following list of [...]

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