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Globalization of graphics: delineating a research into using the scalable vector graphics file format to improve the translation of graphics

Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Murphy, Steve Sacre, Chris Walters, David Donney, Jerry Scholz, Alexander
Abstract	Globalization of software products is not a trivial pursuit nor is it an inexpensive venture. The sheer number of items in a software product that can be subject to translation is overwhelming. The issue is further compounded as the number of required target languages increases. This situation aptly describes the IBM® technical documentation translation challenge. With each passing year, the number of documentation pages grows. It is safe to assume that the number of graphics used to improve user comprehension also increases proportionately along with the amount of new textual information. A system and process to automate translation is a necessity to curb the escalating cost of providing national language versions of graphics. IBM has such a system and process; however, they have been in place since the years of hardcopy manuals with some minor adjustments added when the World Wide Web tide swept the globe in the 1990s. Many years have passed and the method of producing technical documentation has changed with the introduction of XML and new graphics file formats. The time has come to revisit the current process of creating graphics, inserting them in an XML authoring environment, and then translating the whole package. This paper describes the current globalization of graphics environment and preliminary investigation into using Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) to improve the end-to-end translation process.
Starting Page	87
Ending Page	92
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781605580838
DOI	10.1145/1456536.1456554
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	2008-09-22
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Graphic design Graphics Translation Svg Globalization Documentation Scalable vector graphics
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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