The bardWrite staff is experienced in both the writing of documentation for international audiences and in the practical realities of preparing documentation and help for translation. A number of our staff have worked in the localization industry and have contributed to projects localizing the documentation of companies such as: Microsoft, MicroStrategy, IBM, Motorola, Kodak-Eastman, RSA Security, and Symantec.

The localization services bardWrite offers are designed to reduce the costs of the localization process, to make that process as trouble-free as possible by streamlining it, and to raise the quality of the localized documentation.

bardWrite provides the following localization services:

Localization consultancy

bardWrite can assess your documentation and current localization practices to make recommendations on suitable translation strategies to improve efficiency and reduce costs.

Internationalization of documentation

bardWrite can create documents that are suitable for immediate international sale and are optimised for translation. Internationalized documents cost less to localize, because less time is needed for translation and far fewer issues and queries arise during the translation cycle. The cost of the translation of subsequent updates is also significantly reduced.

Training of writers

bardWrite can teach the writers in your documentation department to be aware of localization concerns while they develop documentation. We can help them understand the overall localization process and how their efforts can improve the process.

Preparation for translation

bardWrite can analyse and prepare documentation and online help for immediate hand-off to translation, without the need for further intervention from the client or from the client's localization vendor. The deliverable to the client will include detailed word-counts and instructions for translators.

Quality check of localized files

bardWrite can do a Quality Analysis check of the localized documentation and online help received from the client's localization vendor.

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