Jim Tivy: The Localization Lifecycle
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This document discusses the localization lifecycle from content management systems (CCMS) to translation management systems (TMS). It covers the localization and translation processes, roles involved, core technologies like DITA and XML, commercial use cases, and considerations when working with localization service providers. The goal is to capture approved content across multiple releases and languages while preventing unnecessary re-translation and efficiently incorporating last-minute translations.
Jim Tivy: The Localization Lifecycle
- 1. The Localization Lifecycle From CCMS to TMS and back again Jim Tivy, CTO Bluestream Oct 2016
- 2. Tower of Babel to reach heaven - Gustave Dore - engraving
- 3. Contents 1. Introduction 2. Overview 3. Core Technologies 4. Use Cases of Note 5. Commercial Considerations 6. Summary
- 4. Introduction • Germany, July 2016 – export 96 billion EUR – import 80 billion EUR • Features span multiple releases. • Products release across locales • Enter, CCMS and TMS +
- 5. Overview
- 7. Translation Process • Topic set selection • Can be incremental
- 8. Roles • Content Development Team • Localization Manager • Localization Service Provider • Translator • In-Country Reviewer
- 10. DITA • XML and UTF-8 • Standalone Topics • Conrefs • Keys • Conditional Processing • Separation of content from presentation • xml:lang=“fr-FR” • translate =“no” • dir=“ltr”
- 11. CCMS • Parallel of source and target files • Target version -> source version • Used for publishing (scriptable)
- 12. Translation Memory (TM) • A data model. • stores segment correspondence • Often proprietary database.
- 13. TMX <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <tmx version="1.4"> <header/> <body> <tu> <tuv xml:lang="en"> <seg>Hello world!</seg> </tuv> <tuv xml:lang="fr"> <seg>Bonjour tout le monde!</seg> </tuv> </tu> </body> </tmx>
- 14. Translation Management System (TMS) • Customers, TMs, Projects • Roles and Users • Online Translation Workbench • Import and Export – DITA – XLIFF • Terminology Management • Federation
- 15. LSP and TMS Process
- 16. LSP Process • Export – Files with remapped links – Integrated with TMS • Variations of Extract or Filter • Analysis – ICE matches (in context) – 100% matches (somewhere) – Fuzzy matches (threshold – 70%) – No match
- 17. Skeleton File <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <topic xml:lang="en-US"> <title>%1%</title> <body><p>%2%</p></body> </topic>
- 18. XLiff <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <xliff version="1.0"> <file source-language="en" target-language="de"> <header/> <body> <trans-unit id="%1%"> <source>The Header</source> <target>Der Header</target> </trans-unit> <trans-unit id="%2%"> <source>The "Generator".</source> <target>Der "Generator".</target> </trans-unit> </body> </file> </xliff>
- 19. Reviewing • Quality Assurance – LSP or… • Review output to TM problem • In-country review
- 22. Use Cases of Note
- 23. Use Cases • Basics • Capture at release time. • Iterative • Common Content • Manual Fixup
- 24. Basics • 1 or n languages • 1 or n LSPs
- 25. Capture Goal: Capture approved content for version 1 Description: Version 1 of the content is fully approved and development is continuing on version 2.0 content. Solutions: – Branch the content – Export Localization by Label
- 26. Iterative • 60% pre translated • Agile sprint translations
- 27. Common Content Goal: Prevent re-translation of common content. Description: Project A and Project B share some common corporate content. Solutions: – Separate Project. – Let the TM handle it. – Let the old/current CCMS status handle it
- 28. Manual Fixup Goal: To incorporate some image files not translated by the LSP. Description: Some images translations are handled by manufacturing (they are stickers on machine parts). You receive this set of images and now must incorporate these images into the translated content. Solutions: – Direct Insertion into the CMS with Fixup.
- 29. Commercial Considerations • Owning the TMS or TM • Cost per word – cost of living – German 20c – Chinese 12c – Malta 50c • Project management fee: 8% • No per TM cost. • No cost for ICE matches
- 30. Summary • Well known use cases • Well understood techniques • Proper factoring of tools • Equals best practices