Tag: languages
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Localization survival guide for PMs: why localization matters to project, product and program managers
Sunny greetings, dear reader! This is a mini-series for all the managers out there. It can also be helpful for globalization experience teams to recommend to their managers so everyone is working with a common baseline.
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Global design – the final frame: imagery insights to nail your design
Sunny greetings, dear reader! We are approaching the end. Not the end of the world. But the end of our fun design mini series. Today we clear up some more details when it comes to imagery and your design.
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Global design – flags aren’t neutral, formats aren’t simple
Sunny greetings, dear reader! Global design is full of hidden traps – some political, some purely cultural. It’s about avoiding hidden landmines. Flags that seem harmless can spark political debates.
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Global design – when icons misbehave and sentences rebel
Sunny greetings, dear reader! Icons often look like the safest choice in global design, but cultural context can quickly turn them into a liability, while English sentence structures crumble in Korean or Arabic.
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Global design – from colors to calendars: surviving global UI
Sunny greetings, dear reader! Designing for a global audience is not just about how things look. It’s about how they’re understood. Red might scream “error” in one country and “good luck” in another. A date that seems clear to you can trigger missed meetings halfway around the world.
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Global design – when layouts flip and fonts fight back
Sunny greetings, dear reader! Designing for the world means planning for every script and layout. Switch to Arabic, Hebrew, Chinese or Vietnamese and layouts mirror, arrows misbehave, fonts break and accents get clipped. Let’s dive into the hidden challenges of global UI.
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Global design – where sleek UIs meet linguistic reality
Sunny greetings, dear reader! Think your UI is ready for the world? Think again. The cleanest layout can fall apart under the weight of longer words. Localization is where your sleek design meets reality and sometimes it gasps, flips or completely misreads the room.
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Fun with languages – Eselsbrücke
Sunny greetings, dear reader! If you translate the German word Eselsbrücke literally it reads Donkey Bridge (or Asses’ Bridge) but it means Mnemonic Bridge in English.
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Fun with languages – collywobbles
Sunny greetings, dear reader! I love watching crime stories, and I recently came across a murder mystery series from New Zealand. When one of the detectives said, “it gives me the collywobbles,” I had to take note of the word because I had never heard it before and thought I should share it with you.
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Writers lost in translation: preparing content for translation
Sunny greetings, dear reader! Today, in this mini post series for writers, I discuss what you need to consider when preparing content for translation. Context is crucial for translation, as it ensures high-quality results.