Knowledge Center: Translation and Localization

As the largest provider of translation and localization services, Lionbridge understands the challenges facing global organizations, and we’ve helped the most innovative and strategic companies in the world address them. The content in our free whitepapers and webinars will prove useful to any organization seeking global business solutions.

Case Studies

• Lionbridge fixes up 1300+ suppliers with translation services for home improvement retailer 
• Lionbridge Helps Wizz Air Spread Its Wings Across Europe  
• Multi-Lingual eLearning Program Protects Employees and Brand of Heavy Equipment Manufacturer 
• Tekla Maintains Quality and Control Using Freeway Portal  
• The Well Project Supports Spanish Speaking Women Living with HIV/AIDS 
• More Lionbridge Case Studies...  

Translation FAQs

• Why Sample Translations Break All the Rules  
• What are Double-Byte, Single-Byte, and Multi-Byte Encodings?  
• What is Audio Localization, and How Does it Work? 
• What is Internationalization? How Do I Know if My Company Needs It? 
• More Lionbridge FAQs... 

Translation, Localization and Internationalization: Basics and Best Practices

• Strategies for Choosing a Language Service Provider (webinar) 
• Localization 101: Getting Started with Localization (webinar)
• Ten Translation Best Practices: How to Turn your Efforts into Strategic Advantage (whitepaper)
• Going Global with Multimedia: Best Practices for Localizing Multimedia (webinar)
• Internationalization Best Practices (whitepapers)
• Internationalization: Are You Ready for a Global Audience? (webinar)

Trends in Localization

• The Future of Localization (whitepaper)
• Localization 2.0 (webinars)
• Localization in 2010 and Beyond: A Varied Spectrum of Service Models (webinar)
• Global Megatrends: Convergence of Globalization, Internet and Innovation (webinar)

Managing the Localization and Translation Process

• Calculating ROI in Software Localization (whitepaper)
• Enterprise Terminology Management (whitepaper)
• In-Country Review: Reducing the Costs and Cycle Times of Localization Review Processes (whitepaper)
• Moving Past Projects to Managed Service (whitepaper)

Machine Translation

• ROI and the Value of Machine Translation (webinar)
• Machine Translation: Saving Time, Lowering Costs, and Improving Service (whitepaper)
• When to Use Machine Translation (whitepaper)

Global Business and Marketing

• Multilingual Marketing Content: Growing International Business with Global Content Value Chains (research report and webinar)
• Latino Link: Localizing your content for Hispanic communities online (webinar)
• Ubiquity, Mobility, Immediacy and Language: Get Ready for Your Next Four Billion Customers (webinar and whitepaper)
• Global Social Media Usage - The Language Factor (whitepaper and webinar)
• Solving the Global Communication Challenge (webinar)
• Doing Business in China (whitepaper) 
• Localizing for the Chinese Market (webinar)
• Mastering Multilingual Marketing (webinars)
• Culturally Customizing Websites for Succeeding in the Global Online Marketplace (webinars)
• Building a Global Web Strategy (whitepaper)
• Building Stronger Brands around the World (whitepaper and webinar)
• Can’t Read, Won’t Buy: Why Language Matters on Global Websites (whitepaper and webinar)
• Learning to “Speak European:” Expanding your Business in the European Union (whitepaper)
• Secrets of the Best Global Websites (webinar)
• Web Globalization Webinars, by John Yunker (webinars)
• Multilingual Knowledge Management Empowers Global eBusiness (whitepaper)

Industry Focus Areas

• Translation for the World of Travel and Hospitality (Solution Brief)
• Tackling the Communication Challenges of Multinational Compliance Programs (webinar)
• Making Translation Work in Retail (whitepaper)
• Translation in Hospitality, Travel, Tourism & Leisure (whitepaper)
• Translation and Manufacturing: How Managers Can Successfully Mix the Two (whitepaper)
• Local Content, Global Control: Simplifying Translation in Insurance and Financial Services (whitepaper)

Working with Global Content

• DITA in Localization (whitepaper)
• XML Localization Interchange File Format (whitepaper)
• Reducing Total Cost of Global Content Development  (webinar)

Explore the whole Lionbridge Knowledge Center to learn more about Global Content and Training, Product Development, Testing and Outsourcing.