I'm not sure about localization... I personally prefer to work in the product native language ( (for Dutch, English, French or Italian environments) or in the English environment (for languages I didn't mention, because I don't know them). I even sometimes prefer English over Dutch if my aim is international even if the product I'm using has Dutch as their main language...
English is now the de facto lingua franca of the world. My point is the silly question if localization is a good idea at all... it's costly and like using a service from outside the geocenter means people are interested in breaking out of their language boundaries (glocality) it might be quite stupid to impose a local language upon them... When I turn to Google for news, I'm perfectly willing to get English language news about Belgium and I quite frankly hate it that I can't get this... Beside living in Belgium is a problem for sites like we have three national languages (Dutch 60 %, French 39% and German 1% of the population) ... On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 12:17 PM, Daniel Szuc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Talk to researchers directly in the markets you want to test in and > let them help you get the answers you are looking for. > > Depending on what you are looking to find out, this will determine > your approach and then local researchers (with local language, > experience in their market and understanding of the nuances in that > market should will help you get the answers) > > Also ensure that if you have observers from other countries in the > study, that they are well briefed on what they are seeing and what it > means for the development of the product going forward e.g. > localization or value proposition in the market being studied. > > rgds, > Dan > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=35326 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
