What Does the Localization Process Entail?
Localization is normally done with a specialized software tool such as Catalyst from Alchemy Software. These tools allow the translator to translate the menus, help, html, and prompts into another language without disturbing the code base. Then Catalyst automatically places the translated natural language back into the code base of the program. Now you have a localized version. With advanced features like Translation Memory, Catalyst allows the localizer to ‘leverage’ his work on previous translations thereby localizing minor updates automatically.
