I have had the opportunity to have an L10NExpert consultant complete several localization projects dealing with my company’s technical documentation such as laser product inserts, operations manuals and medical training manuals.
I had no experience in the localization process and was fortunate to have L10NExpert take on these projects. We met and discussed the many options for setting up the localization process and linking future changes. The consultant’s expertise in this area allowed me to depend on L10NExpert to provide reliable and accurate localization as well as meet time constraints with error free localization.
Our time line is often very short for localization turn-around and L10NExpert has always met, and often exceeded, these time requirements. I have come to rely on our dedicated consultant's expert judgment in both time and cost estimates for all work.
Most of our projects require multiple languages that must be coordinated and managed to ensure that the localization provides the same meaning, and uses consistent terminology across all product components. L10NExpert ensured terminology consistency by creating multilingual dictionaries and translation memories, which provided a very valuable asset to rely on, and allowed significant savings over time.
Engineering Services Manager
"I worked with Christine (founder of L10NExpert) while at Danger, and found she had the rare ability to work in two opposite environments equally well: fitting seamlessly within a team environment and also leading a group or department entirely on her own. When I worked with her in the International Team at Danger, the experience she brought in from the globalization industry benefited us all."
" We found our consultant from L10NExpert to be an excellent leader who excels at what she does. She has provided substantive strategic analyses in complex globalization and localization reviews for many companies, always providing professional input, guidance and service. Through her diligent commitment, she developed many lucrative new business accounts for SimulTrans, such as Motorola. While acting as a program manager for key accounts, she has identified strategic areas for marketing opportunities and areas of concern needing strategic re-direction. She has a track record of both increasing international revenue streams and recognizing cost-saving gaps. "
Blue Pumpkin
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I have known Christine, L10NExpert's founder, for more than a decade. In fact, I had the opportunity to work for her for a length of time as a Localization Project Manager at Blue Pumpkin Software, and can attest to the fact that she has a thorough understanding of the software development process, having dove-tailed localization efforts into the ongoing development, quality assurance testing, and product release cycle.
Her attention to detail, expertise in localization and internationalization and an excellent grasp of Blue Pumpkin's international business objectives and challenges, allowed her to concentrate on essentials without getting mired into the many non-significant details that were holding the program up when she came on-board.
In just a few months, she created a new team, developed a strategy, integrated internationalization drop points into the product development process and drove all functional teams towards the successful release of the first internationalization-ready release. < She has always demonstrated a desire for excellence and a devotion to duty that I find admirable.
I highly recommend L10NExpert's consultants to any company seeking thoroughly professional team players."
While at Cisco, Christine Byram, founder of L10NExpert, proved to me that she was a valuable asset to the company being able to grasp and analyse a multi-year program status in just a few weeks and create a new strategy for localization which was approved and implemented by the team.
Her in-depth experience in localization and internationalization helped lead the team to re-organize and re-focus its efforts to allow for future business expansion in 19 international markets.
Her work also prevented a premature international product release that would have cost Cisco unnecessary expenses."