Beyond language translation: Crossing the cultural divide

IEEE Software

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 42-46

  Nakakoji, Kumiyo ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a Software Research Associates

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c Software Research Associates   (Japan)

^d SRA's Software Eng Laboratory

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TRANSLATION (LANGUAGES); USER INTERFACES;

CROSS CULTURAL COMMUNICATION; INTERNATIONALIZATION; LOCALIZATION; ONTOLOGICAL DRIFT;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0030283289     PISSN: 07407459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/52.542293     Document Type: Review

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