Learning localization through trans-atlantic collaboration

IEEE International Professional Communication Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 578-595

  Humbley, John ^a,e   Maylath, Bruce ^b,f,g   Mousten, Birthe ^c   Vandepitte, Sonia ^d   Veisblat, Lucy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STOUT   (United States)

^c AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

^e Department for Intercultural Studies and Applied Languages ^*  (France)

^f Program in Technical Communication   (United States)

^g Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Culture; Exchange; Instructions; Lingua franca; Locale; Localization; Localizer; Mediation; Negotiation; Power; Translation

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATION; CULTURE; EXCHANGE; INSTRUCTIONS; LINGUA FRANCA; LOCALE; LOCALIZATION; LOCALIZER; MEDIATION; NEGOTIATION;

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; STUDENTS; TECHNICAL WRITING; TRANSLATION (LANGUAGES);

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33745277601     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IPCC.2005.1494227     Document Type: Conference Paper

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