Customer Review: Although interesting, I feel this book never gets past the "academic" label, so its importance to practioners is not that significant. John Yunker's book would be a better buy if you want to know about Web Globalization. Full reviews of both books are available on [...]. Junker's Book is:... more info
Customer Review: I read the first edition of Bert Esselink's excellent book when I was still a novice to the localization market in 2004. Later, while working for a localization company I bought a copy of this new edition for the company. Now I have my own to read at my leisure. The author has expanded into... more info
Customer Review: This book seems quite good for desktop software. However if your needing to investigate how to the issues of handeling globalization and localization issues for a web site. Don't buy it. Doesn't address it at all.
Customer Review: This book was truly a pleasure to read. A good writing style, a lot of information, and a tight editing job that really makes both the messenger and the message look better. What more could a person ask for?
XML is definitely out there, and it seems to be a lot more than just a buzzword. Finally... more info
Customer Review: This handbook is an excellent resource for those looking for informed advice on how to successfully deal with the complexities of global software development. I find the chapters on Requirements Engineering, Architecture, and Risk Analysis - all written in the context of global software development... more info
Customer Review: This is a decent overview to some general aspects of internationalization and localization. However, there isn't a whole lot in the book that's not available from various places on the web. Furthermore, there's no discussion of Unicode, no application of Windows, and no mention of what's the right... more info