A+ Certification

Localization of an A+ certification training kit into German.

Customer: Thomson Learning

Localization of the complete kit into German using translation memory technology. Adaptation of the contents to the German market. Localization of the accompanying software with mock exams, screenshots, background material and live simulations. DTP and production management for the whole box.

Piper PA-28 – Das Handbuch für Piloten

Customer: MavenPress

A complete technical book project, from conceptualization to author management, editorial development, creation of diagrams and graphics, photographic realisation of the images required by the author, complete production handling from layout and design to pre-press and delivery of the completed book.

CMMI for Development – Guidelines for Process Integration and Product Improvement

Localization of the German edition of the definitive book on process control, including development of the specialised CMMI terminology for German.

The German edition of the CMMI guidelines (Capability Maturity Model Integration) was developed in close cooperation with Siemens and Bosch and the Software Engineering Institute of the Carnegie Mellon University. CMMI is used as a company-wide standard for process control, e.g. at Siemens and Bosch. In the USA, CMMI is used by the likes of General Motors, Homeland Security, National Security Agency, US Air Force, Motorola, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Boeing, Lockheed Martin et al.

John Deere

Translation and localization of maintenance and repair manuals for John Deere technicians, of internal training documents for marketing and sales and of press releases for the whole range of John Deere products, e.g. agricultural machines, municipal utility vehicles, equipment for golf course care, private and professional gardening and landscape work.

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 –
The Technical Reference

Customer: Microsoft

Specialist translation and localization of several volumes of the official technical reference for Microsoft Windows Server 2003. Complete handling of the translation, including screenshots of the German product and technical review.

Profibuch Panorama-Fotografie

Aesthetic design of full-color coffee-table books in InDesign, including text editing, and the supervision of a complete book series and development of a workflow to transfer the contents seamlessly into the iPad e-book format.

Jan Baan –The Way to Market Leadership

Translation and complete production

Baan was the Dutch equivalent to SAP. In his memoirs, the visionary entrepreneur Jan Baan tells the secret of his success. In this book he not only recounts the story of his life, but also talks about growth and the limits of growth, stock exchange capitalisation and the intrinsic difficulties, and about humaneness in business.

Tutorial and Experimental Kits Electronics/Physics

Complete localization of a product line into English, including adaptation to the targeted market

The tutorial kits impart knowledge by means of practical experiments on the topics of regenerative energy, fuel cells, motor technology, radio and measuring technology etc. This job included translation of the manuals, packaging and inlays and production of marketing material.

Age of Empires III – The Official Strategies

Translation and localization of the “Official Strategy Guide” for Age of Empires III in collaboration with the software localizer. The “Official Strategy Guide” was released at the same time as the software. Complete production of DTP and the screenshots of the German edition up to pre-press phase.

Digital ProLine: Nikon D70

Photoshop CS 2 Fototechnik

Mac OS X Missing Manual

Handbuch für das Estrich- und Belaggewerbe

Touch-up of numerous graphics, author management, mathematical typesetting, table typesetting, cut tabs

Technologie der Milchverarbeitung

Mathematical typesetting

Wer und Was Lohnhersteller

Three and four-column layout
Content generation from a data base