Re: Recommendations for localization companies and tools

I have a client who has a small C++ app that uses standard Windows
resources (e.g. dialogs, stringtables) and has these separated into
resource-only DLL's. We need to translate these resources into several
languages. Furthermore, the client has a previous version of the app that
was partially translated. We need to identify the strings that have been
changed/added since the last version and only translate those.

Can anyone recommend a good company for this? Is Acclaro any good?

I don't believe money is an object, so I am leaning towards the
full-service company. However, another alternative is to just the text
translated and use various tools like LingoBit or RC Localize to manage
this.

BTW, my experience with translators over the years has been tolerable but
not pleasant. The quality of the translations varied widely, and the
contact people are technically illiterate. For example, I haven't found
any that is capable of producing translated .rc files. Instead, the text
needs to be copied from the .rc file into a Word document/PDF file, and I
get back the same then I have to copy/paste the translated text into the
.rc file.

Thanks,
David (MVP)