AS400 Localization

Software localization is defined by The Computer Dictionary (Microsoft Press, 1994) as "the process of altering a program so that it is appropriate for the area in which it is used."

Globalization Partners International provides AS/400 (iSeries) National Language Version development services into the following languages:

  • Arabic
  • Basque
  • Catalan
  • Chinese Simplified
  • Chinese Traditional
  • Czech
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • Finnish
  • French
  • German
  • Greek
  • Hebrew
  • Hungarian
  • Indonesian
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Norwegian
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Russian
  • Slovenian
  • Spanish
  • Swedish
  • Thai
  • Turkish
  • Vietnamese

Localization of AS/400 (iSeries) applications require that we use different tools to not only improve efficiency of the translation process, but also protect the code from being changed and affecting the functionality of the software. Depending on the different components present in your application we may use a diversity of filters and translation memory tools, such as Trados and Seagull's Text Translation Tool. Globalization Partners International has an experienced team of internationalization and localization professionals that works in cooperation with your development group to take the complexity out of your globalization effort.

In order to analyze your software and to determine its Internationalization and Localization Requirements, you will need to gather the following information (This information is collectively referred to as a "Internationalization/Localization Kit".):

  1. A quarter inch or 8mm tape containing all libraries that comprise your application (DDS, CL and RPG Source and Object, MSGF, UIM Panel Group Source, and PF-DATA, using SAVLIB command)
  2. Specific instructions as to any sources or programs that should not be considered for internationalization and/or localization
  3. If we are to compile the application, specific and detailed compiling instructions
  4. Any reference materials that might be useful for the subsequent localization process

Note: We need to know the version of the OS for which the libraries have been saved onto media (i.e. V3R2, V5R2, etc.)

Globalization Partners International is a member of IBM Partner World for Developers.