Software and Languages, Inc. (SAL) provides a variety of services necessary for localization of software products targeted to the Japanese market. SAL specializes in localization of your product to make it suitable for the Japanese market.

We provide translation of resource files and help text needed for the localization process of your software products. By combining the knowledge of the software gained from our on-site consulting with our clients with the skills of our expert technical translators in Japan, we are able to deliver top quality translations.

SAL has a wide range of resources to deliver translation of instruction manuals, installation guides, and reference materials that come with our clients’ software. We ensure high-quality translation that reflects our experience in technical software translation and localization quality assurance. SAL will also take care of your standard desktop publishing based in PDF format. The applications we use include FrameMaker, TRADOS, and PDF (Acrobat) and other industry-standard formats.

We will manage the principle task of localization services, which is assuring the quality (QA) of your product. We offer guidance and advice at all stages of your project to guarantee successful delivery of your localized software product. We review the Japanese translation to ensure accuracy, and carry out both functionality testing and linguistic testing. And if necessary, we will conduct QA by double checking technical documents translated by a third party to ensure consistency with your product.

SAL will focus on the three tasks of technical software translation, document translation, and localization QA. With the help of the product development manager, we will propose a localization schedule. Based on the wealth of knowledge and experience that SAL has in localization projects, we are able to create a realistic estimate of delivery time and costs.