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CMS Are Not Born Multilingual

  • Presentation
  • Language and Translation Technologies
  • 04. November
  • 11:00 - 11:45 AM (CET)
  • Channel D
  • finished
  • Presentation Slides
  •  Konstantin Dranch

    Konstantin Dranch

    • Custom.MT
  •  Alan Hall

    Alan Hall

    • Xillio

Contents

We will create a checklist for CMS developers to add features that help build global user experiences and make localization easier: multilingual navigation, SEO friendliness, support for XLIFF exports, language processing automation and the ability to customize media content for local versions, and RTL support.

Takeaways

  • Approaches to multilingual in popular CMS such as WordPress, TYPO3, Unity3D and Adobe Experience Manager
  • Which features are important for professional localization community
  • Unsupported but very much needed features

Prior knowledge

The audience should be familiar with website management and global content.

Speakers

 Konstantin Dranch

Konstantin Dranch

  • Custom.MT
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Biography

Founder of an implementation startup Custom.MT and a researcher in the localization industry since 2012, Konstantin has provided annual coverage and insights on markets in Europe. An industry influencer, networker, and consultant.

 Alan Hall

Alan Hall

  • Xillio
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Biography

Engineer by trade, commercial guru by experience. Allan Hall has account managed some of the largest Enterprise customers in the localisation space, including Cisco, Adobe and HP. Allan held various executive positions at one of the top 5 LSP’s for over 20 years. Now leading up Xillio’s Lochub and connector solutions for automating and standardising Modern Global Operations.