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"Max has amassed an amazing amount of technical expertise specific to localizationin publishing and content structure during his nine years here," states Yves Lang,ENLASO's Vice President, Sales & Marketing and CSO. "Now he can share his 20+ yearsof tech pubs expertise with a broader audience and exceed customer needs byleveraging the talent of several industry veterans we have on staff."
"Our goal is to make our customers as self-sufficient as possible, so they cansubmit optimal content for localization and avoid any unnecessary costs," adds JohnWatkins, ENLASO President and COO. "This division combines best-of-breed XML,publishing, engineering consulting and training to help customers reap optimalresults in localization."
"We have quietly provided these services for years to customers on a 'demand'basis," says Maxwell Hoffmann. "Over time, our engineers have developed manyimpressive solutions that need to reach a broader audience." Past projects rangefrom unique FrameMaker plug-ins that automate publishing multi-lingual projects toprocesses for migrating 500-plus page catalogs from PageMaker to FrameMaker.
Consulting services also include XML consulting by Yves Savourel, ENLASO'sLocalization Solutions Architect and author of "XML Internationalization andLocalization." Script automation and FrameMaker plug-in development is provided byLocalization/Development Engineer Doug Pearson.
Localization engineering process consulting is provided by several experiencedengineers and uncovers potential obstacles in code development that can impede thelocalization process. ENLASO customers can benefit from expert advice that rangesfrom choosing the right character encoding to implementing localization-friendlystring storage and delivery systems.
Training Services will include paid Web Seminars, the first of which will be"Preparing Legacy Documents for Conversion to FrameMaker." Custom training based onthe customer's workload will be provided on a request basis. "Over the years, I havelearned that one of the most effective ways to master a solution is to have hands-ontraining in the context of your own content or data," says Hoffmann, who has trainedover 1,500 customers and sales professionals. "Whether the training objective isengineering, project management or publishing, critical core issues specific tolocalization must be covered to achieve meaningful results," he adds.
ENLASO works with all major XML and DTP software solutions, but over 75% of itscustomers' technical documentation content is created in FrameMaker. As a result ofthis unusually high FrameMaker expertise, ENLASO has developed a number of uniqueplug-ins to enhance FrameMaker's capabilities. Plug-in solutions range fromlocalizing a "single source" template for all target languages to automation ofgenerated TOCs and Indices in structured FrameMaker.
"Our FrameMaker plug-ins are customer and project specific," states developer DougPearson, "and contrast with off-the-shelf solutions in that we customize FrameMakerto match the customer's precise workload. Because we have a large library ofexisting code, we can modify plug-ins to suit nearly any customer's workload withminimal effort."
ENLASO has updated its Web site to describe consulting and training offerings.Information may be obtained atwww.translate.com/services/ consulting_and_training.html.
About ENLASO CorporationENLASO Corporation, an ISO 9001 company with three decades of experience, providesclients with enterprise language solutions. ENLASO delivers multilingual solutionsto the information technology, social networking, life sciences, legal, financial,security, gaming, aerospace, automotive, advertising, and telecommunicationsindustries. Services include localization of software, Web sites, marketingcommunications, technical documentation, localization testing, as well as consultingand training solutions.
For additional information, contact: Chris Raulf, ENLASO Corporation at (303)516-0857 or by email at craulf@translate.com
