Entries by Elio Esposito

Launching An Agile Software Localization Strategy

To launch a successful, agile software localisation strategy, planning is essential. It may not be the most compelling part of your strategy, but, as Benjamin Franklin once said, “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail!”. It’s as true today as it was in the 1700s. By not planning ahead, you run the […]

18 open source translation tools to localize your project

Localization plays a key role in adapting projects for users around the world. Localization plays a central role in the ability to customize an open source project to suit the needs of users around the world. Besides coding, language translation is one of the main ways people around the world contribute to and engage with […]

Who do you think you’re apostrophising? The dark side of grammar pedantry

He’s been called “punctuation’s answer to Banksy”. A self-styled grammar vigilante who spends his nights surreptitiously correcting apostrophes on shop signs and billboards. The general consensus is that he’s a modern-day hero – a mysterious crusader against the declining standards of English. But his exploits represent an altogether darker reality. The man himself is not […]