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Create digital products for international markets

University of Washington
Professional Certificate inInternationalization and Localization
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What you will learn

  • Explain the rationale for both internationalization and localization
  • Identify and distinguish roles of different professionals involved in internationalization and localization
  • Explain different resource sourcing models used in the localization industry
  • Address a broad range of internationalization challenges for digital products, from proper text encoding and use of regional formats to cultural sensitivity and awareness in the context of translation and localization
  • Describe key concepts of project management in localization, including project stages and the balance between quality, schedule and cost
  • Explain the peculiarities of translation in the broader context of localization and understand computer-assisted translation tools and the use of machine translation in the localization industry
  • Apply quality assurance measures to internationalization and localization

  • Expert instruction
    3 skill-building courses
  • Self-paced
    Progress at your own speed
  • 4 months
    2 - 5 hours per week
  • Discounted price:$672.30 Original price:$747.00 USD
    For the full program experience

Courses in this program

UWashingtonX's Internationalization and Localization Professional Certificate

Meet your instructors
from University of Washington (UWashingtonX)

Soren Eberhardt
Jorge Russo dos Santos
Agustín Da Fieno Delucchi
Pavel Soukenik
Jan Grodecki
Soren Eberhardt
Soren Eberhardt

Instructor

University of Washington

Jorge Russo dos Santos
Jorge Russo dos Santos

Instructor

University of Washington

Agustín Da Fieno Delucchi
Agustín Da Fieno Delucchi

Instructor

University of Washington

Pavel Soukenik
Pavel Soukenik

Instructor

University of Washington

Jan Grodecki
Jan Grodecki

Instructor

University of Washington

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Program endorsements

Microsoft

Microsoft’s people-centric mission cannot be realized without our localization professionals who ensure that our products are available in the languages our customers speak. The edX Professional Certificate program in Localization prepares candidates to help Microsoft achieve that mission.

Osama Shabaneh, Director of Localization in the Experiences & Devices Group, Microsoft

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