Language Services incl Localization and Globalization I am honored to provide my Localization and Globalization service to you. I am also pleased to work as a freelancer for you for the captioned subject with you. But first a bit about myself: ==================================== My Education and Professional Background ==================================== I hold a master of engineering degree in thermal science from Tongji Univ, Shanghai, China and was admitted into PhD programs of several non-Chinese universities (such Univ. Glasgow, Univ Paris VII, Laval Univ., Univ Provence, Essen Univ , Nanyang Tech etc.). Afterwards I have worked at major multinational corporations mainly from Germany, France and the U.S. (such as Siemens Heimann, Deutsche Babcock, Alstom etc) as well as several local companies in the power/electricity industry with various functions (design, engineering, management, quality assurance and certification, marketing, purchasing etc). ==================================== My Linguistic Background ==================================== I started to learn foreign languages very young and by 20, I was able to use 5 languages ¨C English, German, French, Russian and Esperanto, among them, only German and Russian was learned from classes while the rest ¨C French, English and Esperanto was totally my own initiative. Since then I have never stopped learning these languages over the long long period. And since 2007 I have even added three other languages to my competence list ¨C Greek, Latin and Hebrew. ==================================== My Linguistic Services ==================================== I used to be also an interpreter/translator for my foreign colleagues while working at those companies in addition to my engineering and management functions. The total length of this service amounts to more than 10 years. Over the years since I¡¯ve left my last employer, I have developed and provided various business and technology services to foreign clients in various fields, incl. also translation, localization and globalization services. My services include among others, localizing software, help documentation, company and product pamphlets, websites, databases, multimedia files. Areas of specialities cover energy, power, machinery, semiconductors, engineering, multimedia and web, IT, laws etc. Languages cover English, German and French. ==================================== My IT Background ==================================== I started to learn IT technologies in late 1998, beginning with web page designs, which is related to almost all sorts of IT skills, such as programming in Java, VB, VC, PHP, perl, databases of all kinds, graphic design and multimedia on the web, as well as online communications technologies such as instant messaging and chatting. And now to the subject: My Expertise of Localization and Globalization of Software, Database, Multimedia, Website, and Other Web and IT Information Software Localization and Globalization ============================== (Plutus4Soft) I have been engaging in software localization since 2003. Software localization, simply put, is to convert the software interface from one language to another, but in fact there are lot more to do. This work is not a pure translation, and in fact, translation accounts for only a smaller work load (possibly less than 1/4 of the total). The majority of work is focused on the analysis of the software, the editing of various resources, incl. images,audio, video and other media. One has to understand many IT technologies outside the language skills, incl. file analysis, hex code editing, tansformation, font change, image and media treatment, testing, patching, encrypting.decrypting, compression/decompression (packing/unpacking), disassemblying (cracking) etc. In addition, one has to respect the application environment of the client culture, apart from the language itself. Therefore it is a fairly challenging work. Language translation, as one insider puts it, is one of the most sophisticated activities of humans. Database Localization and Globalization ============================== (Plutus4Data) How to localize and globalize a database from one language to another? This is a good question for many companies who want to expand their business to other territories. Unlike textual translation, the language specific parts of the databases are "hidden" somewhere in the database systems. You need a database engineer to find out where are all these language elements, think over a way to extract them out, translate them and then put them back into the database systems. Databases are not always of the same structure, some are like a single file data, others are distributed over wide range of servers which are even spread over very different geographical locations. It is a great challenge even to a skilled DBA to locate the right information and data to process. Databases are neither static - they change over time. You need to figure out a way to dynamically update your localized data. Localization and Globalization of Audio, Video and Multimedia Documents ====================================================== (Plutus4Media) Audio and video and other multimedia documents have very different scenarios with regards to their globalzation and localization. They can be of different formats - live streams, recorded files, and they must be first extracted and then translated or intepreted in order to put them back into the right media forms. This is like other localization jobs also very involved. Website Localization and Globalization ============================== (Plutus4Web) Website localization, although at first glimpse it looks more or less a language translation job, but in fact it is much more than that. It involves tons of IT techniques. For the simplest website localization project, as an example, you have to be familiar with at least the html codes, if the entire site is based upon static pages in html alone. And if you deploy sophisticated technologies such as dynamic pages with JavaScript, or database driven sites written in PHP or Java or ASP, then you are dealing with a complicated IT project, much less a language project. Nowadays, multimedia, online communications and other interactive functions are commonplace in many websites, and localization and globalization of this type of websites are more challenging, apart from their linguistic nature. The realtime language translation for these websites involve lots of web technologies and Internet resources. Face to face discussion about details of the localization and globalization needs. Localization and Globalization of Other Web and IT Information ====================================================== (Plutus4Others) There are lots of linguistic issues if you want to communicate with people of different tongues and cultures - instant messaging such as skype and other voip devices, social media such as facebook, linkedin, instagram, youtube, forums and chatrooms although they are no more very popular, and many other upcoming online communication systems such as p2p (pier to pier or point to point, serverless communications). How to translate the data and information flow instantly between two or more people speaking different languages and living under different cultures? This is a very challenging task, which I will also try to meet together with you, my friends and clients. Translations ================= Of course I can also translate textual documents in forms of Microsoft Word, Excel or PPT, or pdf documents which will be either directly edited or first transformed into Word and after translation, reconverted into pdf. Prices vary according to the nature of the original files and the scope of contents and many other factors, such as the time table and the size of the documents under translations. Languages Covered ================= Although I am multilingual with proficiency of different degrees in English, German, French, Russian, Greek, Hebrew, Esperanto and Chinese, I am now exclusively concentrated on Chinese<->English/German/French language pairs as my target languages of localization services. Other Expertise ============================== Apart from the above, I'm also ready to provide other expertise to you such as --web data mining(scraping), --cyber security & privacy consulting --software development and reverse engineering etc, involving coding skills at Python, Java, C/C++/C# etc. Please contact me for details. My standard security and confidentiality procedures: ======================================= Client data security is our priority number one. I never disclose client information to any third party unless officially mandated and permitted by written. Client information, incl. contact information, files and images both original and translated, are kept in specific locations of our network and computer systems, with regular backups and updating. Antivirus and firewalls are installed to protect against damages and infections to client data. Physical protection to client data are also provided, in order to prevent any thefts of other kinds of intrusions. My client data are stored in places with proper encryption and safeguard measures. I always use encrypted emails to communicate with our clients. I don¡¯t work outdoors or in any public places. Client data are destroyed upon completion of projects, as soon as our clients inform us to do so. Normally my security measures are of standard security policies therefore they don¡¯t involve any additional cost. However, if my clients ask for non-standard security measures which are out of my current policies, I would ask my clients to cover the additional cost it incurs in implementing those measures. Mark Chen Plutus Business Consultants Email: neoworldmark@tutanota.com Website: http://1596825.xyz/ https://www.ipcoredesign.net/ https://www.ai4healthcare.uk/ More Services over the Past and at the Moment =========================================== Over the last decades, during my long time career in major multinational corporations and key national organizations and institutions, as well as my own business development, apart from those above mentioned, I have also gathered quite a lot of experiences in a wide spectra of other fields such as -- fintech consulting -- IC design, particularly modem IP core, -- web data mining(scraping), -- cyber security & privacy consulting -- software development and reverse engineering etc, -- software reverse engineering -- mathematics / operations research + combinatorial optimization + graph theory, -- real estate consulting, particularly the high class properties such as castles, palaces and villas -- thermal technology / thermodynamic optimization -- fluid technologies -- electric power industry / design of electric power plants / nuclear energy / solar energy, -- business aviation, -- yacht industry, -- quality certification and management, -- supplier management and procurement, and of course -- sales, marketing and trade for my own businesses My Researches ========================= Intensive researches over various fields, with current focus on quantum circuits. Over the last decade I have written hundreds of study and research notes amounting to tens of thousand of pages in contents. Businesses are not all what I am doing now. In fact, they are only a part of my life, and it is researches and studies that are my real career orientation, although over the last years I was refused by the academia to carry out my beloved researches in their organizations. Nevertheless, I am continuing on my researches, and at the present and in the foreseeable time, my researches will be concentrating on quantum physics and its applications to quantum computer / quantum chips, particularly superconducting based quantum circuits. However, I will not publish my results, and I am just amusing myself through my studies. There is no reasons why I shall publish my results. Before quantum computer, I have spent decades on other researches, such as those listed below: Next generations of chip technologies, with current focus on quantum chip, starting from superconducting computer (2013- present) Mathematics (2010 to 2017) - Chip technology related math (graph theory particularly graph embedding) - Number theory related to cryptology - Differential and integral equations - Functional analysis and - Numerical computation Fluiddynamics (2010) - Micro/Nano Flows - CFD - computational fluid dynamics Thermal Physics & Thermodynamics (2008-2009) - Nanothermodynamics, - Mesoscopic Thermodynamics (Thermodynamics of Small Structures), - Cosmic Thermodynamics or Thermodynamics of The Universe, - Thermodynamics of Cancers, - Thermodynamics & Thermophysics of Life, and Biology - Solar Thermodynamics & Thermophysics, - Thermodynamics and Thermophysics In Solar Radiation and Measurement, - Thermodynamics of Solar Energy Systems, Solar Technology, Industry and Applications Solar related (2007-2008) - Solar physics, - Solar radiation and its measurement technologies, - solar aviation and aerospace, - solar photovoltaics Epilogue ======== The above is not all about myself. As one of the social elites in my earlier days, now I have to earn little money with writing and languages, how miserable it is, and that is only known to me alone! My experiences are worth a large volume of biography. Languages and translations are only among the least important talents of mine, but today, there is no place for me in this world and as such I have to earn a living with them, how miserable it can be! One's life is affected by the society where he is in, his family and his environments. If I were living in a normal society, I shall have made significant contributions to its well being. However, I was born and living at a wrong time and in a wrong place. When the value of life of this world is distorted, my fate is determined already. My own values of life, my sacrifices for others' benefits, have lead to my own decline. Moreover, a dramatic tragedy happened to me which has completely destroyed my life. However, I wish there were still some moral justice existing in this world, and someone somehow someway will provide me some kind of living. The miserable world!