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<title>Localization of Single-Source Content</title>
<shortdesc>One of the key motivators of adopting a single-source&#xD;approach for documentation is the potential cost savings&#xD;available through the reduced cost of translation. By&#xD;consolidating multiple documents, version updates, and&#xD;similar products, translations may be leveraged across&#xD;components.&#xD;By creating single-source content with translation in&#xD;mind, authors are able to create documents that are easy&#xD;to localize, increase consistency, and reduce costs. The&#xD;article below provides a summary of the translation&#xD;benefits of single-sourcing and offers advice for designing a single-source strategy from a localization perspective.</shortdesc>
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<p>One of the key motivators of adopting a single-source&#xD;approach for documentation is the potential cost savings&#xD;available through the reduced cost of translation. By&#xD;consolidating multiple documents, version updates, and&#xD;similar products, translations may be leveraged across&#xD;components.&#xD;By creating single-source content with translation in&#xD;mind, authors are able to create documents that are easy&#xD;to localize, increase consistency, and reduce costs. The&#xD;article below provides a summary of the translation&#xD;benefits of single-sourcing and offers advice for designing a single-source strategy from a localization perspective.</p>
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<li><a href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Design/Language/Localization/Content-Management">All works in 'Design &gt; Language &gt; Localization &gt; Content-Management'</a></li>
<li><a href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Design">All works in 'Design'</a>, <a href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Language">'Language'</a>, <a href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Localization">'Localization'</a>, <a href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Content-Management">'Content Management'</a></li>
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 <link type="reference" href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Design" role="parent" scope="local"><linktext>All works in 'Design'</linktext></link>
 <link type="reference" href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Language" role="parent" scope="local"><linktext>All works in 'Language'</linktext></link>
 <link type="reference" href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Localization" role="parent" scope="local"><linktext>All works in 'Localization'</linktext></link>
 <link type="reference" href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Content-Management" role="parent" scope="local"><linktext>All works in 'Content Management'</linktext></link>
 <link type="reference" href="http://tc.eserver.org/publisher/STC_Proceedings" role="parent" scope="local"><linktext>All 2240 works published by STC Proceedings</linktext></link>
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