Technical Writing For Multi-Lingual Audiences 
In the global marketplace today, wise companies are learning an important fact about translation. Survival in today’s international environment means not making translation an afterthought. You gain precious competitive advantage if, as you develop your product and its accompanying documentation for simultaneous release in international markets, you plan for translation from the outset.
Landgren, Theodora. MetroVoice (2003). Articles>Language>Localization>Technical Writing