Multi-language localization of iSii compact

Client: Hoogendoorn Growth Management 

Rotterdam based company developing software and associated products particularly for greenhouses.

Hoogendoorn’s requirements

Premium quality localization of the customer's flagship software, namely iSii compact helps farmers to control key parameters remotely in greenhouses such as climate, temperature, humidity, light etc. 

Our solution 

Target languages were Russian, Spanish, French, Turkish, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, and Arabic. Scripts were packed with Passolo and the help content was packed with SDL Trados Studio. The main challenge was to localize horticultural terms and IT terminologies properly so that the farmers of the target languages could be comfortable with using the software.

After running a throughout analysis, our vendor manager contracted the professionals with a proven track records in localization projects with Passolo and Studio. For example, Irina was from Kharkov to translate into Russian, Ukraine; Carolina was from New Mexico, Mexico to translate into Mexican Spanish; Nicolas was from La Bassée, France to translate into French; Umit was from Ankara, Turkey to translate into Turkish; Lion was from Seoul, S. Korea to translate into Korean and Chenlu was from Shanghai, China to translate into Chinese; Hiroko was from Antalya, Turkey to translate into Japanese. 

We prepared a draft term list per language which was put into application after being verified by Hoogendoorn. A team discussion forum was efficient to share instant questions and answers among team members.

Result

Hoogendoorn was satisfied with our problem-solving skills achieving the final result as promised. We have continued to translate iSii localization updates until 2022 Feb and expect new strings in the following months. Also, we have localized many more marketing materials for more languages including Dutch, English, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Farsi, German, and Portuguese. Our collaboration with Hoogendoorn has been active for 11 years.