Afrikan Alphabets - The story of writing in Afrika

Saki Mafundikwa

West New York: Mark Batty Publisher LLC, 2004 ISBN 0-9724240-6-7

NEW and Downloadable!

Globalization Handbook for the Microsoft .NET Platform

Bill Hall

Bill Hall is a software internationalization industry icon and popular speaker on internationalizing Microsoft Windows applications.

Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages

Mark Abley

Houghton Mifflin, August 2003, (pp322) ISBN 0-618-23649-X

About languages becoming extinct

 The Unicode Standard, Version 4.0

The Unicode Consortium

Addison-Wesley, Aug. 27, 2003. ISBN 0-321-18578-1

Updates to the standard are in technical reports

The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently... and Why

Richard E. Nisbett

Free Press, New York, 2003

Language Culture Type : International type design in the age of Unicode

edited by John Berry

Association Typographique Internationale (ATypI) in association with Graphis ISBN 193202601-0
Essays include:
Voices, languages, and scripts around the world Robert Bringhurst
Unicode, from text to type John Hudson
ITC Cyrillics, 1992 Maxim Zhukov
How do the Japanese read? Akira Kobayashi
An approach to non-Latin type design Fiona Ross
A primer on Greek type design Gerry Leonidas
Zvi Narkiss and Hebrew type design Misha Beletsky
Type ramblings from Africa Saki Mafundikwa
Arabic script and typography Thomas Milo
Civil Type and Kis Cyrillic Vladimir Yefimov
Pickled herring and strawberry ice cream Adam Twardoch

Writing Systems- An Introduction to Their Linguistic Analysis

Florian Coulmas

Cambridge University Press ISBN: 0521782171 November 2002

Beyond Borders: Web Globalization Strategies

John Yunker

New Riders Publishing; ISBN: 0735712085; 1st edition (August 22, 2002)

Book site

The Arab Mind

Raphael Patai

Hatherleigh Pr; ISBN: 1578261171 Revised edition (January 2002)
Charles Scribner's Sons, Macmillan Publishing 1973, 1976, 1983

Classic! Just updated.

Business Without Borders: A Strategic Guide to Global Marketing

Donald A. DePalma

John Wiley & Sons; ISBN: 0471204692; 1st edition (May 1, 2002)

Book site
LISA book review

Developing International Software, Second Edition

Dr. International (Microsoft)

Microsoft Press, 2nd edition, 2002. ISBN 0735615837

Microsoft's intended replacement for Nadine Kano's classic.
Be sure to get the "Second Edition". Has a big "2" on the cover.

Unicode Demystified: A Practical Programmer's Guide to the Encoding Standard

Rich Gillam

Addison Wesley Professional; ISBN: 0201700522; 1st edition (August 15, 2002)

Unicode: A Primer

Tony Graham

John Wiley & Sons; ISBN: 0764546252; (April 2000)

The Languages of the World

Kenneth Katzner

Routledge; ISBN: 041525003X; 3rd edition (March 1, 2002)

XML Internationalization and Localization

Yves Savourel

Sams; ISBN: 0672320967; 1st edition (June 26, 2001)

XML

DOWNLOAD Yves' and Tex's Web Internationalization Tutorial

XML Globalization and Best Practices: Using XML Schemas and XML-Data

James Bean

ActiveEducation; ISBN: 1582641293; (February 15, 2001)

XML

Internationalization and Localization Using Microsoft .Net

Nick Symmonds

APress; ISBN: 1590590023; 1 edition (January 25, 2002)

Microsoft .Net

Java Internationalization

Andrew Deitsch, David Czarnecki

O'Reilly & Associates; ISBN: 0596000197; 1 Ed edition (March 2001)

Java

The Korean Language (Suny Series in Korean Studies)

Iksop Lee, S. Robert Ramsey

Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr; (February 2001) ISBN: 0791448320

Korean

A Practical Guide to Localization

Bert Esselink

John Benjamins Pub Co; ISBN: 1588110060; Revised edition (December 2000)

L10n, Localization

Global Contexts: Case Studies in International Technical Communication

Deborah S. Bosley

ISBN: 0205286828 Publisher: Pearson Allyn & Bacon; 1 edition (August 3, 2000)

Standard C++ IOStreams and Locales: Advanced Programmer's Guide and Reference

Angelika Langer, Klaus Kreft

ISBN: 0201183951 Addison-Wesley Pub Co; 1st edition (January 31, 2000)

C++ Streams & Locales

Internationalization With Visual Basic

Michael (Michka) Kaplan

Sams; ISBN: 0672319772; Bk&Cd-Rom edition (September 2000)

VB

CJKV Information Processing

Ken Lunde

O'Reilly and Associates, Inc. Jan. 1999 ISBN 1-56592-224-7

Everything you need or ever wanted to know about Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Viet Namese code pages, encodings, etc.

Translating into Success : Cutting-Edge Strategies for Going Multilingual in a global age

Robert C. Sprung (Editor)

John Benjamins Publishing Co.; ISBN: 1556196318; ATA Scholarly Monograph Series, XI edition (December 2000)

Becoming a Translator: An Accelerated Course

Douglas Robinson

Routledge; ISBN: 0415148618; (December 1997)

The Translator's Handbook, Third Edition

Morry Sofer

Schreiber Publishing; ISBN: 1887563482; 3rd edition (January 15, 2000)

Guide to Translation and Localization: Preparing Products for Foreign Markets

Lingo Systems, John Watkins

Lingo Systems, 3rd edition, Dec. 2000. ISBN 0970394802

Breaking Through Culture Shock : What You Need to Succeed in International Business

Elisabeth Marx

Nicholas Brealey Intercultural; ISBN: 1857882210; (Paperback: June 1, 2001)
Hardcover: Nicholas Brealey; ASIN: 1857882202; (May 1999)

Gestures: The Do's and Taboos of Body Language Around the World

Roger E. Axtell, Mike Fornwald

John Wiley & Sons; ISBN: 0471183423; Revised edition (January 1998)

Buy all of Axtell's books. Great stuff on cultural differences

Web Site Usability - A designer's guide

Jared M. Spool (Editor), Tara Scanlon, Will Schroeder, Terri DeAngelo, Carolyn Snyder, Jared Spool

Morgan Kaufmann Publishers; ISBN: 155860569X; 1st edition (November 17, 1998)

Spool is the king of empiricism and a great, funny speaker

Translation Engines: Techniques for Machine Translation

Arturo Trujillo

Springer Verlag; ISBN: 1852330570; (November 1999)

Designing Web Usability : The Practice of Simplicity

Jakob Nielsen

New Riders Publishing; ISBN: 156205810X; 1st edition (December 1999)

Nielsen is the god of Usability. Buy anything he publishes, great stuff.

Designing User Interfaces for International Use

Jakob Nielsen

Elsevier Science Publishers. ISBN 0-444-88428-9

Nielsen is the god of Usability. Buy anything he publishes, great stuff.

International User Interfaces

Elisa del Galdo and Jakob Nielsen

John Wiley & Sons, 1996 ISBN 0-471-14965-9

Global Solutions for Multilingual Applications: Real-World Techniques for Developers and Designers

Chris Ott

Wiley Computer Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0471348279

Global Gold Panning for Profits in Foreign Markets

Ruth Stanat

American Management Association 1998

Kanji & Kana: A Handbook of the Japanese Writing System

Wolfgang Hadamitzky, Mark Spahn

Charles E Tuttle Co; ISBN: 0804820775; Revised edition (June 1997)

Japanese

International Programming for Microsoft Windows

David A. Schmitt

Microsoft Press; ISBN: 1572319569; Bk&Cd Rom edition (April 5, 2000)

Microsoft Windows

How to Build a Successful International Web Site: Designing Web Pages for Multilingual Markets at the National and International Level

Mark Bishop

The Coriolis Group; ISBN: 1576101584; Bk&Cd r edition (December 1, 1997)

Read the Amazon reviews

The Story of Writing

Andrew Robinson

Thames & Hudson; ISBN: 0500281564; (September 1, 1999)

The hardcover is circa 1995

Writing Systems of the World: Alphabets, Syllabaries, Pictograms

Nakanishi Akira, Akira Nakanishi

Charles E Tuttle Co; ISBN: 0804816549; Reprint edition (October 1990)

The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Writing Systems

Florian Coulmas

Blackwell Publishers; ISBN: 063121481X; illustrate edition (March 1999)

The Icon Book: Visual Symbols for Computer Systems and Documentation

William K. Horton

John Wiley & Sons; ISBN: 047159900X; 1 edition (March 31, 1994)

International Technical Communication: How to Export Information About High Technology

Nancy L. Hoft

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1995 ISBN 0-471-03743-5

For technical writers. Great stuff.

Programming for the World: A Guide to Internationalization

Sandra Martin O'Donnell

Prentice-Hall, 1994 ISBN 0-13-722190-8

Global Software: Developing Applications for the International Market

Dave Taylor

Springer-Verlag, January 1993, ISBN 0-387-97706-6

Sample chapters online as well as a listing of its contents. This book is a classic.

Software Internationalization and Localization: An Introduction

Emmanuel Uren, Robert Howard and Tiziana Perinotti

Van Nostrand Reinhold, September 1993 ISBN 0-442-01498-8

Creating Worldwide Software: Solaris International Developer's Guide

Bill Tuthill and David Smallberg

Prentice Hall, second edition, 1997 ISBN 0-13-494493-3

Solaris

X Windows on the World: Developing Internationalized Software with X, Motif and CDE

Thomas McFarland

Prentice Hall, 1996 ISBN 0-13-359787-3

X Windows

Global Interface Design

Tony Fernandes

Academic Press, 1995. $40. ISBN 0-12-253790-4

Good stuff on UI

Internationalization: Developing Software for Global Markets

Tuoc V. Luong, James S.H. Lok, David J. Taylor, Kevin Driscoll

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1995. ISBN 0-471-07661-9

Developing International Software for Windows 95 and Windows NT: A Handbook for International Software Design

Nadine Kano

Microsoft Press, 1995 ISBN 1-55615-840-8

Microsoft. Great book, classic. Out of print. Online version

Developing and Localizing International Software

Tom Madell, Clark Parsons, and John Abegg

Prentice Hall, 1994. ISBN 0-13-300674-3

NLS Information & Design Guide
Vol 1, Designing Internationalized Products, SE09-8001
Vol 2, Reference Manual, SE09-8002
Vol 3, Bidi Guide, SE09-8005

IBM

IBM

Great reference. Order from IBM.

NTC's Dictionary of Mexican Cultural Code Words

Boye Lafayette De Mente

NTC Publishing Group 1996

Mexican

When Cultures Collide

Richard D. Lewis

Nicholas Brealy Publishing Limited 1996

International Dimensions of Technical Communication

Edited By Deborah Andrews

Society for Technical Communication 1996, 148 pages, paperback ISBN: 0-914548-91-3

Soft landing in Japan: A market entry handbook

American Electronic Association (AEA)

American Electronic Association 1992

Japan

Guide to Macintosh Software Localization

Apple Computer, Inc.

Addison-Wesley Pub Co, 1992. ISBN 0201608561

The Arabic Alphabet

Nicholas Awde & Putros Samano

Lyle Stuart/Carol Publishing Group 1992

Short introduction to Arabic writing

The Languages of Japan

Masayoshi Shibatani

Cambridge University Press ISBN: 0521369185 (Paperback - July 1990)

Japan

The Design of Everyday Things

Donald Norman

Currency/Doubleday; ISBN: 0385267746; Reissue edition (March 1990)

Great book on usability

Introduction to Chinese, Japanese and Korean Computing

Jack K.T. Huang, Timothy D. Huang, K'O-Tung Huang

World Scientific Pub Co; ISBN: 9971506645; (June 1989)

Progress Internationalization Guide

Progress Software

Progress Software

For Progress 4GL and Database users

Language Automation Worldwide: the development of character set standards.

John Clews

1988 (British Library R& D reports; 5962) Harrogate: Sesame Computer Projects.

Going International: How to Make Friends and Deal Effectively in the Global Marketplace

Lennie Copeland, Lewis Griggs

New American Library Trade; ISBN: 0452258642; Reprint edition (1986)

Big Business Blunders - Mistakes in Multinational Marketing

David A. Ricks

Dow Jones-Irwin, Homewood, Illinois, ISBN 0-256-02850-81983, 1983

Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology

Charles T. Onions (Editor)

Oxford Univ Pr (Txt) ISBN: 0198611129; (July 1983)

Coded character sets, history & development

Charles E. Mackenzie

ISBN 0-201-14460-3 Addison-Wesley, 1980