If you're considering internationalizing a large and complex software product, there's one thing you should be prepared for: it's expensive. There's just no way around it if you want an application that properly presents, inputs, transforms and reports complex data. I'm talking about applications measured in the hundreds of thousands to millions of lines of code. Seriously, you're just not going to internationalize a sizeable application that you've taken years to develop with money just lying around — unless you have a lot of money lying around, which is pretty rare these days. But before we consider what to do about it, let's consider the main reasons you may need to internationalize ... To read this entire article you must be a MultiLingual subscriber. For immediate access to the current issue, subscribe to the digital version. Already a subscriber?

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