Here are reading or reference materials having to do with different aspects of globalization. I welcome your suggestions for additions, but editing this list can't become a full-job, so be patient.
| Title | Author | Publisher | Comments |
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| 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 |
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| 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) |
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| 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 | |
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