Showing posts with label Localization_Services. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Localization_Services. Show all posts

Wednesday, 15 March 2017

Hinglish-A Linguistic Blend of Hindi & English

Hinglish a widely spoken language nowadays in India and I feel it comes in use at most when you chat or message someone as it provides an easy way out, especially in Social media.However the name is based on the Hindi language, it does not refer exclusively to Hindi, however "is used in India, with English words blending with Hindi.

History

Since the time of British Raj, there has been a the past of Indic words making place in English. For Ex: Raj is a Hindi word for 'rule' and instead of “British Rule” the people used "British Raj" which is one of the earliest Hinglish words. Other words such as Guru, Yoga, Ghee, Pyjama comes under the same category.. Similarly, many English loan words also approached to stay in India such as Time, Late, School, College, District, State etc. are example of few words which have naturalized in Indic languages, long before the word Hinglish came into being.


In recent years, due to an increase in literacy and connectivity, the exchange and mixing of languages has reached new heights.


Going Mainstream

Devyani Chaubal was an Indian journalist and columnist. She is best known for her magazine column, "Frankly Speaking" in the popular Bollywood film magazine Star and Style through the
1960s and 1970s,  and was probably the first author to use Hinglish. Author Shobhaa De then began to use Hinglish elements in her books and columns in the Indian magazine Stardust followed by other Indian authors.

Over the years, Hinglish has been effectively used in Indian advertising in advertising slogans, like Pepsi's 1998 slogan ..
Hinglish: Yeh Dil Maange More! ---- English: This heart desires more!
Hinglish: Yehi hai right choice, Baby --- English: This is the Right Choice, Baby
Hinglish: Yeh Hai Youngistaan--- English: This is the country of the young

In 2003, a trend of Hinglish pop songs was popularized and  in 2005, Baljinder Kaur Mahal wrote a book called The Queen's Hinglish: A full-fledged Hinglish Novel was published by Richa Devesar in March,2015. A dictionary for Hinglish has also been published.

Users

Hinglish is more commonly seen in urban and semi-urban centers of the Hindi-speaking states of India, and has become hugely popular. So much so many speakers do not realize that they are incorporating English words into Hindi sentences or Hindi words into English sentences. Hinglish is also affecting the English spoken in the United Kingdom, with the version of words and expressions used by Indian immigrants and their offspring into colloquial English in the United Kingdom.

Hindi has undergone numerous changes over the years. In periods to come we predict more changes to be in store as well. Should the companies targeting India keep a close watch on the ever changing Hindi language while deciding on entering the Indian market? Let's see what new changes will Hindi or ‘Hinglish’ go through in the future.

Friday, 13 September 2013

Get your Enterprise Resource Planning (ERPs) System Localized

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERPs) system is one of your key IT assets to automate business practices and streamlining processes.

ERPs Localization means adapting ERPs software to different languages and regional variances. It is the process of translating an ERPs product /manual in other languages for adapting the language for a specific country or region. There are various ERP packages available and are well known as SAP, Oracle , Tally etc..

ERPs localization is much more different from other kinds of localization tasks since there are different modules which do not present a cohesive picture as software strings do. While it is easier to decipher software functionality by looking at the localizable strings, it is not so in the case of ERPs strings.

There are different modules, and so different containers which hold the strings. Generally, since these strings concatenate to create a full scenario, they can connect in more ways than one, and that poses a challenge. Also, ERPs has many different departments catered, which means there are hundreds of different scenarios in which these strings may be presented, resulting in an increased challenge for localizers.

Our team has been working for a number of projects involving localization of Financial, Process and Publishing & Packaging related software. We have localized it all, desktop software, web-apps, UA/UI websites using various types of forms and billing and metering systems. Our decade long experience provides Webdunia, the most suitable status for partnering with major ERPs providers and other organizations using business related software for their Localization/Translation needs.

We completed ERPs translation projects for various companies around the globe. We have recently assisted one of our clients with ERPs software/manual Translation, Review and Quality Assurance. The project entailed over 140,000 words requiring almost 1.5 months of skilled and experienced localization team of translators, reviewers and engineers to work on the ERPs translation project.

Our ERPs translation team consists of translators, reviewers and QA professionals was responsible for adapting all portions of the translated content. Simultaneously, our project managers ensured completion of all ERPs translation and software localization work on time, our team delivered the project back to our client meeting the deadline with utmost quality.