Lingoport white paper discussing internationalization (I18n) and localization (l10n) challenges and best practices.

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3. Estimated ROI Using Globalyzer for Internationalization
Internationalization of FTE Internationalization of Software FTE
Software Manually Hours Costs using Globalyzer Hours Costs
10 weeks to identify and manually
externalize 12,000 strings (2 3 days (24 hours) to create rules and
minutes per string) 400 $17,307 filters for Globalyzer 24 $1,038
3 weeks to research unsafe 4 days (32 hours) to externalize all
methods 120 $5,190 strings 32 $1,384
Write a grep program to find the 62.5 days (500 hours) to refactor the
unsafe methods 2 $86 methods (3 minutes per method) 500 $21,625
Purchase of Globalyzer 3-user client
104.1 days to refactor the methods license including support and
(5 minutes per method) 833 $36,027 maintenance for the first year. $10,000
Total Cost 1355 $58,610 Total Cost 556 $34,047
Total Time Savings of 799 hours (100 FTE days) or 59%
Total Cost Savings of $24,653 or 42%
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