Localizing acronyms

The third in my series on specific localization items in translation has gone up on KJInternational.com.

• Localization item: Acronyms

I also want to give a big Thank You to internet acquaintance Roman Mars (@romanmars) of 99% Invisible for sending people this way after I wrote a little about his show. It was a boost to my very modest readership and much appreciated, even though I really only wrote it so that he would read about how much I love his podcast. (There's only so much fangirly squee-ing you can fit into 140 characters.)

Why QA?

I forgot to put up last week's QA post, so here are two short things I did for KJInternational.com. Monday mornings -- amirite?

• Why QA?
• Localization item: Punctuation

Localizing Measurements

How will the measurements in your document look different once they're translated? The first in my new series on specific localization items in translation has gone up on KJInternational.com.

• Localization item: Measurements

Radix points, digit groups separators, and thin spaces: if that doesn't get you hot, you probably don't need to see your doctor about it. If it does, this post's for you! But I'm no doctor.