Web internationalization
Abstract
Richard Ishida
Richard Ishida, World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), United Kingdom
As W3C Internationalization Activity Lead, Richard Ishida is trying to make the World Wide Web world wide.
The Internationalization Activity has the mission of ensuring universal access to the Web, regardless of language, script or culture, by proposing and coordinating any techniques, conventions, guidelines and activities within the W3C that help to make and keep the Web international.
Since the early 1990s, Richard’s seminars and consulting have helped product groups around the world develop websites, documents, software, and on-screen information so that it can be easily localized for the international marketplace. His background includes translation and interpreting, computational linguistics, and translation tools. He has studied French, Spanish, Italian, German, Russian, Japanese and Arabic.