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Recap and Lessons on Research Software Localization from February Talk

How does software written in one language come to be available in other languages? And how is this process, known as localization, different for research software? Those were key questions adressed by Christopher Hertweck’s talk delivered on February 24th, 2026 online.

To begin, Christopher briefly introduced us to the use of SketchEngine, a web-based tool for compiling and analysing linguistic data collections (so-called corpora, or in singular corpus). SketchEngine exists both as a commercial product and an open-source variant, NoSketchEngine, with somewhat reduced functionality. The localization from English into German was done by a team of students as part of an internship project supervised by Lexical Computing (the company behind SketchEngine), and myself, Oliver Czulo (then a professor at Leipzig University). During the localization project, the team of students faced various challenges that often occur in localization.

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Translating research software: Localization of the Sketch Engine user interface

To start this year, the Translate Science core contributors are collaborating with the Institut Translatologie to host a talk about the challenges and best practices of localizing (research) software. We hope that this event can inform participants and serve to bring together others engaging with issues in multilingual open science.

Our guest Christopher Hertweck localized the user interface of Sketch Engine, a tool for creating and analyzing text corpora, from English into German as part of an internship project with a small team of students. Join us online on Tuesday February 24th at 14:00 UTC to hear more about this project.

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