Re: Is localisation obligatory?

Subject: Re: Is localisation obligatory?
From: yehoshua paul <yehoshua -dot- p -at- technicalwriting -dot- com>
To: David Harrison <dharrison -at- moldmasters -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 13:13:59 +0300

Sorry,
Wish I knew more, but maybe the other members of the list have some
knowledge.

Yehoshua

On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 12:29 PM, David Harrison
<dharrison -at- moldmasters -dot- com>wrote:

> Thanks Yehoshua
>
> Guess I should have also mentioned that I've read that - and the summary I
> got was that localisation is Obligatory in France, Germany, Russia and
> Ukraine - Elsewhere then balance it up and consult your legal department if
> you want to retail in that country - we have no legal department so I was
> just hoping some of my fellow might have already hit this wall.
>
>
>
>
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> Subject: Re: Is localisation obligatory? ***XWALL***
>
> This article should help answer most of your questions.
> http://www.stc-europe.org/2010/03/03/the-law-and-languages/
>
> Yehoshua Paul,
> www.technicalwriting.com
>
> On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 11:23 AM, David Harrison
> <dharrison -at- moldmasters -dot- com>wrote:
>
> > Our product is business-to-business and used on the factory floor. We
> > have a large export market to Europe where we know that localisation
> > to the language of that country is somewhere between "should" and
> > "legally obliged" depending on the country. However there is a balance
> > between "worth translating" and "not worth translating because the
> > sales in that country has a poor projection" and we are at this point
> > now with some countries.
> > Does anyone know, for sure, in which European countries, apart from
> > France and Germany, one is legally obliged to provide user/maintenance
> > manuals in the local tongue rather than just recommended?
> >
> > Thanks Guys
> >
> > David
> >
> >
> > ______________________________________________________________________
> > David Harrison |
> > Mold-Masters (UK) Limited | Global Hot Runner and Temperature Control
> > Technology Netherwood Road | Rotherwas Ind. Est. | Company
> > Registration Nr: 1912861 Hereford | HR2 6JU | United Kingdom
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> > __ Sent on 28.06.2012 10:23 by David Harrison
> >
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