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    A 56-page whitepaper with insightful language and culture tips for 10 Asian languages. The insights in this whitepaper will help you see how unique features of each Asian language affect your localization outcome and how you can overcome these challenges.

    Table Of Contents

    I. CHINESE

      1. Simplified Chinese or Traditional Chinese
      2. Informal vs. Formal Addressing Forms
      3. The Great Firewall of China
      4. Search Engine
      5. Other Localization Details and Locale Specifics

    II. KOREAN

      1. Diverse Speech Levels
      2. Borrowed Words
      3. Text expansion
      4. Search Engine
      5. Other Localization Details and Locale Specifics

    III. JAPANESE

      1. Complex Writing Scripts
      2. Japanese Honorifics
      3. Horizontal or Vertical Typography
      4. Loanwords
      5. Aim for Perfection
      6. Other Localization Details and Locale Specifics

    IV. VIETNAMESE

      1. Personal Pronouns
      2. Different Regional Writing Style
      3. Complex Capitalization System
      4. Word Expansion
      5. Other Localization Details and Locale Specifics

    V. THAI

      1. No Space between Words
      2. Complex Rules for Spacing
      3. Thai Pronouns
      4. Two Number Systems
      5. Thai Calendar
      6. Other Localization Details and Locale Specifics

    VI. INDONESIAN

      1. Indonesian Pronouns
      2. Numbers in Indonesian
      3. The use of conjunction
      4. Other Localization Details and Locale Specifics

    VII. MALAY

      1. Loanwords
      2. Text Expansion
      3. Malay Pronouns
      4. Other Localization Details and Locale Specifics

    VIII. BURMESE

      1. Personal Pronouns
      2. Punctuation in Burmese
      3. Supported Burmese Fonts in Software
      4. Careful with Spelling
      5. Other Localization Details and Locale Specifics

    IX. KHMER

      1. The Use of Space
      2. Careful with Spelling
      3. Khmer Social Registers
      4. Numbers in Khmer
      5. Other Localization Details and Locale Specifics

    X. LAO

      1. Lao Registers
      2. Punctuation in the Lao language
      3. Numbers in Lao
      4. Other Localization Details and Locale Specifics.