CMDC 653. Data Structure for Language Professionals.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Technology & Innovation (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Summer 2026
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Description
Localization and internationalization core concepts, processes and best practices as a background to the implications of common data-related pitfalls (e.g., in encoding, multi-byte characters, text directionality, text extraction and file format conversion). File pre- and post-processing, specifications and validation tools, with an emphasis on tagged files (e.g., XML, HTML), industry standards (e.g., XLIFF, TMX, TBX) and advanced desktop publishing formats, as well as file manipulation strategies (e.g., regular expressions, file converters, macros, scripts,
basic database queries).
- Restriction(s): Open only to students enrolled in the M.Sc.(Applied) in Multilingual Digital Communication; Non-Thesis program.
- 1. Course is online, with instructor led, live-online sessions and asynchronous work.