计算机专业英语学习情景5：全球软件外包.pptVIP

* Exercises 1. What is outsourcing? What can be outsourced? 2. Which companies you know are focusing on software outsourcing? (a) (b) (c) (d) * Exercises 3. What are localization and internationalization? 4. What is the difference between contractor and off-shoring? 5. Can you give some examples on the types of software outsourcing project? * The Answers to Exercises 1. Outsourcing refers to the delegation of certain portions of one company’s operation from internal to an external entity. Theoretically almost anything one company does can be outsourced. * The Answers to Exercises 2. 东软集团股份有限公司、电讯盈科企业方案有限公司、浙大网新科技股份有限公司、上海东南融通科技有限公司、大连华信计算机技术股份有限公司、中软国际有限公司等。 * The Answers to Exercises 3. Internationalization is the process of designing a software application so that it can be adapted to various languages and regions without engineering changes. Localization is the process of adapting internationalized software for a specific region or language by adding locale-specific components and translating text. * The Answers to Exercises Contractor is the external entity which is in the same country as the internal entity. Off-shoring is the external entity which is in a different country with the internal entity. * The Answers to Exercises Test only; Development of a certain portion of a package; Development of a relativity complete software package; Development of a well defined software package which can be marketable as a finished product; Localization of an existing software product; Improvement on an existing software package such as adding new functions and features. * 中文译文 全球化软件外包简介 在全球化软件外包这个领域中，英语是必备的沟通语言。实际上，外国发包公司和中国接包公司之间唯一共同使用的语言便是英语。本节提供一些有关今天全球化软件外包产业的背景资料。 * 中文译文 什么是“外包” 外包是指一个公司把它业务的某些部分委托到外面的公司去做。 如果这家公司外面的公司隶属于本国，一般都称之为“承包商”、“咨询商”、“厂商”、“供应商”或“服务提供者”。如果在不同的国家，则称之为“离岸外包”。 我们这里讨论的重点是“离岸外包”服务。为了方便起见，在本书中我们将统一使用“外包”这个术语。此外，我们把这些在