Introduction

Lingua-x, SL is a language services company specialized in localisation, technical writing and content management projects. The company is based in Xavier Arderiu, technical translation and localization professional for 25 years. After a year working in the CPNL (Consorci per a la Normalització Lingüística), Xavier started working at the IBM Spain Translation Department in 1992; since then, he has focused on the localisation industry from different positions and approaches, highlighting project management and the establishment and implementation of quality control processes in computer products (software and documentation). He has been Project Manager in different technical translation companies in Barcelona.