Introduction: the dynamics of and need to understand translation and localization in technical communication / by Kirk St. Amant -- Translation: fundamental concepts. An overview of the main issues of translation / by Federica Scarpa -- Pragmatic translation and assessment for professional communicators: countering myths and misconceptions / by Patricia Minacori -- Writing and content creation. Writing for an international audience / by Sharon O'Brien -- Quality in translation through "controlled" writing, editing, and/or revising / by Maria Teresa Musacchio -- Localization: fundamentals, contexts, and content. Fundamentals of localization for non-localizers / by Paola Vlli -- How streetsmart marketers try phishing customers: (mis)communication or missed communication through loan words / by Birthe Mousten -- Professional communicators on track or led astray! using quality standards in practice / by Birthe Mousten and Dan Riordan -- Horizons. computing and commerce. Computing and translation: an overview for technical communicators / by Tomás Svoboda -- The future of translation and translators in a fast-changing economic and technological landscape / by Giuseppe Palumbo.