Theodore Gray on localization
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“Here we have the brand-new Japanese version of the element song with the same animation except the names are all Japanese; the song in Japanese is much longer than the song in English for a few reasons — Tom Lehrer can sing this faster than anybody, Japanese element names have more syllables, and there are more elements discovered since 1959.”
On , Theodore Gray, Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer at ESSENT GROUP LTD, spoke about localization during Theo Gray demonstrates his Element iPad ap -- and "debuts" the Japanese version of the Elements song on engineerguy.
About Theodore Gray
In a September 2011 interview, Theodore Gray demonstrated his iPad app for the periodic table, noting that it was available in ten versions covering English, French, German, and Japanese, each with a regular and a demo edition. He explained that the app features rotating object images, a stereo 3D mode, and links to Wolfram Alpha for detailed information and market prices. Gray also debuted a Japanese version of Tom Lehrer's "Elements" song, performed by his cousin Lena Lickstein, and described how the audio was assembled from multiple takes with some audio processing to improve enunciation.