Hi,
I strongly recommend to use the FrameMaker version with the
English interface for all users. The language versions differ
by the names for specific objects e.g. for TOC, index, default
master pages, default paragraph or character formats etc.
E.g. the TOC created in a German FrameMaker
I used to work for a company that had its head office in Europe. We used A4
size paper in our template, but whenever I needed to print something for a
local user, I would make a PDF, and then print the PDF to 8.5 x 11 paper with
the setting Shrink to fit enabled. It made things a bit smaller,
Roy, there's a handy section on localizing templastes in Gregory Wasson
and David Valiulis Adobe FrameMaker Template Series Primer, and the
overall document is an excellent, thorough resource for template work.
The primer is at
http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker/tempseries/pdfs/primer.pdf