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Month: October 2004

Machine Translation Vendor Scores Funding

October 7, 2004 by John Yunker

Language Weaver, a machine translation (MT) software developer, has announced a $4 million VC infusion. This is just another sign that MT is inching closer to real-world/commercial applications. Slowly but surely we’re seeing companies make limited use of MT to …

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Categories Machine Translation, Vendors, Web Globalization

Hands-On Tips For Web Globalization

October 6, 2004 by John Yunker

The W3C Internationalization Working Group continues to add valuable resources for those who need hands-on information regarding Web globalization. Need to learn more about internationalized domain names, bidirectional text display, or multilingual style sheets? This is a good place to …

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Categories Software Localization, Web Globalization

Bowne Offers Interpretation to NHS

October 5, 2004 by John Yunker

The NHS is the UK’s national health organization and the largest health organization in Europe. It announced recently that it would be offering multilingual phone support through Bowne Global Solutions. Approximately 500 calls per month come into the NHS in …

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Categories Translation, Vendors, Web Globalization

Trados Adds Content Management Partner

October 4, 2004 by John Yunker

Trados has been on a partnering spree lately, hooking up with a growing array of content management software (CMS) providers. Overall, this is a good strategy, as every CMS application will eventually need to support the creation and management of …

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Categories Vendors, Web Globalization

Banks Court Hispanic Customers; Web Sites To Follow

October 4, 2004 by John Yunker

Up until recently, only a handful of US banks have served the Hispanic population reasonably well. But that’s all changed now that the Hispanic market is worth an estimated $700 million. Recently, Spain’s Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentina (BBVA) purchased Laredo …

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Categories US Hispanic Market, Web Globalization

Cecil McBee vs. Cecil McBee

October 4, 2004 by John Yunker

The Wall Street Journal is an excellent source of stories that capture the confusion and chaos that is globalization. Consider the story of jazz great Cecil McBee. Here is an excerpt: Cecil McBee, an American jazz musician on tour in …

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Categories Culture, Web Globalization

Belkin: Using Unicode to Create a More Global Gateway

October 3, 2004 by John Yunker

If you want to see how Unicode can help a Web site be more globally friendly, drop by the home page of the Belkin Web site. You will arrive at what I call a “splash global gateway,” shown below: I …

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Categories Web Globalization

Free Guide to the Spanish Speaking Market

October 3, 2004 by John Yunker

Multilingual Computing has published a “Guide to the Spanish Speaking World.” It includes an article from yours truly on Web localization for the US Hispanic market; in the article I profile Southwest Airlines, which recently launched a fully featured Spanish-language …

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Categories Culture, US Hispanic Market, Web Globalization

Asian American Market 101

October 2, 2004 by John Yunker

Kang & Lee, a multicultural marketing agency, offers a number of informational resources on its Web site, including an Asian Americans 101 primer. Here are some interesting stats: Between 1990 and 2000, the three fastest growing Asian groups were (in …

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Categories Business globalization, Culture, Vendors, Web Globalization

Red Hat to Add Support for Indian Languages

October 2, 2004 by John Yunker

Linux developer Red Hat says it will add five new languages to its next generation of enterprise software – all Indian languages. Equally important, Red Hat plans to offer customer phone support in those languages. Although the company didn’t say …

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Categories India, Software Localization, Web Globalization
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