Adventures in web globalization, since 2002
You can find a Web site devoted to pretty much anything on the Internet. The Web site Enrgish.com is devoted to ” humorous English mistakes that appear in Japanese advertising and product design.” Apparently the site is so popular that …
Here is an interesting Q&A with Peter Moore, global marketing chief of Microsoft’s Xbox. They have offered a subscription-based, online Xbox service for a couple years now and we find that Microsoft now offers the service in 24 countries and …
Every culture has lucky and unlucky numbers. In the US, you’ll be hard-pressed to find the 13th floor in New York City. According to CNN, someone in China paid $215,000 for a lucky cell phone number. He got a number …
The BBC has launched a new feature for Welsh speakers who aren’t too fluent in English. The Web application is called Vocab. Here’s an article excerpt: Vocab lets users hold the cursor over a word and get an instant translation …
SDL announced that it has released a Chinese version of its translation memory tool SDLX. The company claims that this is the “first time a major translation technology player has localized its product for the growing Chinese market.” I’ll have …
About a month ago I wrote about how iTunes had currently been localized for three markets. My how time flies. The last I checked the iTunes Music Store now supports 12 markets outside the US. Not too shabby.
Martin Duerst pointed out a global gateway that has to be a first of its kind, shown below: What isn’t obvious in the photo is that these flags are actually animated GIFs that iterate through a selection of flags. When …
Fast Company features a short article on the challenges of managing global teams. This is a real challenge that global Web teams face. Conference calls must be shuffled constantly to adjust for changing schedules and to give people in certain …
Language Weaver, a San Diego-based developer of machine translation software, scored additional funding from In-Q-Tel, the VC arm of the CIA (yes, even the CIA likes to gamble). It appears that Language Weaver has made great strides in creating software …
Nielsen/Netratings released its latest count of Internet users by country. Keep in mind that some of the most booming markets are left off this chart, such as China, India and Russia: Also, I was surprised to see the US show …
Globalization services firm Moravia is hiring bizdev people throughout the US. Check out the latest job listings here. Is your translation or globalization services firm hiring? Let me know and I’ll try to post it.