English is THE Second Language
Newsweek International has published an article on the rise of English around the world. English instruction is a billion-dollar business and growing. But what’s most fascinating is that non-native English …
Newsweek International has published an article on the rise of English around the world. English instruction is a billion-dollar business and growing. But what’s most fascinating is that non-native English …
SDL announced last week that sales of its translation memory (TM) software were up 85% with more than “10,000 new product units across all markets.” I’m still trying to get …
Could Hooters become the next Hard Rock Cafe? Judging by the pace at which it is spreading around the world, anything is possible. Believe it or not, there are now …
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According a recent market research study, Chinese Internet users are expected to increase from 96 million today to more than 200 million in 2007. Not a bad growth curve, but …
TRADOS has announced a Globalization Partner Program in an effort to bring “together leading globalization software and services companies to remove complex, persistent barriers that prevent enterprises from effectively reaching …
Levis has been losing money for eight years now; that has to be some sort of record. Fashion is fickle and there is very little Levis can do when the …
According to the AP, a “Bengali version of the longrunning American children’s programme Sesame Street will be broadcast from April featuring Muppet characters drawn from Bangladeshi folklore.” Sesame Street is …
Tom Friedman’s much-anticipated new book, The World Is Flat is just around the corner and Zack Lynch offers a preview. Tom proposes that we are entering a third era of …
How’s that for a great slogan. I saw it on the side of a Stone Brewery truck here in Escondido. This is an appropriate slogan for a brewery that produces …
If you need to know what are the “best” newspapers available in countries around the world, check out NewspaperIndex.com. Journalist Hans Henrik has created a fairly extensive database and made …
Suw Charman says “I still think there’s a fundamental mental block regarding the rest of the world from a lot of American companies and developers.” She points out the new …
From Cool News of the Day… “We hear about the spread of U.S. popular culture, making Europe, to its horror, more American. But the influence works the other way, too,” …
Richard Koman for SiliconValley Watcher writes about the potential of Gmail in developing markets. The greatest reason why I think Gmail has a good shot at popular usage is Google’s …
At the eBay analyst briefing today, the company announced that it was investing $100 million in growing its business in China, a market Meg Whitman said will define global success …