Adventures in web globalization, since 2002
In the August issue of Global By Design, in the article Machine Translation: The Next Generation, I introduced statistical machine translation (SMT): SMT is a data-driven translation technology. Rather than …
TransPerfect Translations announced today that it had acquired Crimson Language Services. According to the press release, the “merger creates a newly-formed Life Sciences Division that combines Crimson’s ISO 9001:2000/ISO 13485:2003 …
According to Internet Retailer, Tiffany has launched a Canadian e-commerce site, with a selection of 3,000 products. Competitor Blue Nile launched a site for Canada in January of this year. …
According to an ACNielsen study of 21,000 people in 38 countries, more than 627 million people have shopped online, including over 325 million within the last month. Highlights of this …
Of course it had to happen. Once Weblogs became a profitable busines, it was only natural for people to try to expand these Weblogs into new markets — and new …
Years ago I remember listening to the pundits who said that Starbucks wouldn’t make it in the UK – a country where tea was the default beverage of choice. But …
Jessica Vascellaro of the Wall St. Jnl. wrote an interesting article on foreign retailers who are using the Web to take a shot at cracking the US market; companies like …
The Apple iTunes Australia store is now live. That brings Apple to a total of 21 iTunes stores. Anyone care to guess how long before a New Zealand iTunes store …
The globalization services and software industry has for years labored under the radar of the mainstream media. But this is gradually changing thanks in part to consolidation among top players …
TransPerfect Translations announced that it was selected by the National Restaurant Association Education Foundation (NRAEF) to “produce translations of multicultural training tools.” According to the press release, the restaurant and …
Starbucks Japan has launched its first ready-to-drink (RTD) coffee, shown here: Starbucks “Discoveries” will initially be offered in two flavors, Seattle (latte) and Milano (espresso) and will be sold in …
According to a recent study by Feedback Research of online consumers who lived in the US, spoke Spanish at home and/or used Spanish media regularly: 69% of Spanish-speakers who shop …