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Month: August 2006

SDL Promotes Marketing to the C-Level

August 31, 2006 by John Yunker

Lionbridge has its Chief Marketing Officer, Kevin Bolen, and now rival SDL has a CMO too, in the name of Chris Boorman. According to the press release, “Boorman comes to SDL International following 10 years as Vice President of Marketing …

Read moreSDL Promotes Marketing to the C-Level

Categories Vendors, Web Globalization

Dell Loses Trademark Suit in China

August 30, 2006 by John Yunker

According to The Beijing News, via Rich Kuslan’s blog, Dell lost a suit against a research institute over the fact that its name sounds too much like Dell’s transliterated name. Transliterated? If this term is new to you, it is …

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Categories China, Languages, Translation, Web Globalization

Disney to Redesign Web Site Next Year

August 29, 2006 by John Yunker

So said Disney president Bob Iger in his earnings call last month. Here’s the text… “In fiscal 2007, we will launch a wholly redesigned Disney.com that will capitalize on the unique strength of the Disney brand and content. This is …

Read moreDisney to Redesign Web Site Next Year

Categories Business globalization, Web Globalization

Scaling a Great Wall: Top 5 Tips for Learning Chinese

August 28, 2006 by John Yunker

By guest author: Saul Gitlin, EVP-Strategic Services Kang & Lee Advertising – A Young & Rubicam Brands/WPP Group Company As a non-Asian student in the 1980’s who graduated with a B.A. in Chinese language and history from Cornell, and an …

Read moreScaling a Great Wall: Top 5 Tips for Learning Chinese

Categories China, Guest Articles, Languages, Translation, Web Globalization

The Last Days of Yahoo! 1.0

August 28, 2006 by John Yunker

Perhaps I’m a curmudgeon, but I don’t want to give up my old Yahoo! Web site for the “new and improved” Yahoo! that is coming — whether I like it or not — on September 1st. Every day they remind …

Read moreThe Last Days of Yahoo! 1.0

Categories China, Languages, Web Globalization

Quechua Has Friends in High Places

August 25, 2006 by John Yunker

Quechua is the language of the Incan Empire and is spoken by roughly 10 million people throughout South America, the majority of whom live in Peru and Bolivia. Recent developments suggest that this “minority” language is not going gently into …

Read moreQuechua Has Friends in High Places

Categories Languages, Software Localization, Web Globalization

Welocalize: Climbing Up the Inc 500 List

August 25, 2006 by John Yunker

Welocalize announced today that it had made the Inc 500 list for a second year in a row. The company moved up from 407 last year to 327 this year, with three-year sales growth of 409%. The company announced last …

Read moreWelocalize: Climbing Up the Inc 500 List

Categories China, Vendors, Web Globalization

The World Population: Think Inside the Box

August 24, 2006 by John Yunker

Bettina Speckman has created a rectangular map of the world’s poputation, in which the size of the rectangle is relative to the size of a given country’s population. It really puts into perspective how big China and India are relative …

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Categories China, Web Globalization

Marketing to Chuppies

August 22, 2006 by John Yunker

UPS recently hired a Chinese market research firm to survey 1,200 “Chuppies” Chinese, urban, middle-class consumers. What they found is good news for American companies looking to expand into this market. Particularly good news is that this group of Chinese …

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Categories Business globalization, China, Translation, Web Globalization

Google Desktop in 28 Languages

August 19, 2006 by John Yunker

Google Desktop began as a simple application that would let you search your computer’s hard drive as quickly as it searches the Internet. And, best of all, it was free. It still is free, but now it supports lots of …

Read moreGoogle Desktop in 28 Languages

Categories Google, Software Localization, Web Globalization
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