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Month: May 2007

Google Cross Language Search is Live

May 27, 2007 by John Yunker

Google’s new “cross language” search tool that I mentioned last week is now live and ready for testing at translate.google.com. I gave the tool a brief run-through today and it is definitely rough around the edges. To get the best …

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Categories Google, Machine Translation, Translation

Blogging in Tongues

May 22, 2007 by John Yunker

The May/June issue of Global by Design is now out and our lead article focuses on companies offering multilingual blogs and RSS feeds. Companies on the forefront of doing so include Cisco, Deloitte, and Sun. Sun features a blog written …

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Categories Global By Design, Web Globalization

AOL: 14 Countries in 18 Months

May 18, 2007 by John Yunker

A few weeks ago I wrote about AOL’s new portal for India. According to Reuters, or, Thomson, AOL is only just getting started. AOL plans to expand into 14 markets over the next two years. And this is in addition …

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Categories Business globalization, China, India, Russia, Web Globalization

Taking Customer Service Global (via Charleston)

May 18, 2007 by John Yunker

I’m headed to Charleston next week for the Services Industry Summit an annual event sponsored by Service Strategies. I’ll be speaking on the unique opportunities (and challenges) of localizing your customer service Web sites and knowledgebases for audiences around the …

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Categories Events, Web Globalization

Google’s Cross Language Search Coming “Soon”

May 17, 2007 by John Yunker

Google held its Searchology event today and formally launched its “universal” search interface. And, according to Wired, Google will be launching its Cross Language Information Retreival “soon.” Cross language search allows you to translate your search query into another language …

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Categories Google, Machine Translation, Translation

Web Globalization Leaders of Industry

May 9, 2007 by John Yunker

Last week I highlighted the top 10 best global Web sites from our 2007 Web Globalization Report Card. But there are other Web sites that deserve mention. As part of the report, we grouped the 200 Web sites into 18 …

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Categories Global By Design, Web Globalization

Idiom Summit Highlights: Momentum and More Acronyms

May 4, 2007 by John Yunker

Here are some thoughts from the past two days of the Idiom User Summit, in no particular order: – There was a lot of buzz around machine translation (MT). Both Systran and Language Weaver are here and there were (at …

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Categories Apple, Events, Machine Translation, Translation, Vendors, Web Globalization

Idiom Summit: Twice as Big as 2006

May 2, 2007 by John Yunker

I’m at the Idiom user conference, being held this week in the beautiful Hotel Del in San Diego. If you look at attendees as a barometer of idiom’s success, there are 224 attendees here today representing 105 companies — double …

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Categories Vendors, Web Globalization

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