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Month: November 2007

Machine translation gets specialized

November 30, 2007 by John Yunker

To follow up on my last post about the transformation of the translation industry, I was just sent a press release from a maker of statistical machine translation, Language Weaver, regarding a new product they and across Systems will be …

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Categories Machine Translation, Vendors

The end of translation as we know it

November 30, 2007 by John Yunker

The translation industry has undergone significant change over the past two years — and not just in terms of consolidation. The changes are structural. Offices are more decentralized, as is the technology used to support workflow, and machine translation (once …

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Categories Global By Design, Machine Translation, Translation, Vendors, Web Globalization

Introducing Brian Heumann

November 29, 2007 by John Yunker

If you read the post about German Web sites yesterday, you may have wondered how I know so much about Germany. Actually, I don’t. But Brian Heumann does. And that’s why I’m very pleased to welcome Brian as an ongoing …

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Categories Guest Articles, Web Globalization

How international are German Websites?

November 27, 2007 by John Yunker

John Yunker, the host of “Global by Design”, has invited me to publish some of my articles on this blog. I feel honoured to be here and will try my best to give you some insights into Web internationalization in …

Read moreHow international are German Websites?

Categories Guest Articles, Web Globalization

Web globalization article in Computerworld

November 21, 2007 by John Yunker

Computerworld has published a very good article on Web globalization (and not just because I was quoted in it). It includes insights on recent developments at FedEx and Novartis. Here’s the link. TweetShareShare

Categories Web Globalization

Of Yahoo and shark finning

November 20, 2007 by John Yunker

I recently saw a movie that opened my eyes to the horror of shark finning. The movie is Sharkwater (www.sharkwater.com). Shark finning is the process of catching a shark, slicing off its fins, and dumping it back in the water. …

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Apple iPhone localization favors .com over country codes

November 9, 2007 by John Yunker

The Apple iPhone goes on sale today in the UK and Germany. Awhile back I wondered how Apple would localize its Web keypad, which features the .com button to accelerate the input of URLs. I own an iPhone and really …

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Categories Apple, Domain names, Software Localization

One million .CN registrations in just one month

November 7, 2007 by John Yunker

That’s right. According to the latest stats from China’s registry, roughly one million .cn domains were registered between September 1 and October 1. That brings the grand total to 7.1 million .cn domains that have been registered thus far, and …

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Categories China, Domain names

A look inside Google globalization

November 5, 2007 by John Yunker

I just came across a great presentation by way of Blogos today. It’s by Dr. Thomas Arend, international product manager at Google. If you’re interested in learning more about how Google develops localized software applications and Web interfaces — particularly …

Read moreA look inside Google globalization

Categories Google, Web Globalization

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