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Month: June 2021

Findings from the 2021 Web Globalization Report Card

June 26, 2021 by John Yunker

I recently spent an hour virtually with Tucker Johnson of Nimdzi to talk about the 2021 Web Globalization Report Card. I hope you enjoy it! Link

Categories Global Marketing, Global navigation, Languages, Reports, Translation, Vendors, Web Globalization, Web Globalization Report Card

Mailchimp begins going global (and makes a few rookie mistakes)

June 23, 2021 by John Yunker

As a Mailchimp user I was intrigued to be greeted by this header recently: I clicked on the link and found the following five languages: Not many languages, but a …

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Categories Global By Design, Global gateway fail, Global navigation, Languages, Usability, Web Globalization, Web Globalization Report Card

Lead the World to Your Website on July 27th

June 17, 2021 by John Yunker

A localized website is of little value if local users cannot find it. And yet many global websites continue to make visual and technical mistakes that keep local websites effectively …

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Categories Brand TLDs, Country Codes, Domain names, Education, Events, Global gateway fail, Global Marketing, Global navigation, gTLDs, IDN (Intl. Domain Name), Languages, Usability, Web Globalization

The State of Localization 2021: Get the report; register for the webinar

June 15, 2021 by John Yunker
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A few months ago, Global by Design sponsor Lilt sponsored a survey to assess the state of the localization industry. That report is now ready and it reflects input from more …

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Categories Business globalization, Global Marketing, Languages, Reports, Software Localization, Translation, Vendors, Web Globalization

Apple Translate expands to iPad and across apps

June 7, 2021 by John Yunker

Apple may have been late to the machine translation game but they’re working to make up for lost time. They announced today that the Apple Translate app is coming to …

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Categories Apple, Languages, Machine Translation, Translation, Usability

The future best practices from the leading global websites

June 1, 2021 by John Yunker

Join me on June 10th for a virtual LocWorldWide44 presentation on future best practices in website globalization. Drawing on findings from the 2021 Web Globalization Report Card, I will share …

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Categories Adobe, Amazon, Apple, Retail globalization, Web Globalization, Web Globalization Report Card, WordPress, Wordpress

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