Byte Level Books is looking for authors
I’m pleased to announce the formation of a new publishing imprint dedicated to “books with a world view.” To date, we’re published two books — The Savvy Client’s Guide to …
John Yunker
Walking through jelly
Just because a global company mandates one “global” language doesn’t mean that everything will run smoothly. English is typically the global language selected, which is nice for those who were …
Upcoming Webinar: The New Global Enterprise
On March 15th I will be participating in a half-day online forum sponsored by the American Marketing Association and Localization World: The New Global Enterprise: Core Competencies for Localizing Marketing Communications …
Think outside .com: A map of the world’s IDNs
If you’ve been following this blog for awhile, you know I’m a fan of internationalized domain names (IDNs). Over the past year or so, ICANN has approved more than 20 …
Global by Design turns 1,000
In 2002, I launched this blog. It was the first blog devoted to web globalization. In fact, I don’t believe there were any blogs devoted to translation either at that …
Free Webinar: Strategies for Choosing a Language Service Provider
Join me next week (February 24th at 9 am Eastern) for a free webinar hosted by Lionbridge. I’ll be sharing what I’ve learned over the years as both a provider and …
Twitter launches translation crowdsourcing, again
Twitter went live with its newly updated translation center today. This is the second iteration of the platform; it first launched in October 2009, but was closed less than a …
Best global hotel web site of 2011: Accor Hotels
We included nine hotel and resort web sites in the 2011 Web Globalization Report Card. The Web Globalization Report Card is an annual benchmark of how effectively companies internationalize and …
Google Translate App for iPhone: Will it hit number 1? (Answer: Yes!)
I’m a little amazed by all the press that the Google Translate app for iPhone is getting today. From The Wall Street Journal to the LA Times, this app is …
Best professional services web site of 2011: Deloitte.com
We included nine professional services websites in the 2011 Web Globalization Report Card. The Web Globalization Report Card is an annual benchmark of how effectively companies internationalize and localize their …
Japanese IDNs are losing momentum
I am bullish on internationalized domain names (IDNs). I view them as a natural evolution of a multilingual Internet. But I also am well aware that there are those who …
Local by design; global by accident
When I first visited Japan, I was struck by the range of local products made by the Japanese subsidiary of Coca-Cola, like Georgia Coffee (in a can, no less). This phenomenon is …
Think your translator is cutting corners? Try the machine translation detector…
Lior Libman of One Hour Translation has released a web tool that you can use to quickly determine if text was translated by one of the three major machine translation …
The world according to FedEx
I must warn you that if you visit this FedEx microsite you might lose an hour or so viewing the many data maps. Above is a view of Facebook users …
The Top 25 Global Web Sites of 2011
I’m pleased to announce the publication of the 2011 Web Globalization Report Card. This year, we reviewed 250 web sites across 25 industries. The web sites represent nearly half of …
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