It’s Not a Matter of If, But When
Ford Motor Co. is paying an “incredible penalty” for Britain’s absence from the European single currency and its UK competitiveness will be hurt if the nation does not join, the …
John Yunker
Global E-commerce Update
Internet users are expected to number 655 million worldwide by the end of 2002. That’s a 30 percent increase over the previous year, with the developing world accounting for a …
Going Global Gracefully
I contributed an article to the John Rhode’s WebWord site. It’s all about the importance of the global gateway – an often overlooked and increasingly important aspect of Web globalization. …
Look Before You Localize
Research International just released the results of a study on global branding. I found this excerpt very interesting: Despite the growing need for localized positioning highlighted through the research, there …
And Then There Were 3
The translation industry used to have four vendors that towered over everyone else: Bowne Global Solutions, Berlitz GlobalNet, Lionbridge, and SDL International. In September, Bowne bought Berlitz, and then there …
A Few Good Resources…
I wanted to highlight a few good Web resources that I’ve been reading lately: Asia Business Intelligence This is a weblog maintained by Rich Kuslan. Rich has worked and traveled …
Translating America
Former advertising executive Charlotte Beers, now undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs, is launching a $10 million ad campaign that promotes America to the Arab world. Ads …
A Web Without Web Pages?
According to Gartner, more Europeans use short messaging service (SMS) than email. Currently, 41 percent of European adults use SMS, compared to 30 percent that use the Internet/email. Increasingly, people …
A Special Font for a Special Language
Displaying mathematical and scientific symbols on Web pages – and elsewhere – has always been a challenge due to lack of font support. That’s about to change. The folks at …
Taking XML Global
XML, by default, requires Unicode. Which is a very good thing. But other than that, XML is only as global as we make it. Enter the Free Standard Group. They’re …
Reach Out and Translate Someone
In Japanese, “docomo” means “anywhere,” but now it might just mean “any word” as well. NTT DoCoMo Inc, Japan’s top mobile carrier, said on Friday it plans to begin sales …
Big Mac; Little Mac
Well, it appears that McDonald’s has fallen on hard times. According to the New York Times, it is “pulling out of three countries and closing restaurants in about 10 other …
Amazon Loves Japan
Want to know a big reason why Amazon is doing well these days? According to this article: Sales rose 33 percent to $851 million, helped by growth of some 90 …
Adiós Inglés
According to Global Reach’s latest statistics on the use of language online, only 36.5 percent of the global online population are native English speakers.
Translation Portals and the Little Guy
A few months back I wrote an article for Multilingual Computing about large translation vendors launching translation portals. I profiled Berlitz and Bowne, and right about the time the article …