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Which Country; Which Language?

December 18, 2006 by John Yunker

Guest Article: By John Greenwood InterPro Translation Solutions There are choices you must consider when translating for some countries with multiple languages and into some languages that are used in …

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Categories Brazil, China, Guest Articles, Languages

Why Is Web Globalization So Popular? Just Look at the Numbers…

November 15, 2006 by John Yunker

I was happy to see a press release from comScore Networks illustrating in raw numbers what many Webmasters have been telling me privately over the years — that more than …

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Categories Business globalization, Languages, Web Globalization, Wikipedia

Happy Bilingual Holidays!

October 25, 2006 by John Yunker

Toys ‘R’ Us has released its top 5 toy trends for the 2006 holiday season and trend number two was nice to see… Trend #2: Bilingual Toys Catering to the …

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Categories Languages, US Hispanic Market, Web Globalization

You Don’t Know Jack: The Case for Controlled Vocabulary

October 3, 2006 by John Yunker

The Rockley Bulletin features a great article on the importance of using controlled vocabularies, particularly for documentation. The article cites a customer support call in which the word “jack” is …

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Categories Culture, Languages, Translation, Web Globalization

World Wide School District

September 6, 2006 by John Yunker

When I first saw this Web site I couldn’t believe it — a school district Web site that supports 25 languages — that’s right, 25 — including Russian, Somalian, Chinese, …

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Categories Languages, Translation, Web Globalization

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

September 1, 2006 by John Yunker

By guest author: Marc Garnaut Spark Media Lab I’ve been sharing my morning coffee for the past year or two with the “yee-ha”s of corporate wagons circling and the “forward-ho”cries …

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Categories Business globalization, China, Guest Articles, Languages, Translation, Web Globalization

Dell Loses Trademark Suit in China

August 30, 2006 by John Yunker

According to The Beijing News, via Rich Kuslan’s blog, Dell lost a suit against a research institute over the fact that its name sounds too much like Dell’s transliterated name. …

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Categories China, Languages, Translation, Web Globalization

Scaling a Great Wall: Top 5 Tips for Learning Chinese

August 28, 2006 by John Yunker

By guest author: Saul Gitlin, EVP-Strategic Services Kang & Lee Advertising – A Young & Rubicam Brands/WPP Group Company As a non-Asian student in the 1980’s who graduated with a …

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Categories China, Guest Articles, Languages, Translation, Web Globalization

The Last Days of Yahoo! 1.0

August 28, 2006 by John Yunker

Perhaps I’m a curmudgeon, but I don’t want to give up my old Yahoo! Web site for the “new and improved” Yahoo! that is coming — whether I like it …

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Categories China, Languages, Web Globalization

Quechua Has Friends in High Places

August 25, 2006 by John Yunker

Quechua is the language of the Incan Empire and is spoken by roughly 10 million people throughout South America, the majority of whom live in Peru and Bolivia. Recent developments …

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Categories Languages, Software Localization, Web Globalization

Adiós Inglés

November 5, 2002 by John Yunker

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.

Categories Culture, Languages, Web Globalization
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