Microsoft’s Global Blunders
CNET News features an entertaining article on some of the creative ways that Microsoft has offended people around the world …
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Lowe’s Conducts Bilingual Marketing Research
Since relocating to San Diego, I’ve been a regular at Lowe’s. During my last visit I was asked to particpate …
Oracle Selects Idiom (Again?)
The title of this latest Idiom press release makes it sound as if Idiom just won the Oracle account. However, …
Web Globalization Back on the “Front Burner”
Two months ago I began interviewing executives at a number of large multinationals about their global Web sites. As you …
China: 80 Million Internet Users And Just Getting Started
According to a new report from the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) — the country’s Internet regulatory body — …
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EU Translation Crisis Update
According to this BBC article, the European Union translation backlog is becoming a serious problem. EU beaurocrats have been told …
FedEx and UPS in China
Steve Rivkin of the Naming Newsletter posted an short piece on why FedEx and UPS may be benefitting in China …
The World’s Largest Translation Agency Faces Backlog
From The Wall Street Journal today: The European Union has passed a law requiring all EU-based companies to publish quarterly …
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