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 …
Facebook is the best global web site of 2011
Analysis for The 2011 Web Globalization Report Card is now complete, and Facebook has emerged in first place, narrowly edging out Google. Last year, Google and Facebook tied for first …
Latino Link: Q&A with author Joe Kutchera
Hispanics make up about 15% of the US population, or 45 million people. Not only is this group growing at a faster pace than the national average, but its spending …
Select Country; Select Language
Just a quick note to highlight a guest article I wrote for UX Magazine on best practices in global gateways. Link
Previewing the 2011 Web Globalization Report Card
I’ve begun work on the 7th edition of the Report Card. To produce this report I individually review more than 200 global web sites across more than 20 industries. Needless …
A hit iPhone app, via Armenia
When I first discovered the popular iPhone photo app Instagr.am, my first thought was: Look, another creative use of a country code! In this case, the country code in question …
Translation Sharing is Caring
The TAUS Data Association (TDA) was founded about two years ago with the goal of creating a widely used and trusted platform for companies to share their translation memories. The …