The Web Globalization Report Card 2010
Today we officially kick off a sixth edition of the Web Globalization Report Card. The next four weeks will be devoted to analyzing 225 web sites across more than 20 …
The world’s most dangerous country codes
If you want to know the world’s most dangersous ccTLDs, ask an anti-virus software company. McAfee has released its list of most dangerous country codes. Here are the top five: …
Mac Snow Leopard International Bug
I recently got around to upgrading to Snow Leopard. Along the way, I discovered a rather interesting bug. It’s not a huge deal, but a bug nonetheless. And one likely …
The most popular posts of 2009
With a few hours to spare, here are the most popular blog posts of 2009, based on number of visitors: The rise of “international” English — otherwise known as American …
Forgetting English (literally)
I’m working on the Web Globalization Report Card, and this, plus my fascination with Facebook, inspired me to check out my Forgetting English page in several different languages. Here it …
Taking a Facebreak
As Katie Hafner writes in the NY Times, a number of people are taking a break from Facebook (or trying to). Call it a Facebreak. Facebook is all about scale. …
When will the “age gateway” retire?
Smashing Magazine has an entertaining piece on the Unusable and Superficial World of Beer and Alcohol Websites. The “age gateway” was a topic I wrote about a year ago and …
Take the Lionbridge Social Media Survey
It’s not every day I come across a survey localized into 18 languages. But I guess I should expect nothing less from one of the world’s largest translation agencies. Lionbridge …
Google goes to Greenland to shorten your URL
Just what the world needs — two more URL shorteners. Google now has goo.gl. And Facebook has FB.me. But Google’s URL jumps out at me because it marks the first …
How well does your baby’s name translate?
I’ve long maintained that translation agencies need to get creative if they are to succeed in the age of machine translation. London-based Today Translations is doing just that — offering …
Google Korea: Before and After
For a Westerner like myself, the most-popular Korean portals Naver and Daum are a maze of text and images. The pages are too busy, too distracting. But I’m not the …
Most British web users prefer .uk (says UK registrar)
Nominet, the UK registrar, published the results of a poll that found: More than three-quarters (77%) of British consumers prefer to use a .uk rather than a .com when searching …
TED is looking for a few good translators
For translation crowdsourcing to work, first you need crowds. And TED, which has been using the crowd to provide translation of its videos, is looking for a few more participants. …
IDN application update: Egypt, Russia, China…
So who’s applied for IDNs so far? According to ICANN, 10 applications (representing five languages) were submitted over the first four days. ICANN won’t announce exactly who applied and for …