Adventures in web globalization, since 2002
I read that global remittance startup LemFi received new funding to accelerate its global growth. Notes the TechCrunch article: Since its launch in 2020, LemFi has undergone rapid growth by …
Russian was once considered a “top 10” language — one that any company serious about global growth would support. But Putin’s horrific actions have put an end to that. Over …
For many years, the addition of languages (as part of website localization) has ranked one of the least-promoted developments on any given website. Languages were added. End of story. Perhaps …
Square has been slowly but steadily increasing its global reach, with support for 7 countries and four languages, including Japanese, French and even Catalan (in Spain). But on September 13th, …
Stripe processed more than $640 billion last year on behalf of millions of Internet-enabled businesses. And while this number is huge, the founders of Stripe, in a recent letter to …
Earlier this year I was asked about how best to align global social media content with global websites. My answer ultimately resulted in this article in Multilingual. When asked by …
Two interesting posts to share about the globalization of emoji… GooglePolishing Up Emoji Emoji have a global audience and it’s important for them to be globally relevant. Pie emoji is …
There are still a few days left before I teach a two-hour class devoted to best practices in global navigation. July 27th9am to 11am PSTClass link You’ll learn: The four …
A few months ago, Global by Design sponsor Lilt sponsored a survey to assess the state of the localization industry. That report is now ready and it reflects input from more …
LILT, a Global by Design sponsor, is asking for those of us in the localization industry to give our thoughts on localization trends, best practices and our priorities for the …
LILT, a Global by Design sponsor, is asking for those of us in the localization industry to give our thoughts on localization trends, best practices and our priorities for the …
Luxury brands treat language is another of their luxury item, instead of the necessity it truly is.
I recently participated in the TAUS event Reinventing the Translation Industry. The focus of the event was on imagining the translation industry a year from now, in light of our global …
I recently spent an hour with Kathrin Bussman as part of her wonderful podcast The Worldly Marketer. I talked about the most recent Web Globalization Report Card as well as …
In February, when I published the 2020 Web Globalization Report Card, the coronavirus was itself going global. Since then, there has been much talk about how the coronavirus will turn …