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The United Languages of America

April 25, 2014 by John Yunker

Very cool map courtesy of the WashPost based on US Census data: “More than a quarter of counties in the United States have at least one in 10 households where …

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Categories Languages, United States, US Hispanic Market

A look back at the language growth of eBay, Coke, Apple, AmEx and Amazon

February 13, 2014 by John Yunker

Sometimes it’s difficult to see a revolution when you’re standing right in the middle of it. Which is how I still feel sometimes when it comes to web globalization. Web …

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Categories Apple, Business globalization, Retail globalization, Web Globalization, Web Globalization Report Card

Free Webinar: The Leading Global Retailers (and why)

April 8, 2013April 1, 2013 by John Yunker

I hope you’ll join me on Wednesday for a free one-hour webinar (sponsored by Lionbridge). I will talk about my research on the retail industry, focusing on companies like Amazon, …

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Categories Apple, Global navigation, Languages, Retail globalization, Web Globalization

Walt Whitman: I Sing of Myself in Nine Languages

March 31, 2013January 15, 2013 by John Yunker

I came across a great resource on Walt Whitman’s epic poem Song of Myself. This website intends to present Whitman’s poem in its entirety, along with commentary, in an impressive nine languages. It …

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Categories Languages, Translation, Web Globalization

English-only multinationals are a bad idea

July 30, 2012 by John Yunker

You can decree that the employees of your company speak only English. You can train everyone. You can test everyone. And you can get everyone to speak English in meetings, …

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Categories Business globalization, Companies, Culture, Languages

Windows 8 primed to win tablet war — at least in languages

April 6, 2012 by John Yunker

When it comes to tablets, Apple is far and away the leader. But later this year Microsoft is expected to unveil its Windows 8 tablet and, in doing so, will …

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Categories Apple, Arabic, Google, iPad, iPhone, Microsoft, Software Localization, Translation, Web Globalization

Facebook: From 1 to 100 languages in two years

June 10, 2016March 17, 2009 by John Yunker

It was just over a year ago that Facebook started localizing itself for the world. As I noted then, the company utilized crowdsourcing to spur its translation efforts. And though …

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Categories Business globalization, China, Crowdsourcing, Culture, Global navigation, Google, India, Software Localization, Translation, Web Globalization
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