Posts by: John Yunker

Free Webinar: Strategies for Choosing a Language Service Provider

By On February 16, 2011 · 4 Comments

Join me next week (February 24th at 9 am Eastern) for a free webinar hosted by Lionbridge.

I’ll be sharing what I’ve learned over the years as both a provider and buyer of language services.

If you’re new to the language industry, you may find yourself confused by the terminology and overwhelmed by the myriad choices [...]

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Twitter launches translation crowdsourcing, again

By On February 14, 2011 · 1 Comment

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 year after for an overhaul.

I gave it a quick tour. A number of people were complaining (via Twitter naturally) about [...]

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Best global hotel web site of 2011: Accor Hotels

By On February 14, 2011 · 1 Comment

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 localize their websites and applications for the world.

Out of those nine companies, Accor Hotels emerged on top, unseating InterContinental Hotels (which won [...]

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Google Translate App for iPhone: Will it hit number 1? (Answer: Yes!)

By On February 9, 2011 · 4 Comments

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 getting noticed.

And this app doesn’t even include the “Conversation Mode” feature that is currently included in Google Translate for Android app. [...]

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