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> <channel><title>Global by Design &#187; China</title> <atom:link href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/category/china/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com</link> <description>Adventures in web and mobile globalization</description> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:56:34 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>Slip Carefully</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2012/01/13/slip-carefully/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2012/01/13/slip-carefully/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:03:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chinglish]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Etsy]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=5623</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetI came across a rather enterprising individual who is crafting and selling replicas of infamous &#8220;Chinglish&#8221; signs. His Etsy store is called: All Your Signs Are Belong to Us. Here&#8217;s a sample: &#160;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2012/01/13/slip-carefully/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>(Insert company name here) stumbles in China</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/08/24/insert-company-name-here-stumbles-in-china/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/08/24/insert-company-name-here-stumbles-in-china/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:10:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Business globalization]]></category> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Google]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Web Globalization]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Groupon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Yahoo!]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=5222</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetFrom the article Groupon stumbles in China in The Wall Street Journal: Foreign Internet companies have long struggled in China, which has more Internet users than any other country. Yahoo Inc., one of the earliest to enter, handed over its China business &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/08/24/insert-company-name-here-stumbles-in-china/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/08/24/insert-company-name-here-stumbles-in-china/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Without web localization, you&#8217;re just guessing</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/07/10/without-web-localization-youre-just-guessing/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/07/10/without-web-localization-youre-just-guessing/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2011 23:32:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Translation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Web Globalization]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Web Globalization Report Card]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hilton Hotels]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Starwood Hotels]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=5158</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetAn interesting article by Alexandra Berzon of the WSJ regarding Hilton and Starwood hotels, which are offering menus and services tailored to Chinese travelers. This quote jumped out at me: After Starwood executives noticed an enormous recent jump in the number &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/07/10/without-web-localization-youre-just-guessing/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/07/10/without-web-localization-youre-just-guessing/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>World 3.0: Making Sense of a Semi-Global Planet</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/05/04/world3-0/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/05/04/world3-0/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 18:26:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Business globalization]]></category> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[India]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[globalization]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pankaj Ghemewat]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=4634</guid> <description><![CDATA[Tweet I received an advance review copy of Pankaj Ghemeawat&#8217;s new book World 3.0: Global Prosperity and How to Achieve It. I greatly enjoyed his previous book, Redefining Global Strategy, calling it a valuable counterpoint to Tom Friedman&#8217;s book The &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/05/04/world3-0/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/05/04/world3-0/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Think outside .com: A map of the world&#8217;s IDNs</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/02/21/think-outside-com-a-map-of-the-worlds-idns/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/02/21/think-outside-com-a-map-of-the-worlds-idns/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 01:40:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Arabic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IDN (Intl. Domain Name)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[India]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=4571</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetIf you&#8217;ve been following this blog for awhile, you know I&#8217;m a fan of internationalized domain names (IDNs). Over the past year or so, ICANN has approved more than 20 IDNs across a range of countries, scripts and languages. I&#8217;ve &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/02/21/think-outside-com-a-map-of-the-worlds-idns/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/02/21/think-outside-com-a-map-of-the-worlds-idns/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Global by Design turns 1,000</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/02/18/global-by-design-turns-1000/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/02/18/global-by-design-turns-1000/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 15:58:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Business globalization]]></category> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Global By Design]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Google]]></category> <category><![CDATA[iPhone]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Software Localization]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Translation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Web Globalization]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=4545</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetIn 2002, I launched this blog. It was the first blog devoted to web globalization. In fact, I don&#8217;t believe there were any blogs devoted to translation either at that point in time. So I really wasn&#8217;t sure where this &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/02/18/global-by-design-turns-1000/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/02/18/global-by-design-turns-1000/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Local by design; global by accident</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/02/02/local-by-design-global-by-accident/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/02/02/local-by-design-global-by-accident/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 15:47:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Business globalization]]></category> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[AdAge]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=4382</guid> <description><![CDATA[Tweet 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 not unique to Japan. Consider the recent AdAge article: &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/02/02/local-by-design-global-by-accident/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/02/02/local-by-design-global-by-accident/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Top 25 Global Web Sites of 2011</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/01/17/top-25-global-websites-2011/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/01/17/top-25-global-websites-2011/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:00:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Arabic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Business globalization]]></category> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Global navigation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Google]]></category> <category><![CDATA[India]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Microsoft]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reports]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Translation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Web Globalization]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Web Globalization Report Card]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wikipedia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[WGRC11]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=4344</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetI&#8217;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 the Fortune 100 and nearly all of the Interbrand Global &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/01/17/top-25-global-websites-2011/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/01/17/top-25-global-websites-2011/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The next Internet revolution will not be in English</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/12/04/the-next-internet-revolution/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/12/04/the-next-internet-revolution/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 04 Dec 2010 15:58:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Arabic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Business globalization]]></category> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Country Codes (ccTLD)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Global By Design]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Google]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IDN (Intl. Domain Name)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[India]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Languages]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Software Localization]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Translation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Unicode]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Web Globalization]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Baidu]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Latin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Yandex]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=4100</guid> <description><![CDATA[Tweet This visual depicts about half of the currently approved internationalized domain names (IDNs), positioned over their respective regions. Notice the wide range of scripts over India and the wide range of Arabic domains. I left off the Latin country &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/12/04/the-next-internet-revolution/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/12/04/the-next-internet-revolution/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Gruber gives up on his ✪ IDN</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/09/24/gruber-gives-up-on-his-%e2%9c%aa-idn/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/09/24/gruber-gives-up-on-his-%e2%9c%aa-idn/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 20:36:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IDN (Intl. Domain Name)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Unicode]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=3840</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetTech pundit John Gruber threw in the towel on his domain ✪df.ws. He writes: What I didn’t foresee was the tremendous amount of software out there that does not properly parse non-ASCII characters in URLs, particularly IDN domain names. Twitter &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/09/24/gruber-gives-up-on-his-%e2%9c%aa-idn/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/09/24/gruber-gives-up-on-his-%e2%9c%aa-idn/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Chinese IDNs have arrived</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/06/28/chinese-idns-have-arrived/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/06/28/chinese-idns-have-arrived/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:58:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Arabic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Country Codes (ccTLD)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IDN (Intl. Domain Name)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ICANN]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=3597</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetICANN gave approval to Chinese IDNs &#8212; for China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. This is a significant development &#8212; particularly since China was one of the major forces pushing ICANN to support IDNs. To give you an idea of how &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/06/28/chinese-idns-have-arrived/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/06/28/chinese-idns-have-arrived/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Adobe launches translation crowdsourcing in China</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/05/10/adobe-translation-crowdsourcing-china/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/05/10/adobe-translation-crowdsourcing-china/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 07:02:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crowdsourcing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Adobe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lingotek]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=3175</guid> <description><![CDATA[Tweet Facebook has demonstrated that you can crowdsource translations with high quality and rapid turnaround, leading many other companies to ask how they too can leverage the crowd to translate their content. Enter Adobe and Lingotek. Adobe has recently begun &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/05/10/adobe-translation-crowdsourcing-china/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/05/10/adobe-translation-crowdsourcing-china/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>For the love of Chinglish</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/05/05/for-the-love-of-chinglish/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/05/05/for-the-love-of-chinglish/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 14:00:34 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Translation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chinglish]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=3258</guid> <description><![CDATA[Tweet As Shanghai cleans up its more humorous Chinese to English mistranslations, some folks are feeling wistful. Check out the NYT slideshow. Also, I was just told that the Telegraph has quite a trove of mistranslated signage here.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/05/05/for-the-love-of-chinglish/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Where is China&#8217;s fast-track IDN?</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/03/08/china-idn/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/03/08/china-idn/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:11:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Domain names]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IDN (Intl. Domain Name)]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=1922</guid> <description><![CDATA[Tweet In January of this year, ICANN announced that four fast-track IDNs had made it through linguistic approval &#8212; effectively clearing the way for commercialization. Oddly missing from that list was China&#8217;s IDN. One of the reasons ICANN initiated a &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/03/08/china-idn/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/03/08/china-idn/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Happy Chinese New Year</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/02/13/happy-chinese-new-year/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/02/13/happy-chinese-new-year/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:14:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=2747</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetLet me guess. Year of the Tiger?]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/02/13/happy-chinese-new-year/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The first of the fast-track IDNs</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/01/22/the-first-of-the-fast-track-idns/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/01/22/the-first-of-the-fast-track-idns/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:00:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Arabic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Country Codes (ccTLD)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IDN (Intl. Domain Name)]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=2679</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetICANN shed some light on its fast-track application process today, announcing the first four countries to pass the string evaluation of the process. Here they are: Saudi Arabia (SA): السعودية Egypt (EG): مصر United Arab Emirates (AE): امارات Russian Federation &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/01/22/the-first-of-the-fast-track-idns/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/01/22/the-first-of-the-fast-track-idns/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Google may leave China, but don&#8217;t expect it to leave Chinese</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/01/14/google-may-leave-china-but-dont-expect-it-to-leave-chinese/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/01/14/google-may-leave-china-but-dont-expect-it-to-leave-chinese/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:48:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Google]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=2663</guid> <description><![CDATA[Tweet Long before Google launched Google.cn, it launched the Chinese localized version of Google.com. And this site is alive and well and hosted outside of China&#8217;s great firewall. Just change your browser&#8217;s language preference to Chinese and you&#8217;ll see it &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/01/14/google-may-leave-china-but-dont-expect-it-to-leave-chinese/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/01/14/google-may-leave-china-but-dont-expect-it-to-leave-chinese/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The world&#8217;s most dangerous country codes</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/01/04/the-worlds-most-dangerous-country-codes-2/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/01/04/the-worlds-most-dangerous-country-codes-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:51:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Country Codes (ccTLD)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Domain names]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=2577</guid> <description><![CDATA[Tweet If you want to know the world&#8217;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: Cameroon (.cm) PR of China (.cn) Samoa (.ws) Philippines &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/01/04/the-worlds-most-dangerous-country-codes-2/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/01/04/the-worlds-most-dangerous-country-codes-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Forgetting English (literally)</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/12/29/2586/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/12/29/2586/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:40:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Midge Raymond</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crowdsourcing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Translation]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=2586</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetI’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 is in Spanish&#8230; And Chinese&#8230; And, my favorite, &#8220;pirate English&#8221;&#8230; &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/12/29/2586/">Continue reading <span
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=2402</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetFor 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. Here&#8217;s a recent blog posting: Wanted: Translators The goal of &#8230; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=2446</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetSo who&#8217;s applied for IDNs so far? According to ICANN, 10 applications (representing five languages) were submitted over the first four days. ICANN won&#8217;t announce exactly who applied and for what until each application is successful &#8212; which pushes us &#8230; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=2345</guid> <description><![CDATA[Tweet So now that the media hype over internationalized domain names (IDNs) has died down, let&#8217;s focus on the messy details of what this all means. First of all, we&#8217;re not about to see the non-Latin equivalent of .com anytime &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/11/08/next-generation-cctld/">Continue reading <span
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=2046</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetNearly one year ago, I asked Will .CN become the next .COM? And perhaps I was right in more ways than one. Because now it appears that .CN is experiencing its very own .COM bust. Just a year ago Chinese &#8230; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=1683</guid> <description><![CDATA[Tweet Someone is promoting the sale of a Chinese domain name, shown here. Technically, this domain is represented over the Internet as http://www.xn--45q.ws, which is the ASCII equivalent of the Chinese character &#8212; the DNS is still ASCII-only. In China, &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/05/14/want-to-buy-the-number-8/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/05/14/want-to-buy-the-number-8/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Have you dined at the Translate Server Error lately?</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/05/08/machine-translation-error/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/05/08/machine-translation-error/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 03:33:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Machine Translation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Web Globalization]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Google Translate]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=1674</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetFile this post under Lost in (Machine) Translation. This photo arrived courtesy of Gareth Morgan at Neovia Financial. Apparently the proprietor of this restaurant in China decided to create an English-language sign using machine translation (MT) software and, apparently, the &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/05/08/machine-translation-error/">Continue reading <span
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