Global by Design

Here are some thoughts from the past two days of the Idiom User Summit, in no particular order:
- There was a lot of buzz around machine translation (MT). Both Systran and Language Weaver are here and there were (at least) four sessions devoted to integrating Idiom WorldServer with MT. More important, the translation agencies and [...]

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Every time I say I’m too busy to sit through yet another Webinar, I get a few more emails promoting Webinars that just might be worth sitting through.
Here are two that caught my eye — and might be worth an hour of your time…
Interwoven, Hilton International, and Translations.com to Host Webcast on Improving Customer [...]

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Writing for the world means writing for translation. And, because translation isn’t cheap, writing for the world can be a fairly expensive process. It also can be a fairly complex and error-prone process.
So it’s nice to see SDL hosting a free Webinar on global authoring on July 20th and 21st. Here is the link to [...]

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If you’re a tech who develops Microsoft apps for the world, you probably already know about Microsoft’s TechEd event in June.
But if not, they have a Global Development & Deployment track planned.
The track promises that “developers will be provided with the tools needed to develop World-Ready solutions that support multiple writing systems that are [...]

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I sat in on the second part of this three-part Webinar and it was well worth it. Part three is coming up; here are the details:
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VASONT SYSTEMS ANNOUNCES THIRD IN SERIES OF FREE CONTENT MANAGEMENT WEBINARS ON MULTILINGUAL PUBLISHING
Webinar features Real-Life Translation Management and Multilingual Publishing Success Story
Emigsville, PA, March 2, 2005 — Vasont Systems, [...]

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Microsoft Canada is sponsoring a Webinar on using localizing .Net for specific markets. It sounds like a “techies-only” call.

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I am pleased to be presenting a free Webinar hosted by Transware PLC on Wednesday, Feb. 9th at 1pm EST (10 am PST).
I’ll be talking about Web globalization best practices and will draw on the findings from Byte Level’s recent 2005 Web Globalization Report Card.
If your company has a global Web site or is [...]

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Mark your calendars for another Trados webinar at December 14th. The focus of this call is the global branding of the Veritas Web site: Help! Our Company Has Websites in 29 Different Countries! Building a Consistent Multinational Brand on the Web

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