Global by Design

Idea Factory Languages, with 85 full-time employees and production centers in Brazil and Argentina, specializes in translation and localization for the Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese language markets.
CEO Teddy Bengtsson periodically sends out “state of the business” updates which I always find interesting. I asked him if I could pass along his note and he said [...]

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It’s not every day I come across a survey localized into 18 languages.
But I guess I should expect nothing less from one of the world’s largest translation agencies.
Lionbridge wants to know what social media you use.
If you enter your email address, you’ll get the results.
Here’s the link.
PS: I just took it and it did take [...]

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I’ve long maintained that translation agencies need to get creative if they are to succeed in the age of machine translation.
London-based Today Translations is doing just that — offering a Name Audit Service for soon-to-be parents.
Do you think Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes would have chosen Suri for their daughter had they known it meant [...]

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The post I wrote on the Google Translation Center has been the most-visited page on this blog over the past month. Clearly, Google has struck a nerve in the translation industry — and its service is not even live yet.
The Translation Automation User Society does not appear to be as welcoming as I am of [...]

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Within the translation industry, ProZ is widely known as the leading public network of freelance translators and buyers of translation services.
But here comes Google…
According to Blogoscoped, Google is about to launch the Google Translation Center.
This is an exciting development, though I don’t expect everyone to suddenly ditch ProZ for Google. Why? Because much of the [...]

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