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The art & science of global navigation: June 3rd

May 11th, 2008 · No Comments

My second Lionbridge Webinar is scheduled for June 3rd at 1 pm EST and you can register for it here.
The topic is global navigation — why it’s so important and how to improve upon it. I wrote an ebook about this topic two years ago. Since then, geolocation and language negotiation have become more commonly [...]

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Tags: China · Domain names · Events · Global navigation · Software Localization · Vendors · Web Globalization

Web globalization webinar follow-up

May 8th, 2008 · No Comments

The Lionbridge webinar yesterday has been archived for those of you who couldn’t make it. You can register to listen to the call at the Lionbridge site.
And mark your calendars for June 3rd, when I will host a second webinar, also sponsored by Lionbridge, to discuss the many aspects of global navigation — from splash [...]

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Tags: Domain names · Events · Global navigation · Vendors · Web Globalization

Reminder: Web Globalization Webinar in one week

April 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Just a quick note to let you know that my Lionbridge Webinar will be held a week from today. Here’s the link to register. The call will also be recorded in case you can’t make it.

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Tags: Vendors · Web Globalization

Upcoming Web globalization Webinar

April 10th, 2008 · No Comments

I’m going to be presenting a series of Webinars on Web globalization.
The Webinars are sponsored by Lionbridge.
Mark your calendar for May 7th at 1 pm (EST), when I will present the first Webinar — The Best Global Web Sites (and why) — which focuses on key findings from The 2008 Web Globalization Report Card.
The Webinars [...]

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Tags: Events · Vendors · Web Globalization

Facebook and MySpace going multilingual: But XING is well ahead

March 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment

Techcrunch reports that Facebook is a day away from launching a German-language interface, translated in part by 2,000 volunteers. Spanish was launched a few weeks ago. And French is also nearly here.
MySpace is also busy building localized Web sites.
I reviewed both Facebook and MySpace for the 2008 Web Globalization Report Card, as part of the [...]

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Tags: Languages · Translation · Vendors · Web Globalization

SDL buys Idiom and begs the question: Will it exit the translation services game?

February 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments

So SDL is buying Idiom.
SDL has posted an FAQ page about the deal here — but the list is absent a question I recently posed:
Does this acquisition mark the beginning of the end of SDL being a translation services provider?
I think it does. Or, at least, I think it should.
I haven’t received an official answer [...]

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Tags: Machine Translation · Translation · Vendors · Web Globalization