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Your Content Speak Spanish?
By Susan Solomon
Q: What is the fifth largest Spanish-speaking country in the world?
A: The United States.
Surprised? You shouldn't be, given the latest U.S. Census figures that show 13 percent of
the country's population is Hispanic.
Date: March 04, 2003
How to Make Your Web Site Literally Worldwide - Austin Business Journal
By Chip Peters and Jeff Bernier
As the Internet grows in popularity worldwide, more overseas users will want to access Web
sites in their native languages. According to a report by the World Intellectual Property
Organization, two-thirds of all Internet users by 2003 will be non-English speakers.
Date: June 28, 2002
Developing
International Software For Windows 95 and Windows NT - Microsoft.com
by Nadine Kano.
A handbook for software design - In the late 1980s, Microsoft's International Product
Group (IPG), the team responsible for creating most of the localized versions of Microsoft
products, distributed a booklet internally that contained guidelines for writing code that
accommodated the needs of international developers and users.
Essentials of the Java Programming Language - Internationalization
More and more companies, large and small, are doing business around the world using many
different languages. Effective communication is always good business, so it follows that
adapting an application to a local language adds to profitability through better
communication and increased satisfaction.
The Java 2 platform provides internationalization features that let you separate
culturally dependent data from the application (internationalization) and adapt it to as
many cultures as needed (localization).
E-Business
Globalization Vendors: Where's the Value? - Gartner
Increasingly, organizations with successful e-business activities are looking to replicate
those positive experiences in different geographies. In the past three to four years, a
handful of vendors have emerged that offer advice, solutions and tools that specifically
target e-business globalization problems. We take a close look at their role and value. (PDF
Format 29Kb)
Date: September 28, 2001
Six Tips for Making Your Web Site Global-Friendly - Cisco Systems
Top ideas from experts to help you make the most of the international Internet market.
Date: June 1, 2001
English to
You; Greek to Them.
Globalization boosts the demand for multilingual sites
BY JOHN EDWARDS.
Cardinal Giuseppe Mezzofanti (1774-1849) was possibly the most multilingual person in
history. The remarkable cardinal, once the head of the Vatican library, reportedly could
speak some 50 languages fluently. UPS, which delivers more than 13 million packages daily
in more than 200 countries, operates localized websites that support 19 variations of 12
languages.
Date: 15 January 2001
India
Unbound - CIO Magazine
"CIO Senior Editors Tom Field and Cheryl Bentsen traveled to five Indian IT hot spots
in August and September. Amid poverty, sickness and the occasional riot, they met with
leaders in IT, government and business who have high hopes for India's future as an
information age powerhouse."
December 01, 2000
Planet
IT - Building The Tower Of Babel: The Web Goes Global
"Though most of the world's websites -- and nearly all e-commerce sites -- are in
English and other languages based on Roman characters, only about half of the Web's users
speak English as their primary language."
November 06, 2000
Sprechen Sie Deutsch?
Internet World
Enterprises Need to Automate and Translate the
Handling of Text and Audio Language Translation.
April 01, 2002
Gearing Up For Globalization
CIO
Katarina Bonde, CEO of technology provider Glides, on the challenges of globalizing and
localizing the Web.
March 15, 2002
July 31, 2000
Act
Globally, Serve Locally
InformationWeek
A balance of centralization and localization is necessary for multinational companies
to properly manage customer relationships.
October 01, 2001
Think Globally, Act
Locally
Business 2.0
Adding foreign language versions of your website can easily pay for itself in fresh
leads and revenues.
May 28, 2001
Think Globally, Act Locally
Computerworld
Managing operations globally requires the right combination of standard practices and
flexible processes.
April 23, 2001
Global IT
InformationWeek
Companies across the globe continue to invest in information technology despite the
economic meltdown.
April 01, 2001
Lost in Translation
eCFO
Localizing a corporate Web site can be a tricky, time-consuming affair. This may
explain why few companies have attempted it.
March 19, 2001
E-Business
Lurches Abroad
InternetWeek
Obstacles such as understanding foreign customer needs, differences in culture, and
regulatory restrictions have slowed slowed the globalization of ebusiness even for large
multinational corporations.
December 11, 2000
Business
On The World Wide Web
InformationWeek
In order to meet the demands of the increasingly global nature of the Internet, a new
niche within the enterprise software market known as Globalization software has arisen to
provide such services as translation and localization.
October 02, 2000
Localization: Easier Said
Than Done
Industry Standard
In order to truly globalize, dotcoms must establish a local presence in respect to
both content and management in each country where they want to do business.
October 01, 2000
All The
Web's A Stage
CIO
Within 3 years a majority of Internet users will be outside the US and most websites
are not even near being ready to operate on a truly global basis. However, a plethora of
vendors exist to cater to the globalization needs that have arisen.
August 01, 2000
E-Commerce
Goes Global
CIO
Most e-commerce is still a national phenomena meaning that most Internet users conduct
online business with companies within their own country.
July 31, 2000
Foreign Affairs
Industry Standard
Creating a truly global website requires much more than pure translation. Localization
of content, business practices, currencies, regulations, etc. is essential toward
penetrating the international markets.
July 31, 2000
World Ambassadors
Industry Standard
A multitude of companies have products that go beyond pure translation services toward
complete globalization capabilities.
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