I totally “get” the customers who believe that having paid for a segment (sentence, paragraph or whatever) to be translated once, they shouldn’t have to repay every time it is reused in subsequent releases. I understand their frustration when, more than occasionally, the advice coming back from the translators is that stuff already translated, needs [...]

With apologies to Clement Clarke Moore, Dr. Zeuss and our Blog readers, for some subtle advertising. Happy Christmas festivities, people!

By betting on a recovery in the US economy next year, many companies are potentially missing a great opportunity to gain market share before the next upturn. Companies survive and grow by adapting. It’s a big world out there!

We’re Running An Ad At The Moment: “What’s The Difference Between A Good Chinese Word And A Good French Word? About 10 Cents” Talk is cheap – and so are words sometimes. But does that hold true over the longer term of a translation process lifecycle?

Too many people in the localisation related world are believing the hype of Machine Translation. They think we’re just “months away” from having something that will translate any material from any language into any other language. Truth is we’re miles away from anything that’s even near practical for 90% of the material we have to localise.

If you are considering treading those toes in the International market for the first time, you may need to
consider a few things before getting too excited.

Many LSPs seem intent on telling the world that within the little niche market they’ve created for themselves they’re BIGGEST!! Why?

Dave loves trains. He’s not a trainspotter, but he did love the film Trainspotting. Recently, he’s spotted something else about trains.

The recent release of the Trados Suite 2009 from SDL has met with widespread consternation at the coalface. Content providers have much to consider before migrating.