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Posted by admin at 05:47 PM. Filed under: Global Website Reviews
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Sybase website is quite simple and at first sight it looks comfortable. Let's browse it through to see whether the first impression continues.
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
IBM is a pioneer in both localization and globalization customization. I'm spending some time to find a website which can show us what is good practice. And here, let's browse IBM.com to see how large volume of information can be well-organized.
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Posted by Elly at 12:37 PM. Filed under: Global Website Reviews
Monday, August 28, 2006
The latest announcement at Transco News announced the merger of Welocalize and Transco. There might be colleagues within and outside the localization industry who would like to know more about the merger and how it will bring something new to all of us.
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Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Just finished the CommonSenseAdvisory Localization Salary Survey. It is available in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Chinese, Polish, Portuguese, etc. Links as follows:
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Monday, August 21, 2006
Intel.com is collecting feedbacks for the website, the questions are quite specific. Let's browse Intel.com from Global Website Review's view:
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Posted by Elly at 03:30 PM. Filed under: Global Website Reviews
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Since the "Global Website Review Criteria" were published at Transco news, this review on EMC.com will be more concise than the previous ones.
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Posted by Elly at 04:59 PM. Filed under: Global Website Reviews
Thursday, July 20, 2006
As you might want to know that this is a new column of BetterLocalization. My colleagues named it "Global Website Review". Here is the second and last one before the "Global Website Review" criteria are formally published fresh and new, be patient, it's just within days, feel free to check the release at Transco News. After the release, this column might display different.
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Posted by Elly at 12:14 PM. Filed under: Global Website Reviews
Thursday, June 29, 2006
"I need an adapter. No, this doesn't work. It enables a US plug for foreign sockets, but what we need is using a foreign plug with US sockets. Can you help?"
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Posted by Vic at 05:35 PM. Filed under: Vic Dickson
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Happenly found, just want to share them with all:
1. Whether it is a turning point in societal evolution depends not only on the technology... but also how we use it! The web does give us lots more choices about how we organize ourselves.
1. Whether it is a turning point in societal evolution depends not only on the technology... but also how we use it! The web does give us lots more choices about how we organize ourselves.
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Sunday, June 18, 2006
When talking about global websites, we believe that they've solved the problem of "why do I need a multilingual website". Top global websites are user centered, customer focused, cost effective, and helpful to both customer support and global marketing. Now the question is, does your global website support your global demands sufficiently? Or put it another way, is your global web site serves separate locale as you designed, or intended to design?
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Posted by Elly at 09:06 PM. Filed under: Global Website Reviews
Sunday, May 14, 2006
Most businesses, if not every, are facing the problem of decreasing budget and human resources. At the same time, the increasing customer demands and quality requirements are never descending. High efficiency and excellent organizational performance is the only way to help us out. Then, how to keep a competitive edge by improving efficiency and performance? Will standards and models help?
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Monday, April 10, 2006
We who are engaged in the language industry use the term localization every day but seldom, if not never, see it from a magazine out of our small world. That's why I was a little surprised when I find the word localization on the cover page of Harvard Business Review (HBR), issue April 2006.
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Posted by Vic at 01:19 PM. Filed under: Vic Dickson
Thursday, March 16, 2006
Recently someone asked me whether the Chinese government allows a foreign business to wholly own a (localization) firm in mainland China? As this is not the first time I get such a question, I'd like to share the answer here and provide some information that might be helpful to companies who are interested in establishing an operation unit in China.
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Posted by Vic at 11:55 AM. Filed under: Vic Dickson
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Attention Please, Global Companies: Chinese Consumers Claim the Right to Read in Their Mother Tongue
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Posted by Vic at 05:12 PM. Filed under: Vic Dickson
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
As stated in the official company web site Transco.cn, Transco is implementing PCMM (People Capability Maturity Model) over the organization. What is PCMM and what will it do for a localization service provider? In the competitive market, why Transco is investing in such a standard?
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