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The Global Office: How to run your business anywhere around the world – Part I

I just got back from a 2.5 months overseas trip where I visited 5 countries in 2 continents. Since office chores never stop or can be put on hold for too long, I had to turn my office into a global office to keep the wheels churning while on the road!

Here are the first 5 out of 10 useful tips that you can use to help you deal with extended sojourns outside of the comfort of your… Read More

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Claim a Lane!

I am in Lebanon this week and for those who have been here, you must recall Lebanon’s horrific traffic.

Traffic problems are typically attributed to population explosion, increased appetite for cars, lack of public transportation and archaic infrastructure, all of which Lebanon suffers from. But also much of the misery is self-inflicted by the very bad driving habits (and manners) that Lebanese drivers are notorious for. It is unfortunate that these habits are major contributors to further chaos, serious accidents… Read More

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Flush twice to conserve water!

Recently GlobalVision released the Window to the World program which enables our clients to reach 90% of their worldwide audience by translating a landing page into 12 languages. Turkish is one of the languages we recommend translating into as Turkey now, with a population of over 70 million strong, generates enough GDP revenue to be number 13 on the language list.

This weekend, I had the opportunity to visit Turkey for the first time. When I deplaned in the… Read More

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GlobalVision debuts “Taking Your Website Global”

Available for Interviews:
Nabil Freij
GlobalVision International, Inc.
508-616-6660
www.globalvis.com

Strategies on how to take your website and company global without draining your budgets

Westborough, MA, July 29, 2010 – GlobalVision International, Inc. announced today the debut of a new webinar titled, Taking your Website Global: A Low risk path to increasing your international revenues.

Today, more than a third of internet users are from Asia and a quarter are… Read More

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Is customer service a lost art?

I am in Lebanon this month working with our IT team to get an important new release of our translation management system, gvAccess, out of the door. After a long week of technical discussions and testing, the weekend came, allowing me to take advantage of the 35⁰ Celsius (95⁰ F) temperature and to enjoy the serenity of the Mediterranean Sea.

A friend of mine has a boat docked at La Marina; he invited me to join him. So,… Read More

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GlobalVision Debuts Global Website on www.globalvis.com

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Nabil Freij
GlobalVision International, Inc.
508-616-6660
www.globalvis.com

Excellent resource to anyone involved in globalization

Westborough, MA, July 19, 2010 – GlobalVision International, Inc. announced today its new website on www.globalvis.com.

Leveraging the WordPress Content Management solution for easy maintenance and updates, the site is built from the ground up with the end user in mind.

Visitors to the site can use the custom search feature to… Read More

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Joomla, GlobalSight and Open TM2?!

Recently open source tools were touted as the solution to all translators’ troubles and a plausible replacement to proprietary applications and industry de facto standards.

While GlobalSight and TM2 had their days, opening their source and touting them with Joomla sounds like an attempt to resurrect the dead.

Just ask translators and localizers to tell you what they think of this lethal cocktail. Certainly a triple nightmare to most, if not all.

Which begs the following question: Does openRead More

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Test your Localization Abilities on globalvis.com

Available for Interviews:
Nabil Freij
GlobalVision International, Inc.
508-616-6660
www.globalvis.com


Get an immediate score and request a free 15-page report that details areas of improvement

Westborough, MA, July 7, 2010 – GlobalVision International, Inc. invites translation and localization professionals to take its Localization Quiz at http://www.globalvis.com/freebies/localization-quiz/.

Visitors can test their localization experience level using a brief online questionnaire and then get their scores served up immediately after the test… Read More

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Localization Bucket List: What needs to happen before the localization industry calls it quit!

10. Translation quality standards common and accepted industry wide
9. XML standard for all development systems and file formats
8. Common keyboards, address forms, date formats, currencies, print formats and units used consistently across the world
7. Apps becoming platform independent
6. Electronic formats replacing print
5. Machines reading, hearing and verbalizing all languages flawlessly
4. Machines generating flawless translations in any language-pair, direction and combination
3. Bi-directional languages adopting the unidirectional left-to-right… Read More

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gvAccess.com helps GlobalVision become ISO9001:2008 Certified

Available for Interviews:
Nabil Freij
GlobalVision International, Inc.
508-616-6660
www.globalvis.com


Translation Management System was a key facilitator to the ISO certification process

Westborough, MA, June 10, 2010 – While GlobalVision achieved its ISO9001:2008 certification last month, the internally developed Translation Management System, gvAccess.com, was instrumental in facilitating conformance to ISO requirements and obtaining certification.

The portal dictates the use of the correct process steps and maintains full records of… Read More

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