Happy New Year! While the focus in ’08 was on major events like the U.S. presidential elections, energy prices, the economic turmoil and the crash of worldwide stock markets, in the localization industry the usual clamoring was going on.
Read our insightful blog 2008 and Beyond to take a look at how we see the industry changing in the following years.
Customer Survey Results
We are proud to announce the results of our yearly customer satisfaction survey. The highlights of the survey’s results are the following:
- 98% of the respondents said that the dedicated project manager contacted them promptly after the project was approved
- 99% said that their phone … Read More
Some in our industry argue that an in-country proof is not needed after the translation of a product is completed. I can’t disagree more. 
While in process of validating new international markets, and in an effort to reduce new market entry costs, many software publishers delegate the localization of their product to a 
99% said their localization projects were delivered on or ahead of schedule
While the focus in ’08 was on major events like the U.S. presidential elections, energy prices, the economic turmoil and the crash of worldwide stock markets, in the localization industry the usual clamoring was going on.
A recent call went out in the translation and localization industry requesting from language service providers (LSPs) to participate in a 
Time to retire the 2 by 4 – The case for International English
In our many years in business, we were asked by US based companies to offer an International English version of their products.
First, it is important to note the difference between localizing into “International English” and modifying the US-based English to meet other specific English-speaking countries’ needs.
For instance, we’ve been asked to convert US based products and websites for the UK. In this case, references to specific US based websites, products, and services, will be converted to equivalent UK-specific … Read More