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

Globalization continues to infiltrate everyone’s life. Entrepreneurs and small-business executives are- or will soon be finding themselves- more dependent on global workers, customers and offices to operate from. We are all constantly reminded of the financial and business benefits of operating globally, requiring us to spend more time overseas and away from our home office. As such, extended international business travel will no longer be unique to large and medium-size corporations.

When this happens to you, don’t panic! In the last blog, we published 5 tips on how to turn your office into a global office. Here are the remaining 5:

6. Paying bills has to continue while … Read More


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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 home office.

1. Your constant companion and friend in you global office is your portable computer. Since you will be on the move, you need it to be light but … Read More


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Claim a Lane!

Translation Localization VendorI 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 and frustrating traffic jams.

For those of you who have never been to Lebanon, let me give you an example. Lebanese drivers do not have the concept of a lane. … Read More


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Flush Twice to Conserve Water!

City of Two ContinentsRecently 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 City of Two Continents, Istanbul, and as I walked toward passport control, I saw a sign in English saying “Other Nationalities”. There were no other options listed in English. The passport … Read More


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Is Customer Service a Lost Art?

Customer ServiceI 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, in the land of the Phoenicians, why not act like one for a day? When we set off to the marina, my friend called them to notify them of our pending … Read More


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Joomla, GlobalSight and Open TM2?!

Hold WaterRecently 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 open sourcing obsolete tools make them better?

Unless you have a dedicated top notch IT team at your disposal, don’t even think about touching these wares. However, if you have a top … Read More


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

Localization Bucket List10. 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 standard
2. Source text translating into exactly the same number of characters in all languages
1. Or, Esperanto (or English) adopted by the entire world!

How far down the list do you think we’ve reached?… Read More


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5 Reasons Why Product Localization Fails

product localization Localizing a product for international markets is now faster and more efficient than ever. And, the growth in online resources – wikis, blogs, mailing lists, and more – allows smart professionals (like you) to learn about localization before they make their investment.

And yet, even in the 21st century, we hear of failed international product release attempts or mishaps. Why?

The following are the top five reasons why product localization falters. Avoiding these mistakes will increase your success rate by orders of magnitude.
• Improper or incomplete internationalization of the product
• Lack of process
• Crippling budgets
• Crippling schedules
• Inexperienced staff

1- Improper or incomplete internationalization of Read More


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ISO 9001 is hardcoded in gvAccess

GlobalVision achieved today its ISO 9001:2008 certification. To many, this may not be compelling news since we often hear of translation vendors achieving ISO certification.

But in this case, the news is worthy of attention. Unlike most translation companies that are certified for ISO 9001, GlobalVision’s internally developed Translation Management System, gvAccess.com, is built from the ground up to conform with ISO requirements. The portal dictates the use of the correct steps and maintains full records of all projects, tasks, schedules and assets that are essential to all projects’ execution.

Furthermore, ISO 9001 is hardcoded in gvAccess. This makes it very easy for ISO auditors to track all steps … Read More


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Let strategy dictate process

Many companies contact us to seek our advice on how to achieve simultaneous releases for their multilingual products.

Their clients are typically not happy when they hear that their English version will be available soon, but that the localized version will not be ready for another 3 months.

Often these companies have learned that we helped their partners or competitors achieve simultaneous release capabilities and want to see if we can help them do the same.

Discussions in these cases often have a tendency to gravitate toward the current localization assets, tools, processes and methodologies applied. And more than often, after significant time is spent to identify the gaps and … Read More


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