An award-winning author argues that Twitter facilitates cross-cultural communication more than other social networks.Everybody knows that the Internet has made cross-cultural communication easier. Social networking platforms have played a key role in a…

An award-winning author argues that Twitter facilitates cross-cultural communication more than other social networks.Everybody knows that the Internet has made cross-cultural communication easier. Social networking platforms have played a key role in a…

Globalization expert John Yunker reports on the event from his blog.Seattle hosted the 2010 Localization World Conference from October 6th to 8th 2010. I had hoped to turn this into a “blog round-up”, with various reports and impressions …

A European Union study suggests 50 ways to motivate language learners.Motivation is a key to successful language learning, and some would argue that it is the most important factor. As the US is faced with the challenge of boosting the nation’s …

A rich and informative guide to making hospitals accessible to all is available for download from The Joint Commission.The Joint Commission is a not-for-profit organization that accredits thousands of hospitals and health care organizations in the USA….

Last week, Google added automatic translation of Latin to its translation platform. What’s in it for them? It truly warms the heart to think that Latin students will now have equal access to machine translation along with their Spanish-studying coun…

Last week, Google added automatic translation of Latin to its translation platform. What’s in it for them? It truly warms the heart to think that Latin students will now have equal access to machine translation along with their Spanish-studying coun…

A leading business educator and strategist argues that a true global business culture is unlikely to emerge from the global economy.Most people would agree that the past decades have brought about not only a great deal of economic globalization, but al…

One of the challenges in website localization is finding fonts that will support different languages across different operating systems.The age of information technology has made many language services more efficient, but it has also created new issues…

One of the challenges in website localization is finding fonts that will support different languages across different operating systems.The age of information technology has made many language services more efficient, but it has also created new issues…