/home/corante/public_html/goingglobal/ Adventures in Web globalization and all that it entails en-us jyunker@bytelevel.com 2006-09-05T14:32:58-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2006/09/05/sdl_on_track_to_be_a_200_million_company_in_2007.php SDL announced interim financials today, showing 34% growth over 2005 and bringing the company in at roughly US$170 million this year. At this rate, the company stands to break the $200 million barrier in '07. SDL released a few details... 64954@/home/corante/public_html/goingglobal/ Globalization Vendors 2006-09-05T14:32:58-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2006/08/25/welocalize_climbing_up_the_inc_500_list.php Welocalize announced today that it had made the Inc 500 list for a second year in a row. The company moved up from 407 last year to 327 this year, with three-year sales growth of 409%. The company announced last... 64451@/home/corante/public_html/goingglobal/ Globalization Vendors 2006-08-25T18:01:02-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2006/07/17/lionbridge_says_freeway_off_to_strong_start.php Lionbridge issued a press release today on the growth of its new Web-based translation memory (TM) application, Logoport. Here are some notable stats: - The volume of words managed by Logoport has more than doubled since its launch two months... 61896@/home/corante/public_html/goingglobal/ Globalization Vendors 2006-07-17T07:05:00-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2006/05/22/skype_offers_a_solution_to_that_pesky_language_barrier.php Skype has for several years now helped people around the world communicate with one another, provided they speak the same language. Now, you don't even need to speak the same language. Skype has partnered up with Language Line to offer... 58407@/home/corante/public_html/goingglobal/ Globalization Vendors 2006-05-22T12:24:38-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2006/05/11/skype_offers_a_solution_to_that_pesky_language_barrier.php Skype has for several years now helped people around the world communicate with one another, provided they speak the same language. Now, you don't even need to speak the same language. Skype has partnered up with Language Line to offer... 57787@/home/corante/public_html/goingglobal/ Globalization Vendors 2006-05-11T16:55:51-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2006/04/25/lionbridge_launches_freeway_20_what_happened_to_10.php Lionbridge today formally launched its new hosted translation memory service: Freeway 2.0. The press release features glowing testimonials from Sybase, Nikon, and Ryanair. These companies, and roughly 70 others, have been using the "1.0 version" and have been pleased... 56525@/home/corante/public_html/goingglobal/ Globalization Vendors 2006-04-25T15:09:02-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2006/04/07/are_you_certified.php Two certification-related announcements in the localization industry... SDL has launched a certification program for its products. According to the press release, "SDL TRADOS Certification is a comprehensive program of placement tests, courseware, and multiple-level training exams that will truly test... 55085@/home/corante/public_html/goingglobal/ Globalization Vendors 2006-04-07T06:33:06-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2006/04/06/of_interwoven_sdl_and_idiom.php Interwoven held its user fest this week and unleashed a slew of press releases, two of which caught my eye... SDL and Interwoven partner SDL wisely keeps partnering up with the big CMS players. Sun was named as a client... 54999@/home/corante/public_html/goingglobal/ Globalization Vendors 2006-04-06T06:18:19-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2006/03/27/sdl_launches_lsp_directory_nice_idea_poor_execution.php SDL announced today the launch of the LSPZone, an online directory of translation agencies who support Trados/SDL products. While I like the idea of having such a site, the execution of the agency search engine is downright painful. As it... 54210@/home/corante/public_html/goingglobal/ Globalization Vendors 2006-03-27T08:38:39-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2006/03/16/ibm_looks_into_the_future_and_sees_language_analysis_systems_what_else_does_it_see.php IBM announced today that it is acquiring Langauge Analysis Sytems (LAS). I interviewed LAS co-founder and CEO Jack Hermansen just a few weeks ago for the March issue of Global By Design and came away very impressed with the company.... 53362@/home/corante/public_html/goingglobal/ Globalization Vendors 2006-03-16T21:30:33-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2006/03/16/omnilingua_selected_by_siemens_medical_solutions.php With so much going on with translation giants SDL and Lionbridge, it's nice to cover the not-so-gigantic players from time to time. Take OmniLingua. This privately owned firm has been around 20 years and today announced that it was named... 53358@/home/corante/public_html/goingglobal/ Globalization Vendors 2006-03-16T15:46:58-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2006/02/15/translationscom_acquires_extransware_team.php Milen Epik, former VP of Global Services at Transware, has joined Translations.com as part of a newly named division: Epik Global Solutions. Epik Global Solutions is based in Boulder and consists of 15 people; all, I believe, are former Transware... 48672@/home/corante/public_html/goingglobal/ Globalization Vendors 2006-02-15T15:57:04-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2006/01/03/foreignexchange_translations_is_hiring_and_why_its_doing_so_well.php I just got word from ForeignExchange Translations president Andres Heuberger that his company plans to add 27 positions this year -- which is an impressive 50% growth rate. I used to work for ForeignExchange back in the early days and... 45353@/home/corante/public_html/goingglobal/ Globalization Vendors 2006-01-03T15:10:32-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2005/12/13/a_new_globalization_blog_found_in_translation.php Ryan Coleman, CTO of Clay Tablet, writes a blog about the globalization industry called Found in Translation. I just found it today, although he's been publishing it since October. I'm glad to see it and, while reading it, I wondered... 40398@/home/corante/public_html/goingglobal/ Globalization Vendors 2005-12-13T15:16:24-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2005/11/29/global_cms_news_translationscom_and_clay_tablet.php Two recent press releases worth mentioning... Translations.com has announced a strategic partnership with CMS vendor Percussion. Thrifty Rental Car (profiled in the July issue of Global By Design) is one company currently using the joint solution. Upstart global CMS vendor... 38872@/home/corante/public_html/goingglobal/ Globalization Vendors 2005-11-29T07:51:48-08:00