GlobalVision International, a language services provider, has developed CloudLingual, an online translation service. The new portal does not require a subscription fee and connects translation buyers directly with professional translators.

Moravia Worldwide, a globalization solutions provider, has announced a major extension of its linguistic validation services designed to ensure accurate linguistic validity of translations for patient-reported-outcomes instruments. As part of the expansion, the linguistic validation team has increased language coverage to support global research studies in emerging countries, and it has added local subject matter experts for new therapeutic areas.

Foreign Staffing, Inc., a global staffing and recruiting firm has formed a strategic partnership with Carey Moving & Storage, an agent for Allied International, to provide complete end-to-end solutions for international staffing, moving, and corporate relocation.

tcworld author and assistant professor Nitish Singh has released a new book: "Localization Strategies for Global E-business" published by Cambridge University Press. This book presents global e-commerce strategies and step-by-step guidelines to developing, managing and optimizing international websites. A 20 percent discount is available until July 31st, 2012 (Discount code: SINGH2011).

Avidian Technologies has launched Prophet Ultimate OnDemand Edition, its latest Outlook-based CRM software for cross-organizational use. The cloud-based software allows businesses to tailor Prophet’s opportunity and project tracking capabilities and holistically manage customer relationships across all departments. It offers several new features such as a new user interface, social CRM capabilities and Sharepoint support. These will soon be available in all versions of Prophet.

June 2011

20 new universities join the 'European Master's in Translation' Network

Twenty new master's-level translator training programs have joined the 'European Master's in Translation' (EMT) Network set up by the European Commission. As a result of the second selection round, the EMT Network will now have 53 member programs and one observer program until the next selection exercise, which is planned for 2014. read more...
May 2011

Google, Facebook, and YouTube top the list of the world’s best global websites in 2011

How many languages does it take to stay competitive online? A minimum of 16, if you want to be among the best – and that number keeps growing each year, according to independent research firm Common Sense Advisory.  Its latest report, titled "The Top-Scoring Global Websites", includes a ranking of the world’s 100 best websites for global and multilingual visitors. read more...
May 2011

Indian BPO market to grow 23.2 percent in 2011

The business process outsourcing (BPO) market in India totaled $1.139 billion in 2010, a 28.6 percent increase from 2009 revenue of $885.6 million, according to Gartner, Inc.. The market’s growth was driven primarily by increasing volumes in existing BPO engagements, clients expanding the scope of existing BPO relationships, and a number of new BPO deals in 2010 were from pent-up demand from 2009.read more...
May 2011

Lingua franca: Chimera or reality?

Globish, International English, World English, English as a Lingua Franca… Expressions that are appearing more and more often in the media and academia, not to mention in everyday conversation. How did English earn the title of ‘lingua franca’ — the Frankish language — in Europe and what are the pros and cons of this development? Is it the answer to all our communication needs or will it sound...read more...
April 2011

Google takes first place on reputation index

British citizens have put Google in the top position in the TNS Corporate Reputation Index 2010. The study, by custom research company TNS, assesses organizations on their business success, favorability, trustworthiness and product/service quality. The results demonstrate that technology companies dominate the list of most reputable organizations in the UK. Among the 12 technology companies in...read more...
April 2011

2011 will be the year of platform as a service

All the leading enterprise software vendors, as well as large cloud specialists, will introduce new platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offerings this year, making 2011 the year of PaaS, according to Gartner, Inc. These leading vendors are expected to deliver new or strongly expanded PaaS service offerings and cloud-enabled application infrastructure products.read more...
March 2011

Crowdsourced translation yields more multilingual content in less time through the power of online communities

Producing localized content has always required teams of people. Crowdsourced translation is one way to reach more markets and constituencies. To separate perception from reality, independent market research firm Common Sense Advisory test-drove 104 crowdsourced websites for its newest report, “Crowdsourced Translation: Best Practices for Implementation.” The research offers insight into the...read more...