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The 2013 “State of the Industry” Survey is Open!
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Posted by
Vijayalaxmi Hegde
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January 8, 2013
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Common Sense Advisory today launched its annual survey of the global language services market. Now in its eighth year, the survey captures comprehensive data related to language services and technology. Why should you participate?
Receive a free report. All qualified respondents will receive a copy of the report we published in May of last year
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Waking Up to the Arabic Spring
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Posted by
Benjamin B. Sargent
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December 12, 2012
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The Arab Spring is not going away. Arabic is now one of the most important online languages. We are about to see an explosion of Arabic content and services on the web. Important websites and global brands need to get on board with this or be left behind.
Earlier this year, we published our update on the size and economic opportunity of online language
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The Size and Shape of the Language Services Industry in 2012
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Posted by
Nataly Kelly
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May 31, 2012
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This year marks the seventh year that Common Sense Advisory has published estimates of the size of the language services market and its compound annual growth rate. Each time, we publish more detail than the year before, and 2012 is no exception. In addition to publishing rankings for nine different geographies (Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Northern
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Why Economists Should Pay Attention to Translation in Africa
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Posted by
Benjamin B. Sargent
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May 9, 2012
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According to a recent UN economic report, 10 of the world’s 15 fastest-growing economies were based in Africa. Foreign direct investment in Africa reached US$62 billion in 2009, up almost 700% from a decade earlier. The report also found that the number of middle-class households will increase by half from 2010 to 2020. And, by 2030, the top 18
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What Do the 50 Largest LSPs in the World Have In Common?
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Posted by
Nataly Kelly
on
June 1, 2011
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Not all that much, actually. While the word “competition” always rears its head when discussing translation and interpreting, the reality is that this year’s list of the top-ranked global language service providers (LSPs) do not all necessarily compete with each other. Some are military contractors, while others focus on commercial
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Our Most Comprehensive Global Market Study Yet
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Posted by
Nataly Kelly, Donald A. DePalma
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January 21, 2011
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Reviewing your final numbers for 2010? We’re ready to take a look at them too. It’s time to kick off our annual study of the global market for language services and technology. Last year, we developed what we believe to be the world’s most complete directory of language service providers (LSPs). Our database contains nearly 25,000
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The World of Language Services Just Keeps Getting Bigger
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Posted by
Nataly Kelly
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May 28, 2010
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Less than two short months ago, we issued a public call for participation in our annual global study of the language services market. Today, we are pleased to announce the publication of our hot-off-the-press ranking of the Top 35 language service providers -- accompanied by a few other noteworthy pieces of new research.
This year, due to popular
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Top 30 LSPs Errata
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Posted by
Renato S. Beninatto
on
June 5, 2009
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Every year, right after we publish our ranking of translation companies, we receive several messages with comments and questions ranging from people who think that our numbers are too small or too big, to names of companies that they believe should be included in our list but somehow escaped our notice. We usually address these questions on an individual
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Tango, Beef, and Localization
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Posted by
Renato S. Beninatto
on
November 25, 2008
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Microsoft, Oracle, and VMWare went to Argentina to tell some 170 delegates from ten countries which flavor of Spanish they prefer for their software in the first event organized by the Localization World producers south of the Equator. Although several badges were never picked up from the registration table by those participants forced to stay home
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The Nordic Wave
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Posted by
Renato S. Beninatto
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October 1, 2007
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What do you think of when you hear "Scandinavia"? Ingmar Bergman, Marcus Schenkenberg, Nokia, Volvo, IKEA, Tandberg, herring, Lego, etc. With an aggregate GDP of just over US$1 trillion and almost 25 million inhabitants, Scandinavia needs to export its products and services to get any kind of scale. Since few people outside the Nordic countries speak
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