http://www.globalwatchtower.com Globalization in Practice Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:41:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en What do you get when you bring together a country's Commissioner of Official Languages, translation and technology providers, and expert speakers under the auspices of a language industry association? A stand-out language industry event, that's what. This was the combination of elements that combined to make the Canadian Language Industry ... http://www.globalwatchtower.com/2008/11/26/ailia-showcase-2008/ 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 ... http://www.globalwatchtower.com/2008/11/25/ba-vaconference/ When companies brief us, we always ask how business is going. These days, the table is turned, and companies are increasingly asking us, "How's business in general for the industry?" In some recent conversations with LSPs, we have probed for feedback about the unrelenting flow of bad economic news and ... http://www.globalwatchtower.com/2008/11/18/lsps-ask-what-crisis/ Our post on open-source translation management systems (TMS) generated reactions from suppliers to that sector. One comment from SDL requires a clarification of a statement that we made, so we figured that it was time to clear up some questions that have been popping up since SDL began briefing WorldServer customers ... http://www.globalwatchtower.com/2008/11/13/sdl-future-tms/ In late summer 2008, we asked translation buyers for their views on technology independence among their software and language vendors (read about LSP views here). Over half the 30-plus respondents hailed from North America; 35 percent were from Europe; the balance were scattered across that amorphous continent known as "Rest ... http://www.globalwatchtower.com/2008/11/12/buyer-views-on-technology-independence/ In early September, we issued a call for participation to invite thousands of LSPs to participate in a new report that would profile some of the more creative and innovative suppliers. Typically, when we announce a new survey on anything from an acquisition to quarterly business confidence, we see ... http://www.globalwatchtower.com/2008/10/28/innovative-lsp-where-art-thou/ More than three hundred industry insiders gathered in Madison, Wisconsin last week for Localization World. It was a somnambulistic event, numbed by economic uncertainty and a looming slowdown in the global economy. One topic threatened to wake the sleepers -- the recent roadmap announcement of the GlobalSight Open Source ... http://www.globalwatchtower.com/2008/10/23/industry-dreams-of-open-source-tms/ In the past few weeks, interpreters have been in the headlines nearly every day, representing a few steps forward -- and backward -- for the overall profession. Here are some of the latest trends in the spoken language space: Worldwide, interpreters struggle for better conditions. Advocates in Korea are discussing the ... http://www.globalwatchtower.com/2008/10/06/interpretation-setbacks-and-progress/