Speaking the Language of Business

Archive for September, 2010

Languages of the World – Part 1

Saturday, September 25th, 2010

Written by Tim Kaney, Website, Design, and Marketing Specialist.

This week begins a six part (week) series that covers all the countries of the world and the dominant languages within those countries. This data is meant to improve identifying and selecting target languages when considering a geographical area to market/translate into. For this first post, we have 40 countries ranging from Afghanistan to the Cayman Islands. All of these numbers and facts can be attributed to research done in the CIA’s World Factbook.

Birth of the Universal Translator?

Saturday, September 18th, 2010

Written by Tim Kaney, Website, Design, and Marketing Specialist.

Today I read an August 2010 blog post on the website, http://www.military-technologies.net, regarding some new technology being developed by the U.S. Defense Department and evaluated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

What is it?

Why Is Translation Important?

Saturday, September 4th, 2010

Written by Tim Kaney; Website, Design, and Marketing Specialist.

So you think you can get away with not translating your product or service? That’s fine, if you don’t want to grow your business. I know that it is important to tighten your company’s proverbial “belt” during these hard economic times. You can turn your gaze inward and decide where to hack and slash to save money and cut spending. But that is only a temporary fix that can lead to long-term problems.