As someone who has worked with cross-cultural, remotely based teams for many years, I think the insights provided by Neeley are spot on. In order to have mutual understanding, learning and teaching, team members must have a minimum level of sensitivity and of self-awareness so they do not fall into... Read more →

Good overall description of what's happening today in the localization industry. New, lean and innovative technology companies like Cloudwords are disrupting an industry that was stagnant and dominated for a long time by slow-moving translation vendors. via www.cnbc.com ...The innovations are enabling corporations to enter markets and disrupt many sectors... Read more →

Very good and deep insights by John O'Farrell about his experience taking a startup international. I had the opportunity to live similar experiences while working at one of the main internet companies of the last 15 years (the most important "directory" and search engine until Google appeared). During my nine... Read more →

In a move that very few companies can make, Twitter announced today the release of their new (crowdsourced) Translation Center, a product that will allow users to translate the Twitter interface (for free). As the Twitter team says in the blog post, crowdsourced translations are not new for them, since... Read more →