Last week I had the privilege of attending the bi-annual International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) at McCormick Place in Chicago. Let me start off by saying that this venue is absolutely massive, I mean there were entire wings that I did not know existed after spending over two full days on the show floor. Now […]
In the language service industry, you may often encounter terms such as internationalization, localization and globalization. This article will discuss the differences between the three terms. LISA (Localization Industry Standards Association) gives the following definitions for the three terms: Internationalization is the process of generalizing a product so that it can handle multiple languages and
Beijing, China – On May 23, 2014 EC Innovations, Inc. (ECI) signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Hangzhou YaTuo Company (YaTuo). This collaboration comes at an opportune time as ECI continues its global expansion as well as for YaTuo who will benefit from ECI’s firm understanding of the idiosyncrasies associated to the localization industry. This partnership has already led to
With a score of 96% out of 100% in Siemens most recent vendor evaluation, EC Innovations has once again been granted with the honorary title of “Outstanding Supplier”. This is EC Innovations eighth consecutive year dating back to 2005. EC Innovations history with Siemens dates back to 2004. Since the inception of this partnership there
Let’s first define partnership as only Wikipedia can: ‘A partnership is an arrangement where parties agree to cooperate to advance their mutual interests.’ We will come back to this shortly. Coincidentally, I am also participating in a third round of another RFP for which my colleague and I are flying out to present in an
Just like a physically-fit person, a department or organization functions best when it is healthy from within: Happy and confident staff with a strong sense of belonging and unity forms the strong core of any successful project team. So how can we boost the health of our localization departments? It recently dawned on me that
EC Innovations, Inc., one of APAC’s largest translation and localization service providers, announces its new opening in Frankfurt, Germany as of August 2013. During the past few years, EC Innovations has expanded its business to some of the most important trading centers in Asia and South America area, including Tokyo, Seoul, Singapore, New York and
EC Innovations is proud to announce its official membership into the SAP PartnerEdge® Program. Through a rigorous evaluation process, EC Innovations was identified as a company fulfilling all strict requirements for becoming a language service partner SAP is the world leader in enterprise management software solutions, and is present in over 130 countries globally. SAP’s PartnerEdge® Program is the
MT (Machine Translation) is the single biggest buzzword of the industry in recent years, and with good reason. Intelligent use of MT can be an effective tool in your localization strategy kit. But let’s emphasize that only intelligent use makes sense: applying MT without understanding its limitations, without knowing your own quality requirements and without
On the afternoon of March 19, 2013, EC Innovations’ three-day 2013 corporate meeting came to a successful close in Beijing, China. Senior managers from Chengdu, Shanghai, and Shenyang branches attended the meeting, while relevant principals of Singapore, Korea, Japan, and USA offices participated in the meeting via Skype. Company senior managers reviewed EC Innovations’ overall
