Ever wonder how so many well-intended translations go so terribly wrong? Take, for example, the sign I recently saw at a Paris hotel asking me to “leave (my) values at the front desk,” or the “Please don’t walk on the grass” sign in Beijing that told me the “green grass (was) longing for my cherishing,” […]
Having been involved in localization for over four years and with a singular eye on globalization for many more, I have witnessed one constant: if your revenue stream is broken, you can help fix it by implementing an effective overseas strategy; and with the US and Europe floundering and most growth these days happening in
If you work in the language industry and you haven’t heard of crowdsourcing, well, you may want to think about relocating from under that rock! Crowdsourcing is everywhere. Use Wikipedia? You’re a crowdsourcing consumer. Purchase photos for a project from iStockPhoto? You guessed it, crowdsourced. And of course, consider the dominant language services model: a
30 March 2011, Beijing, China – E-C Translation Ltd., the Beijing-based, technology-driven language services provider with a mission to provide high-quality localization solutions to its valued clients, is pleased to announce today the re-branding of its business to EC Innovations. In Phase One, the re-branding includes the new name as well as a new company
Given that we work in an industry that is entirely about language, it’s amazing how little time we spend actually talking and thinking about language itself. Not about workflows and automation and cost-reduction and efficiencies, but just language. This fact first occurred to me some years ago after a brief exchange with a senior operations
Beijing, China (May 13, 2010) — The awards ceremony for the most influential institutions in the English language teaching industry was held on May 13, 2010 in Beijing, and was hosted by the 21st Century English Newspapers. The awards were presented to 50 organizations in six categories: publishing companies, language training companies, translation service providers, e-Learning
Beijing, China (April 21, 2010) — As a featured part of the 8th annual China International Software Conference (ChinaSoft 2010), the LISA forum was held on April 19, 2010. EC Innovations (Chengdu), one of the largest localization service providers in Asia, made an outstanding contribution in co-organizing the forum. Recently named a “Top 10
Highlight: EC Innovations was named a Top 10 Translation Enterprise of 2009 by the TAC (Translators Association of China) in Beijing. The award was a further recognition of EC’s leading position in China’s translation and localization industry. Beijing, China (November 13, 2009) — EC Innovations Ltd, one of the largest translation and localization service providers
CEO of EC Chengdu office, Ms. Jane Du, was interviewed by ‘Chengdu Software’ Magazine”. During the interview, Ms. Du specifically introduced the rapid development of the localization industry in China. As more businesses come to China with new language requirements, the Chinese localization industry enters a new golden era. By entering the Chengdu • Global
On April 24, 2009, the unveiling ceremony of the Chengdu Global Multi-language Information Processing Center and multi-language information industry seminar was held at the Chengdu Hi-Tech Zone. EC Innovations, one of the largest localization and translation service providers in Asia, was among the first batch of localization and translation enterprises authorized by the municipal government
