Can Google Translate Grasp Cultural Nuances?

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In the following article, web translation expert Jen Murphy, Director of Marketing at Eriksen Translations, talks about Google Translate, how to work with ever-changing web content, what resources to look at for web globalization help, and how her company performed a great localization project while working with Skype.

Reach Multilingual Markets:  Four Questions, Answered

Today in Global Small Business: 10 Great Books on Globalization

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What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners:

• How to find someone to make the product you just invented.
• What to consider before you set up an e-commerce storefront platform.
• Ten books on globalization you shouldn't miss.
• The pros and cons to taking a business global.
• Business owners can learn the benefits to taking a business international.
• Four mistakes small businesses make with e-commerce.
• Google features you should consider using for your small business (translation is one).

Instant Translator: App Speaks in 23 Different Languages

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Google goes all out with its free iPhone app, Google Translate, which allows you to push a button, say something in one language and it displays a translation.  Makes communicating worldwide a breeze.

The app will speak the results in one of 23 different languages.

Learn more:

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