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Posted by Vic at 05:35 PM. Filed under: Vic Dickson
Thursday, June 29, 2006
"I need an adapter. No, this doesn't work. It enables a US plug for foreign sockets, but what we need is using a foreign plug with US sockets. Can you help?"
Monday, April 10, 2006
We who are engaged in the language industry use the term localization every day but seldom, if not never, see it from a magazine out of our small world. That's why I was a little surprised when I find the word localization on the cover page of Harvard Business Review (HBR), issue April 2006.
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Posted by Vic at 01:19 PM. Filed under: Vic Dickson
Thursday, March 16, 2006
Recently someone asked me whether the Chinese government allows a foreign business to wholly own a (localization) firm in mainland China? As this is not the first time I get such a question, I'd like to share the answer here and provide some information that might be helpful to companies who are interested in establishing an operation unit in China.
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Posted by Vic at 11:55 AM. Filed under: Vic Dickson
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Attention Please, Global Companies: Chinese Consumers Claim the Right to Read in Their Mother Tongue
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Posted by Vic at 05:12 PM. Filed under: Vic Dickson
Thursday, January 05, 2006
The answers will determine whether localization industry would embrace machine translation technology before machine replaces human translators, if the day could come finally.
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Posted by Vic at 06:36 PM. Filed under: Vic Dickson
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
"So, as you can see, customer satisfaction is up considerably since phasing out the complaint forms."
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Posted by Vic at 08:30 AM. Filed under: Vic Dickson
Thursday, December 15, 2005
My last article for BetterLocalization.com mentioned the point that only the language service providers (LSP) who act before the mass can improve economic productivity by adopting new technology. If technology cannot be a reliable source of economic productivity increase, what would it be, if there is such a source?
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Posted by Vic at 05:20 PM. Filed under: Vic Dickson
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
“While you keep talking about open source translation tools, are there any doers who are bringing such tools in real world?”
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Posted by Vic at 03:24 PM. Filed under: Vic Dickson
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Application of new technology like translation memory (TM) increased productivity of translators significantly in the past 7 years. However, why didn’t language service providers (LSP) increase their profit accordingly?
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Posted by Vic at 04:41 PM. Filed under: Vic Dickson
Thursday, November 10, 2005
The Balanced Scorecard (BSC) model is a well-known management tool for enterprises seeking performance excellence. How to combine the model successfully with the real-world environment of language services providers is a challenge.
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Posted by Vic at 09:23 AM. Filed under: Vic Dickson
Friday, October 07, 2005
How about getting localization tools without paying for license fee? And those localization tools are continuously improved and we always receive free upgrades? Moreover, we don’t have to buy tools from our competitors any longer?
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Posted by Vic at 02:00 PM. Filed under: Vic Dickson
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Today’s business model for localization tool development makes our ecosystem unhealthy. Users (service providers) are unwilling to upgrade the tools because doing so doesn't benefit them. Developers cannot sell more and have no resources to bring new product. Without better tools, service providers cannot satisfy customers and the customers want to pay less. Then the vendors will have smaller budget for tools.
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Posted by Vic at 03:35 PM. Filed under: Vic Dickson
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
“Today’s translation model is not sufficient to meet the needs of global communication. It is too slow, too costly and it lacks the capacity to cover the volume and language requirements of global companies and their customers…”
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Posted by Vic at 02:31 PM. Filed under: Vic Dickson
Friday, July 22, 2005
If you dislike the word “cheaper”, feel free to replace it with improved ROI, better cost-effectiveness, increased value, or anything else you may prefer. Whatever word you choose, we talk the same topic: how to do more with less.
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Posted by Vic at 10:27 AM. Filed under: Vic Dickson
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
"Vertical search? Is that when I first check my coat pockets, then my pants pockets and then the floor just to find my darn car keys?"
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