Web Globalization Trends to Watch
The third* in a series of Web globalization webinars
presented by John Yunker
Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 AM PT
Find out where the global Web is headed. From machine translation to Web-based translation tools, the practice of Web globalization is changing almost daily. This presentation highlights some of the key trends that all marketing and IT executives should be aware of in technology, translation, and content management.
Participants will:
- Learn the risks and rewards of translation crowdsourcing
- Understand how statistical machine translation is being used by Google and others
- See how companies are now using local-language blogs
* We encourage you to replay John’s first two webinars in this series:
John Yunker, Founder of Byte Level Research
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Founder of Byte Level Research, John Yunker consults with many of the world’s leading multinational companies, providing Web globalization training and benchmarking services. One-third of the Fortune 100 companies are current or past Byte Level clients.
Since 2000, he has authored a number of landmark reports on Web globalization, including The Art of the Global Gateway and The Web Globalization Report Card, now in its 5th edition. |
In 2002, John authored the first book devoted to Web globalization, Beyond Borders: Web Globalization Strategies. Widely acclaimed, the book is now used in a number of university and corporate training programs.
John authors the Global by Design blog and is a 2008 Fellow of The Society for New Communications Research. John has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Missouri School of Journalism and an MS from Boston University.
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