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The best global websites from the 2019 Web Globalization Report Card
A little more than 15 years ago, I began benchmarking websites for a new report I had in mind, tentatively titled the Web Globalization Report Card. The number one website in the first Report Card was a startup company by the name of Google. Its search interface supported 50 languages, in large part due to volunteer translation. […]
Can a Translation Be a Masterpiece, Too?
Private Collection/Look and Learn/Bridgeman Images An engraving, nineteenth century Do the beliefs we hold about literature add up to something consistent and coherent? Or are they little more than random pieties? Take two crucial notions I heard repeatedly last year. First, that in a fine work of literature, every word counts, perfection […]
SlatorCon 2018—Your Definitive Guide And Key Takeaways
The SlatorCon tour took in four global cities across three continents in 2018 and featured a grand total of 35 speakers representing the full breadth of the language industry from startups, language technology and language service providers to the buy side, finance and academia. We also added a bonus event with SlatorMeet, a new format where language […]
