For more than 10 years now, localization providers have been moving their production and project management to lower cost locales, especially China and India. This has been done mainly by acquiring lo
As companies begin to work beyond their own national borders, there comes a time when the inevitable happens – some content; whether the company website, a sales email, a contract, a training course,
It is no surprise to hear nowadays that tablets and cell phones have out-sold desktops and laptops in worldwide sales. In this modern era everybody wants to stay connected and small portable devices a
One of the definitions of eLearning is: “The use of technology in learning and education.” Indeed, new technological advancements have shaped what eLearning can and cannot do for decades. There has b
A client recently asked why translation costs are different between a range of languages we had quoted on; some in Asia, some in Western Europe. I responded that due to the differing labor costs, cost
For the last 18 months or so there’s been a steadily increasing hum around HTML5 and it’s potential to disrupt delivery of internet content. It’s being driven by mobile computing, a taste for open sta
The country almost entirely missed the computer revolution that swept most of the world in recent decades. Although character codes for Burmese languages have been allocated in Unicode since 1999, lac
Did you know that Spanish is the official language of 21 different countries? It is also the official language of 6 territories, such as Puerto Rico and Canary Islands. It is spoken by 406 million peo
At Andovar, we’re often shocked to learn what some clients are paying for localization with vendors elsewhere in the world. In believing their projects are more secure with a company based in a major
In what is already being called a “revolution in communication,” and “a game-changing development,” Andovar today announced the launch of its new service, gender-domain localization. “For too long ou
