Comments on: China’s Businesses Should Step Up Their Efforts for i18n! http://www.yeasir.com/blog/2008/02/chinas-businesses-should-step-up-their-efforts-for-i18n/ Web Localization, i18n, Web 2.0, Culture, Translation 2.0, New Media and New Tech.... Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:41:54 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Cindy King http://www.yeasir.com/blog/2008/02/chinas-businesses-should-step-up-their-efforts-for-i18n/comment-page-1/#comment-2338 Cindy King Mon, 12 May 2008 06:26:55 +0000 http://www.yeasir.com/blog/2008/02/27/chinas-businesses-should-step-up-their-efforts-for-i18n/#comment-2338 You are right about the translation issues, I have also told readers that having someone born out of the country will not work either. For example hiring a Japanese translator that was born and raised in Texas may give you a perfect translation, but you have a huge risk of the Texas (or plain American) aspect coming out. Very interesting article, the Nigger-Brown story is almost hard to believe. Spelling mistakes I can understand. Insults are just too much. You are right about the translation issues, I have also told readers that having someone born out of the country will not work either. For example hiring a Japanese translator that was born and raised in Texas may give you a perfect translation, but you have a huge risk of the Texas (or plain American) aspect coming out.

Very interesting article, the Nigger-Brown story is almost hard to believe. Spelling mistakes I can understand. Insults are just too much.

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