Globalization Insider

For over 15 years the Globalization Insider has provided news and discussion concerning the localization and globalization industries as well on important technologies, standards, business developments, and trends in international business. The Globalization Insider is provided as a service to LISA members and is also available by subscription to other interested parties. We welcome submissions on topics of interest and importance to the globalization community.

Recent Articles

Editorial: East-Meets-West Through Virtual and Face-to-Face Collaboration

Rebecca Ray, Managing Editor, LISA

It was great to see so many of you from the LISA Globalization Community in Beijing during last month’s LISA Forum Asia CHINA FOCUS. For those of you who missed it, scroll down a bit, and you will find a detailed summary and analysis of this year’s four dominant themes (innovation, open source standards, the push westward from Chinese companies and the huge opportunity that the second billion internet users will offer to all of us. [Read more…]

• Virtual Collaboration Across the Globe: Global Cognition for Learning Without Borders

Dr. Barbara Moser-Mercer, VP, School of Translation and Interpretation, University of Geneva

Innovation is key in today’s business world – innovation in creativity, innovation in problem solving, innovation in technology, innovation in how it’s applied, etc. And all of this innovation depends on the expertise of people and how it is applied. In a recent presentation during the LISA Forum Asia CHINA FOCUS in Beijing, Dr. Barbara Moser-Mercer (VP of the School of Translation and Interpretation at the University of Geneva) shared new research that can help us to understand how people work together virtually to construct knowledge across cultural and linguistic boundaries, and thus enable us to build more effective multicultural teams in the business world. [Read more…]

• China: Localize Central

Dr. James Wei, President, E-C Translation Ltd.
Interviewed by Michael Anobile, Managing Director, LISA

Dr. James Wei is President of E-C Translation Ltd. and one of the pioneers of the Chinese localization industry. He is passionate about sharing his knowledge of the Chinese market with the localization community worldwide. In the following interview with Michael Anobile (LISA’s Managing Director), Wei paints a picture of the current market for language services in China, along with a candid assessment of its “growing pains” as it matures to meet the future demands of Chinese companies preparing to expand on a global scale. [Read more…]