Globalization Insider

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Helping Japanese Software Go Global (premium) • Anthony Wong, LMI Inc. (Asia Pacific)
Director’s letter (premium) • Michael Anobile
The Whole of Japan is a Pure Invention? (premium) • Minako O’Hagan, School of Communications and Information Management, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Machine Translation Trends in Japan (premium) • Dr. Sophia Ananiadou, Senior Lecturer, Department of Computing and Mathematics, Manchester Metropolitan University
ExCom Corner (premium) • Arturo Quintero, President, Moravia Translations
Chiquita Translations Ltd. (premium) • John Freivalds, JFA, Inc.
The Death of the Superhero (premium) • Deborah Fry, Fry & Bonthrone Partnerschaft

The Whole of Japan is a Pure Invention?

Minako O’Hagan, School of Communications and Information Management, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

In this article, Minako O’Hagan outlines the evolution of quality control in Japan and examines quality issues affecting translation and localization in the past, present and future. She then puts a Japanese perspective on the quality requirements which Japan is allegedly imposing on its market suppliers.

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