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» Translation Company Owners - Do you have a job or a business?
By hzhang | Published 10/29/2007 | Business Issues | Recommendation:RateSecARateSecARateSecARateSecARateSecI
Have you ever had the chance to ask yourself what kind of a life you would like to be living? Even though I have asked myself that question once in a while, I had to give it a lot more thought lately, because it is part of a personal growth course that I am taking.
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» Babel Not: Machine Translation for the Technical Communicator
By hzhang | Published 03/26/2008 | CAT Tools | Recommendation:RateSecARateSecARateSecARateSecARateSecI
Long ago the world had one language and few words. One day, a group of architects decided to write a manual containing sensitive information on the design of a tower they were building in their city. The tower was to reach the sky and would ultimately determine their greatness. Their pride and confidence took over and they soon ignored their boss. As punishment, their boss scattered the architects across the entire earth and made them all speak different languages. This created much confusion, and so the city was named Babel. Many years passed and no-one could unlock the secrets of the tower, at least until the birth of the great Babel Fish. What is Babel Fish and why is it so great? Babel Fish belongs to a larger category of translation called Machine Translation. Machine Translation will give you a rough translation of that German document that's been sitting on your desk baffling you, in less than one minute. How's that for great?
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» Hiring right - road to success
By hzhang | Published 03/26/2008 | Business of Translation and Interpreting | Recommendation:RateSecARateSecARateSecARateSecARateSecI
Running a translation business is not easy. As small as the industry may be, we as business owners face a full set of business challenges: personnel management, sales and marketing, client relations, and the list goes on. Everyday, we go into work hoping to improve the business, to make it more successful. Sometimes we wonder, what is the killer factor? What makes some companies more successful than others?
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