The Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce hosted the second annual US-Brazil Business Forum at the Mid-America club yesterday. (more…)

Elizabeth Lowe heads the new Center for Translation Studies at the U of I.  The increase in demand for qualified linguists to fill the roles of translators and interpreters in security, non-governmental organizations (like language service providers), courts, health care, international publishing and the software industry makes this new center a very timely addition to the university. (more…)

There was an interesting post on the Listverse site this morning that listed the top ten most spoken languages of the world. (more…)

Government offices across the world are facing translation and interpretation issues on a far more regular basis. Shifting populations and immigration have forced national government, local municipalities and school districts to deal with language gaps. (more…)

Europe has long been considered a stable and friendly partner with whom American companies can engage in trade without many of the concerns of other countries. (more…)

As we approach our 1st anniversary of being a Chicago Chamber of Commerce member I would like to thank the Chamber and it’s staff for organizing great events and activities that spur local businesses of all sizes to do business together. (more…)

A recent Crain’s article by Anne Field describes how small business can go global. The article lists some valuable resources to assist companies with the requirements as well as the operational aspects of global sales. (more…)

Here is another project from our archives. This is a Chinese narration and voiceover project. (more…)

As part of our featured projects series I am posting a small sample of a video we handled for a religious organization. (more…)

Many companies are following a model of letting their users provide translations for the user interface of their web-based products through crowdsourced translation. Beside the obvious issues of control of the content and quality, I have an economic concern over this practice. (more…)