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Published On - January 11, 2017

Richard Brooks Language BlogTags: Google, Machine Translation

Google Penalizes Bad Machine Translation

& 10 tips for good international SEO Planning to translate your business website into another language? Free, automatic translation tools like Google Translate might seem tempting, but here’s one more reason to avoid relying on them: Google doesn’t like it. And if Google doesn’...

Published On - September 3, 2014

Richard Brooks Inside TrackTags: Google, Google translate

Selecting the Right Language Service Company

Today we have a special guest post from Vic Marcus, Vice President of Business Development at NWI Global, a language translation & interpreting company based in Vancouver, Washington, USA. You recently learned that the content you produced in English will now need to be translated into 16 lan...

Published On - August 23, 2014

Richard Kazandjian International Design, Language BlogTags: Google, Technology

Noto: One Font to Rule Them All?

The amount of non-English-language web content has been growing dramatically over the past few years. However, there are still some significant challenges when it comes to making content available in other languages. One of the biggest issues is how to represent languages that don’t use ...

Published On - January 6, 2014

Alicja Brady Business, Guides & Tips, Inside Track, Multilingual SearchTags: Business, Google, Google translate, Retail, Translation

Translation Guide for Business

Here at K International, we are regularly asked by our clients what is actually involved in translation. There is not really one overall answer to this as it is very much dependent on how you intend to use the results. Some clients appear to see translation as a low cost means of increasing sales or...

Published On - September 16, 2013

Richard Brooks Inside Track, Multilingual SearchTags: Google, Technology, Twitter

Multilingual SEO

If you’re a native English speaker, then you may believe that the internet is dominated by the English language. Almost all of the computer code, social networking, e-commerce and news sites that are most popular with English speakers were developed in the English-speaking world, and they mesh...

Published On - June 23, 2012

Richard Brooks Language BlogTags: Google

Google Joins the Language Preservation Fight

Google’s commitment to its “don’t be evil” motto has been in question for some time. However, there’s no question that they do sometimes use their powers for good, and this week’s announcement of the Endangered Languages project is a perfect example. The Endangere...

Published On - May 14, 2012

Richard Brooks Language BlogTags: Google

Language Immersion in your Browser?

Chrome users, you no longer have an excuse for browsing the web mindlessly. Thanks to Google, you could be learning how to say “I can haz cheezburger” in one of 64 languages! Google calls its new Chrome extension “just a little experiment that may delight (or infuriate) the neuroli...

Published On - April 6, 2011

Richard Brooks Language BlogTags: Google

Now, Search Google in Cherokee

As part of its efforts to preserve endangered languages, Google just released a new search option: Cherokee....

Google's Android Market Isn't Speaking Customers' Language

Published On - February 17, 2011

Richard Brooks Language Blog, TechnologyTags: Google, Translation

Android Market Not Speaking In Customers’ Languages

Google just unveiled its new Android Market website last week, hoping to entice customers with Android phones to purchase more apps with an improved shopping experience. Read more!...

Published On - January 21, 2011

Richard Brooks Language BlogTags: Google, Google translate