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Have you ever wondered how the English alphabet came to be? Here's a really cool and quick graphic that shows the evolution of our current-day alphabet from ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. Enjoy!
Fascinating Chart Details History of the Alphabet

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Happy New Year from Zab Translation Solutions! What better way to start off the year than some good Chinglish? Hope you enjoy it because we sure did!
https://www.theepochtimes.com/50-hilarious-attempts-at-chinese-to-english-translation_2751710.html

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Internationalization and branding is critical when entering a new market! Yet so many companies do it flippantly - maybe because they don't have budget, or maybe just because they are lazy. Making an early international mistake can create a reputation for your company that you may have to live with for the rest of your life.

McDonald's recently registered under a new name in China, roughly translated as "Golden Arches". Unfortunately, it's not catching on as well as they had hoped, so they're only using it for the registration and not for branding at the moment. Did they make a mistake? Did they move too quickly on this? What do you think? Time will tell.

Here's more on the recent change...
http://www.abc2news.com/newsy/mcdonalds-has-a-new-chinese-name-that-doesnt-translate-well

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​Sometimes the best way to compete is too not compete at all. So many companies spend so much money competing in the English-only arena. When the competition gets tough, why not try some international markets? One company found great success by going this route. Bedtime Digital CEO Klaus Pedersen discusses the success he found by moving his software into the international market ... http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-10-03-waking-up-to-localization

Why translate? For one, as with any finished product, a user wants their purchase to feel as professional as possible. A bad translation can give the impression of a poorly crafted product, regardless of whether it is or not.

In conjunction with International Translation Day, Sharon Schweitzer talks about five ways translation can boost your business, which can be found here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/love-your-translator-how-translation-can-boost-your_us_59ce6d7ee4b0f3c468060e28

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Translation and localization can lead to some "interesting" character encoding issues when done incorrectly and without the proper software support. This article explores why some strange fonts are appearing in the latest Xbox builds, but also why Microsoft is doing things the right way when it comes to translation and localization...
https://www.windowscentral.com/xbox-one-os-preview-fonts

Image by Matt Baker, courtesy of Usefulcharts.com
Have you ever wondered how the English alphabet came to be? Here's a really cool and quick graphic that shows the evolution of our current-day alphabet from ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. Enjoy!
Fascinating Chart Details History of the Alphabet

Image courtesy of FERRETING OUT THE FUN
Happy New Year from Zab Translation Solutions! What better way to start off the year than some good Chinglish? Hope you enjoy it because we sure did!
https://www.theepochtimes.com/50-hilarious-attempts-at-chinese-to-english-translation_2751710.html

Image courtesy of Docryackie via CC Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported
Internationalization and branding is critical when entering a new market! Yet so many companies do it flippantly - maybe because they don't have budget, or maybe just because they are lazy. Making an early international mistake can create a reputation for your company that you may have to live with for the rest of your life.

McDonald's recently registered under a new name in China, roughly translated as "Golden Arches". Unfortunately, it's not catching on as well as they had hoped, so they're only using it for the registration and not for branding at the moment. Did they make a mistake? Did they move too quickly on this? What do you think? Time will tell.

Here's more on the recent change...
http://www.abc2news.com/newsy/mcdonalds-has-a-new-chinese-name-that-doesnt-translate-well

Image courtesy of GamesIndustry.biz
​Sometimes the best way to compete is too not compete at all. So many companies spend so much money competing in the English-only arena. When the competition gets tough, why not try some international markets? One company found great success by going this route. Bedtime Digital CEO Klaus Pedersen discusses the success he found by moving his software into the international market ... http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-10-03-waking-up-to-localization

Why translate? For one, as with any finished product, a user wants their purchase to feel as professional as possible. A bad translation can give the impression of a poorly crafted product, regardless of whether it is or not.

In conjunction with International Translation Day, Sharon Schweitzer talks about five ways translation can boost your business, which can be found here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/love-your-translator-how-translation-can-boost-your_us_59ce6d7ee4b0f3c468060e28

Image courtesy of windowscentral.com
Translation and localization can lead to some "interesting" character encoding issues when done incorrectly and without the proper software support. This article explores why some strange fonts are appearing in the latest Xbox builds, but also why Microsoft is doing things the right way when it comes to translation and localization...
https://www.windowscentral.com/xbox-one-os-preview-fonts