Comments on: Investment In An International Business Blog http://cindyking.biz/investment-in-an-international-business-blog/ Social Media & Cross-Cultural Communication For International Businesses Sat, 31 Dec 2011 18:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Business Blogs To Open Foreign Markets http://cindyking.biz/investment-in-an-international-business-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-14176 Business Blogs To Open Foreign Markets Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:42:26 +0000 http://cindyking.biz/?p=7701#comment-14176 [...] Investment In An International Business Blog [...] [...] Investment In An International Business Blog [...]

]]> By: An International Business Blog To Discover New Markets http://cindyking.biz/investment-in-an-international-business-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-14150 An International Business Blog To Discover New Markets Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:39:26 +0000 http://cindyking.biz/?p=7701#comment-14150 [...] speaking companies targeting English speaking countries should all have an international blog.  The investment in English language content is manageable when there are already English speaking international [...] [...] speaking companies targeting English speaking countries should all have an international blog.  The investment in English language content is manageable when there are already English speaking international [...]

]]> By: 3 Different Communication Challenges Of An International Blog http://cindyking.biz/investment-in-an-international-business-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-14065 3 Different Communication Challenges Of An International Blog Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:04:50 +0000 http://cindyking.biz/?p=7701#comment-14065 [...] Investment In An International Business Blog [...] [...] Investment In An International Business Blog [...]

]]> By: My Internatonal Blog Promotion Secret http://cindyking.biz/investment-in-an-international-business-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-14049 My Internatonal Blog Promotion Secret Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:24:31 +0000 http://cindyking.biz/?p=7701#comment-14049 [...] Investment In An International Business Blog [...] [...] Investment In An International Business Blog [...]

]]> By: Cross-Culture Tweets – Week 35 of 2009 http://cindyking.biz/investment-in-an-international-business-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-12617 Cross-Culture Tweets – Week 35 of 2009 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:32:14 +0000 http://cindyking.biz/?p=7701#comment-12617 [...] Investment In An International Business Blog [...] [...] Investment In An International Business Blog [...]

]]> By: Cross-Culture Tweets – Week 33 of 2009 http://cindyking.biz/investment-in-an-international-business-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-12168 Cross-Culture Tweets – Week 33 of 2009 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:30:29 +0000 http://cindyking.biz/?p=7701#comment-12168 [...] Is there anything stopping your from creating a blog to reach your international markets? [...] [...] Is there anything stopping your from creating a blog to reach your international markets? [...]

]]> By: Cindy http://cindyking.biz/investment-in-an-international-business-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-12075 Cindy Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:46:18 +0000 http://cindyking.biz/?p=7701#comment-12075 Hi Susan, Translation usually brings up lots of questions. People involved in translation know that human translations are better. Some people do not like the idea of a machine translation that poorly represents their work. A Finnish reader left some very good advice: the quality of the software translation depends on the languages involved. Some languages combinations are very difficult for machines to get even half right. Google Translate does a fairly good job with many language combinations. People abroad are used to the quality of Google Translate for their language - and they will have picked up little tricks, such as translating back and forth to see how good the translation is. So they can be helpful. I hear many people chasing after "cheap" translations which can be waste of money. I think it's best to take things slowly: build up your connection with your foreign markets. Get to know them. And slowly translate key content. The risk otherwise is to pay for translations that become obsolete once you have a better understanding of the people you want to reach. Hi Susan, Translation usually brings up lots of questions. People involved in translation know that human translations are better. Some people do not like the idea of a machine translation that poorly represents their work. A Finnish reader left some very good advice: the quality of the software translation depends on the languages involved. Some languages combinations are very difficult for machines to get even half right. Google Translate does a fairly good job with many language combinations. People abroad are used to the quality of Google Translate for their language – and they will have picked up little tricks, such as translating back and forth to see how good the translation is. So they can be helpful.

I hear many people chasing after “cheap” translations which can be waste of money. I think it’s best to take things slowly: build up your connection with your foreign markets. Get to know them. And slowly translate key content. The risk otherwise is to pay for translations that become obsolete once you have a better understanding of the people you want to reach.

]]> By: Cindy http://cindyking.biz/investment-in-an-international-business-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-12074 Cindy Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:35:49 +0000 http://cindyking.biz/?p=7701#comment-12074 Eileen, Thank you for your thoughtful insights! Eileen,

Thank you for your thoughtful insights!

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