The use of international standards to ensure consistent high-quality goods and services has long been an accepted practice. In a recent blog, we addressed 2 quality management standards: ISO 9001, generally applicable to all industries, and ISO 17100 which is specific to the translation industry. Drilling down into the quality management requirements of one of the […]
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International standards issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) have long been recognized and accepted in the manufacturing world, but have been less widely applied to services like the translation industry. Yet ISO certification can be equally beneficial when selecting and working with language service suppliers. What are ISO 9001 and the translation-specific ISO
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Courses—Designers build them, learners take them, and managers check them. But can executives leverage course results to drive their business forward? Yes, they can. eLearning courses can be a goldmine of actionable business intelligence. However, to do so, they need to be armed with the right mindset and analytics. What’s the right mindset? eLearning has
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New language law reflects language requirements in flux Ukraine has been in the news quite a bit lately. Volodymyr Zelensky, a well-known Ukrainian comedian, won a surprise victory in the presidential election this spring and his party went on to win an overwhelming majority in parliamentary elections. Much is in flux in Ukraine and language
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The time has come! Your new product or service has been successfully launched at home and you’re ready to expand to other global markets. But what’s the best way to approach this in order to avoid costly mistakes and create the maximum competitive advantage? There are many aspects that need to be considered: which markets
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This is not a misprint. You might be asking yourself, “How can an infographic, printed on paper, play a video? And why would you want to do that?” As explored in a previous blog post (3 Ways Infographics Absolutely Boost Learning), infographics are a great way to present complex information quickly and clearly. Learners can
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You’ve just spent a lot of time and money on a new marketing campaign that is creative, witty and exactly captures your company’s brand message. You’ve tested and launched it in your home market and now you want to extend the campaign to other countries. How do you ensure that your core message is successfully
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The new European Union Medical Device Regulation (MDR 2017/745) brings significant changes to previous regulations. Device manufacturers who market products in the EU must be ready to meet the May 26, 2020 transition deadline. As the deadline nears, you may be realizing that under the new MDR, language and translations play a much more important role in
Translation of an eLearning course is often as important as the overall course design. Your course is not beneficial to your international employees if they cannot understand the information presented. Companies that don’t plan ahead for eLearning translation often make mistakes that can greatly increase the time and cost it takes to fully translate the
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We live in a world with a vast amount of data and information around us. As learning professionals, we are often called upon to take some of this information and present it in a way that is readily and easily comprehensible. But how do we take this wealth of information and effectively simplify and present
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