Beginning next Monday, CSOFT will be attending the Content Management Strategies/DITA North America conference in Providence, Rhode Island. We’re excited to be attending this event and you should be too. Here’s why:

CMS/DITA is a gathering of some of the biggest names in content management, including Adobe and CIDM. For those unfamiliar with the term ‘content management,’ according to TermWiki, it is the “process of managing, organizing, storing, tracking ownership of, and distributing information.” Given today’s technological advances, when people refer to content management they generally mean online and digital content. CSOFT will be there to promote our multilingual content and terminology management services, as well as our localization and globalization capabilities.

Today marks the first day of the three-day E-Learning Expo Paris conference, where CSOFT is exhibiting its e-Learning and multimedia localization expertise. As e-Learning courses continue to grow in popularity, this annual event has been concurrently expanding year on year. Let’s take a look at some e-Learning-related findings and other compiled statistics:

• Corporations save between 50-70% when they replace instructor-based training with e-Learning, with 85% of the cost for instructor-based training tied to delivery of information (instructor time, travel, etc.).

• From 1995-2011, the utilization of e-Learning in American corporations grew from 4% to 77%, a growth of almost 2000% over 16 years.

What was originally conceived as a company yearbook to be shared with clients, colleagues, and those unable to join CSOFT’s Annual World Summit has dramatically evolved into what it is today: CSOFT’s official magazine. Now in its second year of production, this latest issue features five categories that provide thematic inspiration for the articles contained within: Technology, Leadership, Communication, HQ Exclusive, and HQ Art. The magazine, designed to be enjoyed by virtually anyone interested in language, culture, or technology, provides food for thought in a breezy, entertaining manner.

This latest edition of HQ magazine is now available as an electronic version online!

T for Translation is proud to announce the official release of the latest CSOFT Creative Studio production, Crisis 108!

What began as an idea for our Friday Night Party (with the theme Night at the Movies) last Summit developed into a full-on mini-movie commercial for our creative communications production studio. Why movies, you might ask… what business does a localization services and global communications provider have getting involved in movie making? Well, actually, when you think about it, the two industries complement each other quite well.

It’s hard to believe, but the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit is just around the corner! As mentioned a couple of weeks ago, CSOFT’s talented and hardworking President & CEO, Ms. Shunee Yee, will be attending, having been named one of the top ten Most Powerful Women entrepreneurs of 2012. Way to go, Shunee! With the Fortune summit kicking off on Monday, October 1, we at T for Translation would like to remind you of the event, and also let you know that Shunee will be speaking alongside Victoria Ransom of Wildfire and Alexa von Tobel of LearnVest. The discussion, which will delve into entrepreneurial business challenges and successes, will be moderated by Pattie Sellers of Fortune and will take place on Wednesday, October 3 at 9:55AM (PDT). Don’t miss it!

Some exciting news on the home front here at CSOFT: Fortune announced last week the top ten most powerful women entrepreneurs of 2012, and we’re happy to announce that our rock star of a President and CEO, Ms. Shunee Yee, was recognized as one of these ten preeminent ladies!

The ten honorees have been invited to attend the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit in Laguna Niguel, California from October 1–3, 2012. As a world-renowned gathering of distinguished women in business, the Fortune Summit offers an opportunity for some of the world´s most business-savvy leaders to meet and further strengthen an already global leadership community. With the added combination of influential figures in government, philanthropy, education and the arts, the Summit should make for some thought provoking and relevant discussions. Watch out for more information on this as the event draws closer.

After a few months’ sabbatical, T for Translation is back with some exciting new announcements to share. Over the coming weeks, we’ll reveal what we’ve been working on during our time away, but for now, we’ll leave you with this: the annual CSOFT World Operations Summit is right around the corner! A week of mutual learning, sharing and team building, this perennial tradition gives cause to celebrate the CSOFT family and all that we’ve accomplished together.

Last week, we offered our congratulations to Dmitry Kornyukhov, the winner of TermWiki.com’s most recent contest. Aside from rallying up his fans, working on translation projects, and helping build TermWiki’s database of terms, Dmitry was also kind enough to spend some time with us answering a few questions for our curious readers. Read on for some insightful thoughts from our TermWiki iPad 2 winner, Dmitry Kornyukhov!

Beginning earlier this summer, TermWiki has been promoting the iPad2 contest to encourage users to take a more proactive role in building and strengthening the TermWiki community. With the TermWiki iPad2 contest officially coming to a close today, congratulations are in order:

Although localization services and solutions extend across borders, languages, and industries, one of the most surprising things about localization is that it still remains a rather mysterious industry. If you are ashamed to admit confusion about what exactly the localization industry entails, take comfort in the fact that you’re not alone (and that there are resources out there to find out more—for some localicious examples, see here, here, and here).

This is quite shocking considering that the market research firm Common Sense Advisory predicts that this $26 billion market will continue to rise, reaching $38 billion by 2015. With such growth amidst a turbulent global economic climate, even students are showing a growing interest in localization. Already in schools across the globe there is an increased focus on foreign language studies, translation, and language services. Students who are interested in learning how to competently help businesses achieve international success should consider a career in localization.

This summer, the University of Washington announced one of their newest certificate programs in localization, offered by the Professional & Continuing Education school. The three-course, nine-month program offers flexible options for students interested in enrolling—classes are available in the evening and online, in addition to a traditional classroom setting. The course covers: