Hardware Translations: The Long Path to Chinese and Korean Keyboards

While these keyboards may seem much more complicated than the English ones is use today, students of Korean and Chinese can take heart in knowing that they are a breeze when compared to their predecessors.

Three Problems in the Translation of Chinese Websites

In general, the problems that exist across Chinese websites translations can be grouped into 3 types of errors: misspelling or misuse of words, incorrect syntactic structure, and cultural differences.

Project Management in Translation: Localization Institute’s Program

In the modern, ever globalized world, localization services are becoming more important than ever, and project management is a huge part of that.

Ted Chiang: From Technical Writer to Sci-fi Star – Simply CSOFT

With the film “Arrival” opening in Chinese theatres soon, we thought it would be interesting to shine a spotlight on the man behind its story, technical writer and sci-fi author Ted Chiang.

Software Localization: The Leaders Behind the Evolution of Ecommerce

It is now a commonly accepted process for a vast majority of consumers to buy products online and over the last twenty years this trend has risen considerably.

CSOFT Annual Summit – The Impact of the Sharing Economy

From September 22nd to the 24th, the CSOFT 12th annual summit, themed “Thriving in a Global Economy: It’s A Small World After All”, was held in the Shangri-La Hotel in Shanghai, China.

3 Recent Innovations in Translation

Translation has been around for a long time—almost as long as written language has been. And up until the middle of the 20th century, when the first machine translations began, all translations were carried out by humans alone. Today, a wealth of translation tools are available, from fully-automated machine translation software to websites, systems, and […]

3 Advantages of Using CSOFT when Localizing e-learning

Traditional classroom learning techniques are shrinking under the pressure of lengthy learning timetables, restricted opportunities for engagement, and slow information delivery.

Using E-Learning to Maintain Brand Values While Going Global

As a company that is in the wondrous, but often pitfall-laden transition of going global, you may wonder, “How can we, as a company, retain the personal-touch and uniqueness of our brand without the hands-on benefit of actually being onsite?” While there are many strategies that can maintain your brand values abroad, enlisting E-learning as […]

The 3 Benefits of E-Learning

The modern classroom is no longer defined by four walls and an instructor. Instead, classrooms are now the subway, the backyard, the local coffee shop. Simply, E-learning allows education to take place anywhere you might need it.

3 Common Problems of Machine Translation Services

On January 7th, 1954, a massive IBM computer, dubbed the “polyglot brainchild”, translated over sixty sentences from Russian to English. This computer, the IBM 701, marked the first publicly announced instance of machine translation services. Lauded as a miracle and a massive advancement in the fields of both computer science and linguistics, this achievement sparked […]

5 Key Steps Companies Overlook When Going Global

Entering a foreign market can be daunting, even for the biggest of businesses. While a company may have success back home, being prosperous in an unfamiliar landscape has entirely new challenges that need to be prepared for accordingly; because of this, we have put together a list of 5 key steps companies often overlook when going global.