Localization is the Name of the Game
Added: 12 Jan 2012
PC and console best-seller Modern Warfare 3, released in November 2011, earned $750m USD in its first five days. By way of comparison, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, the current record-holder for the fastest-selling film, clocked up just $169m of ticket sales on its first weekend (Source). The gaming industry is big and it’s growing. Fast. As a comprehensive...
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Bangkok Flood Update - Andovar Thailand is Fully Operational
Added: 5 Nov 2011
Dear Friends and Clients of Andovar: As many of you have no doubt heard and seen in the news, Bangkok has been beset by serious flooding that has indeed impacted many parts of the city. As friends and customers, you also know that we have a major production facility in Bangkok and so we want to take this moment to give you an update on where things stand with particular focus on...
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Machine Translation: Where is it now, and where is it headed?
Added: 20 Jul 2011
The rise of Google Translate has been a double-edged sword for purveyors of Machine Translation systems. On the one hand, it’s brought mass awareness that MT can offer acceptable quality for certain purposes, and that MT quality for gisting is significantly better than in the past. At the same time, it’s fed expectations that MT is both free of charge and improving every year....
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Andovar Makes the Hot 100 for eLearning
Added: 31 May 2011
Andovar is proud to announce that we have made the global list of Top 100 Highest Ranking Websites in eLearning, Training and Development. Why are we so proud? First of all, Andovar has long worked to position itself as a leading provider of eLearning localization solutions. We offer fully integrated services that include: Translation...
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Andovar Relocates Americas Offices from Argentina to Colombia
Added: 26 Apr 2011
Andovar is pleased to announce the expansion of its global operation into Medellin, Colombia. This geographic expansion has been put in place strategically to enable Andovar to improve its services for the Americas. Our Colombian facilities will enable Andovar to continue offering highly competitive services through a combination of offshore production and intelligent project...
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LISA is Dead... Long Live the Standards!
Added: 10 Mar 2011
The Localization Industry Standards Association (www.lisa.org) recently announced its insolvency and is expected to close down. Andovar has always been a keen proponent of Industry Standards over proprietary tools, but we think this is probably a positive development. The standards will continue and the subcommittees on their development will move elsewhere. Why the indifference then,...
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The Lion, The Weaver and The Weird Valuations
Added: 15 Feb 2011
How do you create a Language Technology company worth USD $20 million in eight years? Ans: Invest $80 million. Such was the fate of Idiom Technologies, the apparent market leader in Translation Management Systems which sold out to SDL for $21.4 million after receiving combined investment rounds of nearly four times that amount. More recently SDL acquired Machine Translation vendor...
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