ForeignExchange news archive November 2000 Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry ForeignExchange forms alliance with Guidant Guidant Corp. has selected ForeignExchange to provide comprehensive translation and localization services to reduce the time to market for [Guidant's] line of medical devices. September 2000 Boulder County Business Report ForeignExchange translates web for world Websites that speak only one language are dead in the seven seas. ForeignExchange offers its clients expertise in what is called "localizing" a website; understanding cultural preferences, date formats, currency, slang and even the bandwidth capabilities of the intended audience. September 2000 WebTechniques Speaking in charsets Creating Japanese web pages presents its own unique set of challenges. This ForeignExchange article guides the reader through the quagmire of character sets, encodings, glyphs and other mysterious elements of multilingual web design. July 2000 Pharmaceutical Executive Going global Strategies and tools that maximize the effectiveness of localized websites (written by ForeignExchange). July 2000 Northeast Export Magazine Taking your website global ForeignExchange is interviewed for an in-depth article on building a multilingual website. May 2000 Intercom Magazine A hands-on guide to Asia & the Internet ForeignExchange contributed an article on the complexities of developing Asian websites, as well as tips on how to manage the process yourself (Please feel free to request a copy of the article). April 2000 The Whirler: From the Trenches Understanding and planning for translation services Deborah Ray interviewed Andres Heuberger, president of ForeignExchange Translations, on the steps that content developers and technical writers can take to prepare for translation issues (full article). February 2000 Global Business Magazine ForeignExchange compliance newsletter: where language & regulation meet Multilingual Compliance News features original content and information on regulatory and compliance aspects of foreign-language translation, such as the ever-increasing number of global laws and regulations affecting the format, content and cross-language consistency of translated materials. To subscribe, please visit www.fxtrans.com/subscribe. January 2000 MultiLingual Computing & Technology ForeignExchange expands to 32 languages The company tests and certifies all linguists in all 32 languages. Every step of the translation/localization process is double-checked by a specialist, and a dedicated project team monitors quality data and reports findings to clients regularly. October 1999 LanguageTechNet News ForeignExchange Translations is expanding the reach of its Multilingual Compliance Management approach to translation and localization. Effective immediately, the number of languages covered is expanded to 32. Newly added are Croatian, Hebrew, Hungarian, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene and Turkish. August 1999 IT Manager's Journal Interview with Andres Heuberger of ForeignExchange Translations on when to localize (or not localize) your website. Read the interview and background coverage.