Consider Starbucks. In 2003, this aspiring global company supported a mere three languages. Today, it supports 25, which may sound like a lot until you compare it to many other global brands. ...

The Next Web

Apple leads in languages (but only when speaking in tongues)

There is an area where Apple still has a head start on the competition: Voice User Interface (VUI) localization...

MarketingProfs

Your Website Should Support a Lot More Languages Than You Think It Should

The Internet connects computers, but languages connect people. Fifteen years ago, few websites supported 10 languages. In fact, it was common to believe that your website was “global” at five or six languages.

jQuery Foundation

jQuery Foundation Launches Globalize v 1.0

Interest in web globalization has steadily increased in recent years, with the number of languages supported by top global sites such as Google, Facebook and Wikipedia averaging 50, according to Byte Level Research Web Globalization Report Card.

GigaOm

Make your product “translation worthy,” and the world will follow

When a software company asks me if I think its new product will succeed globally, I typically respond by asking: Is your product translation worthy?

Medium

The next Internet revolution will not be in English

The Internet was designed to be global, but it was not designed to be multilingual. For decades, this limitation was most evident in website and email addresses, which permitted only a small set of Latin characters.

UX Magazine

Taking Mobile Global: Tips for Aligning Mobile and Global Web Strategies

With more than 55 million iPads in use around the world and more than 400 million smartphones sold in 2011, companies are increasingly thinking “mobile first” when developing their web and mobile app strategies.

The Next Web

Web design, with the world in mind: a guide to website internationalization

“Yunker notes that Google in particular has always excelled at building scalable products, and part of this has meant designing minimalist interfaces...”

UX Magazine

Secrets of Well Traveled Websites

Few industries are more global than the travel industry. Not only must travel and hospitality companies serve customers across a large number of countries and languages, they must do so across a wide range of mobile devices.

IEEE Spectrum

Parlez-vous Facebook?

“Developing the next languages showed how much power Facebook has when it taps into its own network of users,” says John Yunker.

Toronto Star

Star Trek's universal translator one step closer

“This is definitely a glimpse into the future,” Web globalization expert John Yunker told the Star. “There are plenty of flaws. I wouldn’t base any important business deals on it. But I do think we’re going to be able to communicate on a level we’ve never been able to communicate before.”

The Wall Street Journal

Web Start-Ups Search History

“You can never underestimate culture and how that's going to pose challenges,” said John Yunker, a consultant at Ashland, Ore.-based Byte Level Research, which helps companies expand abroad.

Intellectual Property Watch

The Next Internet Revolution Will Not Be In English

Communication Arts Magazine

Byte Level's “See the World” poster is a featured exhibit

Multilingual Magazine

Learning from the Best Global Websites

The Wall Street Journal

We Know Where You Are

With 1.2 billion people around the globe now connected, “the Internet is starting to reflect the world,” with its many languages, competing interests and rules and regulations, says John Yunker, president and chief analyst at San Diego consulting firm Byte Level Research LLC.

Financial Times

Web gurus help retailers find a common language

“If you look at the demographics in the US, you have to plan for working in more than one language if you want to connect,” says Mr Yunker. “Even if people are speaking in English, they might still be dreaming in Spanish.”

SearchCIO.com

Firms make effort to tap global appeal in corporate websites

The Globe and Mail

Globalization: The world's not so flat

Industry Week Magazine

Cat.com Takes Top Web Prize

Multilingual Magazine

IKEA: Behind the Best Global Retail Web Site

SearchCIO.com

Multilingual Web Sites Now Competitive Requisite

“The view that it's OK to get by in English has changed, even between business-to-business companies. Companies are starting to use translation as a competitive edge,” said John Yunker, co-founder of Byte Level Research LLC and author of Beyond Borders: Web Globalization Strategies.

Business Week Magazine

Murdoch's Mission to China

China “is a very cut-throat environment,” says John Yunker, president of globalization consultancy Byte Level Research. “It's a tough market to crack. You can't assume you'll be successful in China.”

Internet Retailer

It's a Small World: Technology Leaps Borders, But Culture Doesn't, as US E-Retailers Find New Markets Require a New Approach

Boston Business Journal

Lionbridge to sell 9.4 million shares on Nasdaq

Internet Retailer

The (insert foreign nationality here) are coming

“U.S. retailers have for many years had the luxury of addressing a very large market that mostly speaks the same language, while European retailers have been doing business in multiple languages on the Internet, including English,” Yunker says.

Time Magazine

Why eBay Must Win In China

According to John Yunker, president of Byte Level Research, “by 2006, and perhaps even by the last quarter of this year, non-U.S. revenue will surpass U.S. revenue.”

IEEE Distributed Systems

Web Globalization Effort Growing

The New York Times

Wi-Fi Service Expands Its Reach

“There are so many layers to how airports work, every airport operates differently,” said John Yunker, a wireless-technology communications consultant from Escondido, Calif.