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Globalization trends and resources : English only

ENGLISH
• Global IT: Businesses worldwide keep investing in technology despite economic uncertainty.
• Speaking the Language of E-Internationalization
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 CIO : Globalization Research Center  
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 Globalization: A Complex World  
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 Web Globalization Trends  
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 Top 100 Languages in the World 
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 The Wordless Web  
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 European Firms Wake Up To Web  
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 The Internet in Latin America  
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 World Development Indicators Database  
• Webmaster Resources! - software tools to assist webmaster's & site owners in promoting their webpages to targeted customers  
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Metrics
• Nielsen NetRatings: South Korea dominates Asia in Internet use.
• Jump in Chinese Internet Users To Spark E-Commerce
• The Standard: Metrics
• Media Metrix Reports International Visits  
• Globalization metrics: CIO.com  

Translators' resources - Ressources pour traducteurs
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 Aquarius.net  
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 Proz.com  
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 TranslatorsCafe.com  
• ATA : American Translators Associaton  
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 AIIC : Lots of translating opportunities  
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 Elance.com  
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Online Newspapers From Around the World - Journaux en ligne
• The Utlimate Collection Of News Links  
• Eu Sou Jornalista  
• Le Journal du Net  
• Internetaddict.be  
• The Flying Inkpot  

Useful links - Liens utiles
• Country Gateways : Free reference material and helpful links to help you do e-business in a foreign market.
• Worldsmart
• World Time Server provides the most accurate current local times of any world clock on the Internet. It makes real time adjustments for Daylight Saving Time.  
• Famous currency Exchange : Oanda  
• Beautiful world map provided by National Geographic  
• Convert just about anything at Online Conversion.com  

ESPANOL
• Encuestas a noviembre de 2000: cuántos usuarios hay en el mundo, cuántos en español, dos o tres países específicos  
• La misma organización pregunta para qué los hispanohablantes usan Internet. Sólo es complemento a lo anterior!  
• Hábitos de uso  
• Uso de Internet en español por sexo, edad, etc.  
• El uso de Internet en Latinoamérica crecerá de forma espectacular  
• Mexico  
• Toda España 2/29/2000  
• Latinos en EUA  
• Venezuela  
• Chile 1/22/1998  

FRANCAIS
• La mesure de l'utilisation des technologies de l'information au Québec  
• L'Internet en France : MMX Europe  
• Statistiques sur l'utilisation d'Internet en France  
• Utilisation des médias : les ordinateurs et Internet  
• Statistiques générales sur Internet  
• Le Journal du Net