2011 - Language Connect

December 2011 Archives

Community Connect – 2011 review

December 23rd, 2011 in Language Connect by Gunilla Huddleston

At Language Connect, we are committed to being a socially responsible business by engaging with our local community, promoting sustainability and operating in a fair and...

Shifting Trends: Shopping & Spending Online

December 14th, 2011 in Market Research by Gunilla Huddleston

For a number of years, consumer spending has been shifting from traditional bricks-and-mortar stores to online retailing sites. In the UK, Europe’s leading e-retailing economy, online...

Language Connect’s Office Design: Style in Scripts

07 December in Language Connect by Gunilla Huddleston

We recently decorated Language Connect’s head office in Bermondsey Street with a creative design that reflects the company’s focus on languages. Our brief was to create a...

Developing a multilingual blog

December 5th, 2011 in Education and Training by Gunilla Huddleston

During the early years of the internet, English used to be the predominant language on the web. Native English speakers accounted for the majority of the online population, but...

China’s rising dragon: E-commerce

December 1st, 2011 in Retail and Ecommerce by Gunilla Huddleston

With the world’s largest manufacturing base and a burgeoning middle class, China’s rise to the top in e-commerce is inevitable. U.S. dominance of the e-commerce market...

Top Tips on Learning Foreign Languages

November 29th, 2011 in Education and Training by Gunilla Huddleston

A lot of people who already speak two languages seem to believe that they won't be able to learn anymore after that. However, this isn't true....

Strategies to Capture the Foreign Market

November 24th, 2011 in Market Research by Gunilla Huddleston

The advantage of being in business for yourself is that you get to set the limit as to how far you can go. Most huge multinational...

Portable Translation: Reviewing Translation Apps

November 22nd, 2011 in Travel and Tourism by Gunilla Huddleston

Like many other smartphone utilities, a good number of translation apps have been introduced in recent times offering different levels of translation and interpretation functionality. Well-known...

Google’s search algorithm now reads and writes in 13 emerging languages online

November 16th, 2011 in Education and Training by Gunilla Huddleston

Google has recently provided insight into ten changes that have been made to its algorithm recently. One of the key changes listed was the addition of...