Editor's Note

With more people around the world joining the Internet communityevery day, being able to communicate with these people is getting harder than ever. Having a Web Site doesn't always mean you'rereaching all the customers you have the potential to reach. Have you ever tried to read a site in German or French? Unless you speak these languages fluently it's almost impossible to understand their message. People from other countries have the same problem when they visit your site.

In today's NetDummy we'll try to bring you the knowledge and toolsnecessary to expand your Website into the international market and to take full advantage of the vast resources of the Internet.

We hope that you find this newsletter interesting and useful.

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Tap Into The Limitless International Market
The Challenge...

You have a large collection of products and publications. If You would like to create an online Internet catalog for your visitors to access there are a few questions you need to ask yourself first.

1. Would I like to expand my market to include international clients?
2. Can each client access my database in his/her native language?
3. How do I get around when accessing pages internationally?
4. Are there solutions that can save me time and money?
5. How much will it cost?

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Internet Marketing is International

Fifty percent of all Internet servers are in the USA. The rest of the World is just now starting to catch up. One of the supremeopportunities when communicating via the Internet lies in International Markets.

It is worth taking the time to develop multi-lingual Web sites if a good percentage of your customer base is international. However, you should ensure that the practical matters can be easily resolved and that the shape of the Web site corresponds with a viable international marketing strategy.

The advantage of a Multi-Lingual Web site may be lost when you have to wait for translations. Most translation software is not yet powerful enough to resolve this problem, and translation servicescan some times take too long to be effective.

A good solution may be to maintain different Web sites for each language. This gives more freedom when updating the information, but still requires multi-language updating, and you should evaluatethe real benefits of having several language versions of your Website.

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Translation Software and Services

• SYSTRAN Personal

Quickly translate up to 5K of plain text that is cut or copied to the clipboard. The translated text can then be pasted into any application.

• Cost: $ 69.00

• Power Translator Pro for Windows

Power Translator Pro translation software for Windows 95, 98, and NT translates French, German, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish and Italian. It works as a stand-alone translator or integrates directly in Word or WordPerfect for easy translation of any type of document. It even translates e-mail and Netscape or IE web pages.

• Cost: $159.00

• Global Writer 98 Professional

Create documents in a world of different languages quickly and easily with Global Writer 98 Professional. If you routinely type in a foreign language then you need this program now. Global Writer 98 has built-in support for over 100 languages and the most popular file formats.

• Cost: $149.00

• Universal Translator 2000

Instantly translates Documents, Web Pages, and E-mail in 40Languages. Universal Translator 2000 works right inside Office 97 and Office 2000 applications.

• Cost: $ 83.95

• R-Byte Translation

Whether you want your Web site to be translated or you need a translation of the documentation for your products, they offer a wide range of services, and will be happy to assist you.

• AltaVista Translations

A free service that translates any Web page or text into many different languages, but still doesn't translate pages in frames.However, it will give you the option to break each frame down for translation.

• Multilang

Multilang can provide your company with foreign language pages and automatically route overseas clients to your company's homepage in their native language.

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We at the Editorial Team would like to thank all our readers forreading NetDummy. Anyone considering marketing their product or service internationally should look into creating a Multi-Lingual Web site. This way you can reach a broader group of customers and increase your profitability. If there are any other sites or software that we may have missed please feel free to bring them toour attention at:

patrick@netdummy.com
ryan@netdummy.com
pete@netdummy.com

Sincerely
Patrick Stoddard
The Editorial Team