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It would be no understatement to say that the tool market for the translation industry is going through an exciting time.
Despite
this flurry of
activity, there are very few publications that cover the tool sector of
the
language industry. MultiLingual
is clearly the leader in the print sector, but the only other relevant
publication is the Tool Kit,
my bi-weekly newsletter that is
specifically geared toward software tools for the translation industry.
As of
this writing, app. 10,000 members of the translation community have
directly subscribed to the Tool
Kit, and
it also goes out to a variety of newsgroups with several more thousand
readers. This response underscores the growing
acceptance of technology in the translation process. At the same time,
it shows
that a great number of people in our industry are looking for advice on
how to
invest in technology that will make their translation more efficient. And this is good news for tool vendors. The Tool Kit newsletter provides the best possible exposure to a highly focused user group that is intensely interested in what's happening in the translation tools industry. According to my estimates, 75% of my subscribers are freelancers, while the other 25% are corporate or in-house language professionals.
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