Category Archives: business

The Blog Role

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Charlie

I promise to try to make this the last bit of blog-related navel gazing. I’ll also endeavour to make it the last post with an abysmal title including the word ‘blog’, but no promises on that score. Having been wondering … Continue reading →

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Article: Who sets prices?

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Charlie

I think this article fits in quite neatly with the Lionbridge hoo-hah, in terms of why there are a number of agencies in general who feel quite at ease with being the party that determines prices, unilaterally, on a take-it-or-leave-it … Continue reading →

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Liox and the feudal spirit

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Charlie

(I surely have to include the occasional Wodehouse reference in here, too…?) Another great post in Miguel Llorens’s blog. My jaw did indeed slow hang lower and lower as I read first that they thought they deserved some credit because … Continue reading →

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Liox :thumbsdown:

Posted on November 7, 2010 by Charlie

(Posted on Sunday 7 Mov 2010, written on Friday 5 Nov 2010) The saga rumbles on, as Quarter 3 results came out on Nov 4, and it does not make for joyful reading if you are with Lionbridge, looking at … Continue reading →

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Naughty, naughty Lionbridge

Posted on November 7, 2010 by Charlie

Email sent by Lionbridge towards end of Oct (29th? 30th?) 2010. Not to me, I don’t work for them, but it caused some hoo-hah. The global economic downturn of 2008 and 2009 affected all of us. Together, as translation partners, … Continue reading →

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