"The fantasy series by J.K. Rowling is so wildly popular in China that several unauthorized Chinese translations have already appeared. On the Tsinghua site, a fan writing under the name Woodchuckle was so upset by Rowling’s ending that he wrote and posted his own."

"When SDL’s shareholders approved the purchase of TRADOS Inc. last month, SDL became by far the largest supplier of translation memory, terminology management, and translation workflow management products. SDL is also one of the world’s three largest language services providers (LSP). This article reports on the results of a GALA survey of language service providers about the impact of this acquisition. Its goal is not to comment on the business sense, wisdom, or moral propriety of this deal, but rather to convey the feelings of the industry about the deal."