Has the washing machine changed the world more than the Internet? Do the latest technological advances really free translators or just tether them to their desks more than before? Why should one consider switching to cloud computing? We will search an answer to these questions by discussing cloud computing and collaborative translation technology to make process simpler, lean, and parallel and face the new translation industry mantra of “cheaper, faster, and better” to meet the growth in volume, velocity, and volatility. Doing more with less costs more, and technology is not enough; it must always be coupled with people.

1. Cloud Translation Luigi Muzii

2. I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.

3. What is the purpose of a new born baby?

4. More with less

5. Is Google making us stoopid?

6. The washing machine has changed the world more than the Internet

7. Foolish, ignorant, malignant, libelous, mad, impious and subversive

8. SaaS Paas IaaS

10. Simplified maintenance

12. Increased revenue cost

13. Dependence on Internet

14. Lower flexibility

16. Cheaper, faster, and better

17. Source: Common Sense Advisory

21. Lin Shu, one of the most prolific Chinese translators, did not know any foreign language

23. Assets

26. Disintermediation?

29. Stop, breathe, think: a problem is a problem only when it has no solution

30. Real progress happens only when advantages of a new technology become available to everybody.

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