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World's Largest Chinese Dictionaries Language | Technology | Business Region Focus: China The translation market in the People’s Republic of China Preparing your product for the Chinese market Website globalization and e-business for China Mandarin translations of South Park Adapting e-learning to Chinese norms The three-layers approach to software internationalization 01 Cover #102.indd 1 2/26/09 10:19:22 AM HAVE YOU EVER BEEN MIFFED ABOUT MIF FILES? If you would like to eliminate countless DTP hours from your current process, turn the page. LIFT HERE 02 AlchemyInsideFront.indd 1 2/26/09 10:25:14 AM EXPERIENCE THE DIFFERENCE ADVANCED LEVERAGING TM TECHNOLOGY MAKES WHY REPLACE OR COMPLEMENT YOUR EXISTING TM WITH MULTITRANS? 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