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The Impact Of Languages On The Online Business Environment

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  • MUSEANU ELENA
  • COANCA MARIANA

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This paper deals with an analysis of the English language, as lingua franca of the Internet, mainly online business environment. If a business has already developed a Web site, it is important to translate the site into the target language of a particular foreign market. It sounds easy, but is a literal translation all that's required for a different culture? We shall see in the next parts of this paper. Indeed, nowadays, the whole humanity has at its disposal an exceptional, very powerful medium. The new communications technology is causing a revolution in many aspects of our lives, and its future effects are still unforeseeable English is an integral part of business communication, job opportunities and globalization. Cultural translation goes beyond mere linguistic translation, since it involves designing a Web site that is sensitive to the cultural differences, between the originated country and the target country. If you ask any search marketer what the main issue is when trying to optimize website(s) for Europe he will tell you: language.

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  • Museanu Elena & Coanca Mariana, 2010. "The Impact Of Languages On The Online Business Environment," Annals of Faculty of Economics, University of Oradea, Faculty of Economics, vol. 1(1), pages 113-120, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:ora:journl:v:1:y:2010:i:1:p:113-120
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    English; languages; Internet; global; business transaction; culture; e-commerce; localization;
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    • Z19 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Other

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