Archive for July, 2009

Nomura teaching Harvard grads to serve tea

« 30 July 2009 | 19:46 | Japan | No Comments »

Hot off Gen’s tweet, here’s a quick collection of posts as the ripple begins:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124882265902988289.html (the original article – behind a pay-wall)
http://dealbreaker.com/2009/07/nomura-finding-lehman-employee.php
http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=11762 (for comments)
http://www.finextra.com/community/fullblog.aspx?id=3133

Being most familiar with this exact pair of cultures – American and Japanese – I find this clash fascinating. It’s sad and depressing no doubt, and I don’t have much hope for [...]

Intern at myGengo!

« 20 July 2009 | 15:25 | diary | No Comments »

myGengo is hiring Interns! We are looking to hire one or two amazing, multilingual individuals who fit the following:

myGengo Talk : Resources on Translation

« 16 July 2009 | 20:57 | Internet, entrepreneurship, language, web2.0 | No Comments »

One of our very talented Interns has been hard at work on both myGengo Talk and the myGengo Blog – a repository of resources for translators, and news summaries on the translation industry, respectively. There is so much valuable and interesting information for polyglots and multicultural personalities alike, it’s fascinating. Research on many [...]