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27 October, 2011 -- After successfully cooperating with Beijing International Studies University, EC Innovations signed another cooperation contract with the School of Foreign Language, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, on 27 October, 2011. The two parties aim to create work placements at EC to develop translation talents for the field of localization.Please click here for the details.
30 March 2011, Beijing, China - E-C Translation Ltd., the Beijing-based, technology-driven language services provider with a mission to provide high-quality localization solutions to its valued clients, is pleased to announce today the re-branding of its business to EC Innovations. In Phase One, the re-branding includes the new name as well as a new company logo. Phase Two will include a new website and a new product launch.Please click here for the details.
27 September, 2010 -- EC Innovations was once again recognized by the Translators Association of China (TAC) with the honor of being named a "Top 10 Excellent Translation Enterprise" for Second Consecutive Year in 2010. Please click here for the details.
13 May, 2010 -- The awards ceremony for the most influential institutions in the English language teaching industry was held on May 13, 2010 in Beijing, and was hosted by the 21st Century English Newspapers. The awards were presented to 50 organizations in six categories: publishing companies, language training companies, translation service providers, e-Learning product producers, overseas study service providers, and institutions with special merit. EC Innovations was selected as one of the top five most influential translation service providers. Please click here for the details.
21 April, 2010 -- As a featured part of the 8th annual China International Software Conference (ChinaSoft 2010), the LISA forum was held on April 19, 2010. EC Innovations (Chengdu), one of the largest localization service providers in Asia, made an outstanding contribution in co-organizing the forum. Please click here for the details.
13 November, 2009 -- EC Innovations was named a Top 10 Translation Enterprise of 2009 by the TAC (Translators Association of China) in Beijing. The award was a further recognition of EC’s leading position in China's translation and localization industry. Please click here for the details.
21 June, 2009 -- EC Innovations, as one of the largest localization service providers in Asia, sponsored the China Translation Profession Forum. EC President, Dr. James Wei, a senior expert in the translation and localization industry delivered a speech on career development and planning in localization industry. Please click here for the details.
May, 2009 -- CEO of EC Chengdu office, Ms. Jane Du, was interviewed by 'Chengdu Software' Magazine". During the interview, Ms. Du specifically introduced the rapid development of the localization industry in China. As more businesses come to China with new language requirements, the Chinese localization industry enters a new golden era. By entering the Chengdu · Global Multi-Language Information Processing Center recently, EC Chengdu will have more opportunities to provide the best professional services to help clients expand their business globally. Please click here for the details.
24 April, 2009 -- The unveiling ceremony of the Chengdu Global Multi-language Information Processing Center and multi-language information industry seminar was held at the Chengdu Hi-Tech Zone. EC Innovations, one of the largest localization and translation service providers in Asia, was among the first batch of localization and translation enterprises authorized by the municipal government to enter the center. The multi-language information industry seminar featured a presentation by Ms. Du Xiaofen, head of the EC Chengdu office. Please click here for the details.
30 Dec., 2008 -- As usual, EC Innovations (EC) conducted its annual customer satisfaction survey at the end of 2008, and has once again received glowing reviews from its clients. A total of 96% of the respondents commented that the service was excellent and they would definitely recommend EC to other companies needing localization services. Please click here for the details.
11 Nov., 2008 -- The lingering global financial crisis has been constantly worsening, creating worries around the world. How can translation companies deal with the financial crisis? Please click here for this detailed discussion.
7 Oct, 2008 -- Organizing businesses on a global scale is one of the most complex managerial challenges. This is especially the case when international activities are subject to increasing diversity and the uncertainty of local social and cultural habits. EC Innovations (EC), one of the largest localization and translation service providers in Asia, developed a web-based Translation Business Management System, providing EC Innovations with a powerful competitive edge. Please click here for the details.
27 August, 2008 -- EC Innovations, as one of the largest localization service providers in Asia, sponsored the 18th FIT World Congress and delivered a speech in a localization seminar. Please click here for the details.
25 July, 2008 -- As the FIT (International Federation of Translators) World Congress will soon be held in China for the first time, the President of EC Innovations (EC), Dr. James Wei, a senior expert in the translation and localization industry, was recently interviewed by the journal China Report. Please click here for the details.
25 June, 2008 -- EC Innovations (EC), is now offering an exciting internship opportunity to current students and recent graduates worldwide. Please click here for the details.
29 May, 2008 -- EC Innovations (EC) has quickly raised money to help those affected by the catastrophic Chinese earthquake. Please click here for the details.
25 April, 2008 -- EC Innovations (EC), has recently expended its overall team to 180 full-time employees. This expansion involves EC’s Beijing headquarters and its main production and sales branches in Shenyang, Chengdu and Shanghai. Personnel new to the team include project managers, translators, DTP engineers, and sales representatives. Please click here for the details.
After more than ten years of development, Chinese localization suppliers have accumulated solid experience and mastered advanced tools and technologies. As Chinese localization suppliers gain more recognition and increase their prominence in this industry, more and more clients hope that the Chinese vendors will handle not only their requests for Asian languages, but also European languages. This trend brings more business opportunities to Chinese vendors, but in the meantime, makes Chinese vendors face new challenges in meeting client expectations of the same low cost and quality. Please click here for the details.
February 25, 2008 -- EC Innovations (EC) reached 97 of 100 evaluation points, and has therefore been rated as an "Outstanding Supplier" by Siemens according to their most recent supplier evaluation. Please click here for the details.
January 30, 2008 – EC Innovations (EC) recently conducted its annual customer satisfaction survey for 2007. The result was that an overwhelming 98% of the respondents said their experience with EC met their expectations. Please click here for the details.
December 29, 2007 will be an exciting day for EC Innovations, as it will hold its New Year's 2008 party with exciting and amusing attractions including staff skits, lucky draws, a sea food buffet, games, a spa, movies, and much more. Over the past ten years, EC has successfully become a warm and harmonious family with mutual respect all around. Please click here for the details.
December 19, 2007 -- Each year during the holiday season, we take great pleasure to send a heartfelt message to all our best friends and custoerms. How joyful we are that this time has come again to extend to you our sincere gratitude. Please click here to see a card for you.
November 23, 2007 -- EC Innovations (EC), participated in the 2007 Tekom conference held in Wiesbaden, Germany from November 7th to 9th, where Shirley Yeng, CEO of EC’s Singapore office, delivered a very successful presentation about how to Find Chinese Localization Partners. Please click here for the details.
October 29, 2007 -- EC Innovations unveiled today a freelance portal release of its self-developed Translation Business Management System (TBMS). Coming after one year of successful internal operation of this system, the new freelance portal provides a point for EC’s freelancers to gain real-time access to this internal system to get project assignments, make deliveries and check for related information. Please click here for the details.
September, 2007 --Which criteria can help you choose from the large pool of Chinese localization and translation providers? Our Chief executive of Singapore office Shirely Yeng has recently published an article in the Sept/Oct issue of tcworld magazine to discuss about some qualification criteria, that will help international companies to find and evaluate the right localization partner in China. Please click here for the details.
September 26, 2007 -- EC Innovations is continuing to expand its Desktop Publishing (DTP) force with the addition of five new experienced members to the team. This expansion comes on the heels of the addition of three members to the DTP department just a few months ago. Please click here for the details.
EC Innovations Inc. celebrated its tenth anniversary on June 30 and July 1. To mark this special time for the company, EC redesigned its Website and organized a celebration ceremony in Beiing. Staff from branches flew in to gather together, sharing the happiness of success and expectations for a brighter future. Please click here for the celebration details.
EC will continue to contribute to the localization industry in 2007. As one of the program committees for the Localization World Spring conference held in Shanghai, China on 20-22 March 2007, EC President Dr. James Wei provided strong support for the conference's arrangement and collaboration.
It is now the holiday season again! Our company would like to express our sincere gratitude to all of our clients for giving such great support to our business. We wish you a Merry Christmas and your esteemed company a new year of continuing prosperity and success! Please click here to see a card for you.
In October 2006, EC attended the Localization World Conference held in Montreal, Canada.
At the LISA Global Strategies Summit held in New York, USA, 26-30 June 2006, the session led by our CEO Shirley Yeng called "Localization Vendor Qualification in China" ranked SECOND among a total of 12 Workgroup sessions which were represented mainly by companies in Europe and the USA.
In May 2006, EC President Dr. James Wei went to Spain for the Localization World Conference.
In April 2006, EC President Dr. James Wei and CEO of the Singaporean branch Shirley Yeng attended the LISA Forum held in Shanghai, where Dr. Wei gave a talk on localization vendor qualification.
In January 2006, Telelogic, the leading global provider of software and services for Enterprise Lifecycle Management (ELM), began to entrust its localization projects to EC.
After a long time of providing localization services to HP through Multilingual Vendor (MLV), EC became HP China's direct strategic service provider for localization in December 2005.
In July 2005, EC established another production base in Chengdu. EC now has five branches around Asia, in Shanghai, Shenyang, Chengdu, Hong Kong, and Singapore. This presence around Asia allows us to fully support our clients.
2004 was another fruitful year for EC. Motorola, Microsoft, Cisco, Google, Siemens, Honeywell, GE, Canon, LG, Samsung, and many other well-known companies continue to work with EC.
In 2003, EC successfully provided localization and translation service to well-known companies such as IBM, Sun, Serena, and JUJI.
Dr. James Wei, manager of EC, recently finished a paper that addresses critical questions often asked by clients about the differences between traditional Chinese and simplified Chinese.Please click here to contact us for a free copy.
EC is equipped with TTT/PC to localize software that runs on IBM AS400.
EC won the subcontract from BGS to localize the banking software for Fiserv in 2002. Fiserv is a leading financial service provider for banking, insurance, and other industries. The project required the work of 27 full-time employees for six months.
EC upgraded TRADOS to Team Version 5.0 in 2002. We also upgraded to Catalyst 4.0, RoboHELP office X3, and SDLX 4.0.
EC was selected as a localization service provider for SAS China in 2002. SAS is one of the largest data mining and enterprise solution providers in the world.
EC won SUN's global localization vendor bidding in 2001. EC is now a preferred localization vendor for SUN's Asian language localization projects.
EC was equipped with Mac (OS9.2) in 2001, enabling us to provide full DTP services on Mac and PC.
EC was certified as a corporate member of ATA (American Translation Association) in 2001.
EC won a subcontract from Interpro to localize the financial and ERP software for Mapics in 2000. Mapics is one of the big financial and ERP software developers in the world.
In 2000, EC was selected as a preferred vendor by eTranslate for Asian language website localization. eTranslate provides website localization for international companies.
Berlitz selected EC as a preference vendor for Chinese localization and translation projects in 1999 and cut four other service providers in China. Berlitz is one of the largest localization/translation service providers in the world, with 120 years of history in the industry. We shave been working with Berlitz for five years.
EC was selected by PTC from among 27 candidates as a preferred vendor for itsCAD/CAM software localization in 1999. PTC is one of the world's biggest and earliestCAD/CAM software developers. We have been working with PTC for five years.
EC was selected as a vendor by SDL for Siebel Software localization in 1999. Siebel isone of the world's largest and earliest CRM and ERP software developers.
