Friday, October 13, 2006

difference between internationalization and globalization

昨天上口譯入門時跟Alan和Catherine聊到全球化跟國際化的不同
找到一些資料給大家參考

"全球化與國際化是兩個不同的概念。關於全球化的討論已經很多,它主要是通過市場來拉動的一個過程,比如中國製造的鞋子賣到全球市場,不管如何賣的,中國都參與了全球化。就這個意義來說,中國參與全球化已經很深了。而國際化與此完全不同,它更多地是指一個國家的規則、機制、觀念、語言、溝通方式等是否與國際接軌,它不僅要求參與,還要看參與的方式是什麼,以及能否獲得國際認同,在這個層面上中國的國際化則有待加強。"

很多情況下這兩個詞會混用就是了..如果找到什麼例子再補充上來。

3 comments:

喬伊 said...

thanks Karen!!!

Alex said...

It's so nice of you, Karen.

Alex said...

hey, this is what i found on Wikipedia.

Internationalization is sometimes used interchangeably with globalization to refer to economic and cultural effects of an increasingly interconnected world.

While internationalization most commonly refers to the addition of a framework for multiple language support, especially in software, it sometimes refers to the process whereby something (a corporation, idea, highway, war, etc.) comes to affect multiple nations. This usage is rare; globalization is preferred. Because of globalization, many companies and products are found in multiple countries worldwide, giving rise to increasing localization requirements.

Localization may describe production of goods nearer to end users to reduce environmental and other external costs of globalization.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalization

i suggest you look up "globalization" in the wikipedia, too.