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» In Pursuit of the Cheapest Translation Cost Is translation still a service or has it become a commodity?
By Johannes Tan | Published 06/8/2005 | Business Issues | Recommendation:RateSecARateSecARateSecARateSecARateSecI
In the annals of management science, it is well understood that making the best choice at each stage of a process may not yield the best global solution. This principle is aptly illustrated by Scott Adams in The Dilbert Future (New York: HarperBusiness, 1997), where Dilbert reports to his pointy-haired boss: "You saved one million dollars by having programmers in Elbonia write software for us. But ...
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