GPI finishes award winning year with a total of 12 website awards in 2006

Washington, DC - Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Globalization Partners International (GPI) finishes award winning year with a total of 12 website awards in 2006!

Globalization Partners International (GPI), a provider of document, software and website translation services, announced today that two of its corporate websites, www.globalizationpartners.com and www.globalwidgets.com won a total of 12 website awards throughout 2006.

Awards included:

Two Awards for Outstanding Achievement from the Web Marketing Association (WMA)
Two Gold Awards from World Wide Web Awards
Three Silver Awards from the W3 International Academy of Visual Arts Awards
Four Gold Awards from the Davey Awards
One Silver Award from the Davey Awards
Selected as an Official Honoree in the Webby Awards Competition

“Our websites won a range of categories in five of the six contests we entered including, ‘Best Professional Services, Best Microsite, Best Landing page, Best International Business Interactive Application, Best Structure and Navigation, and Best Home Page’,” says Martin Spethman, GPI’s Managing Partner. “The 2006 W3 Awards received over 2,300 entries, the Davey Awards received over 3,500 entries and The American Association of Webmasters received roughly 16,000 applications making the awards and recognition received by GPI especially significant.”

“GPI provides website internationalization, localization and translation services to interactive agencies and end clients in order to help them globalize their websites and web applications,” says Ken Renfro, GPI’s Director of Operations. “Our own sites showcase our skills in utilizing global best practices for designing, developing and deploying multilingual websites, as well as our new global search engine optimization launch services.”

GPI offers one of the most comprehensive website translation packages in the marketplace with services including:

  • Website Globalization Strategy
  • Content, Creative and Technology Consultation
  • Glossary Development
  • Cultural Correctness Assessments and Customizations
  • Translation and/or copy writing
  • Graphics Localization
  • Localization of Multimedia (Authoring, Recording and Talent)
  • Search Engine Marketing (country-specific SEO)
  • Website Quality Assurance & Testing