Useful Sites # 66 about Europe, Global Defense, Maps and Translations

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Really Useful Sites for International Trade Professionals Issue 66 Volume 3 
Number 18
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August 27, 2003
Issue 66
VOLUME 3 Number 18
 
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OUR FEATURED REGIONAL SITE -- EUROGUIDE
CENTER FOR DEFENSE INFORMATION
MAPSAREA.COM
TRANSLATION WIZARD


Hello, John McDonnell here, with your latest issue of Really Useful Sites for 
International Trade Professionals. In this issue I profile a site that will 
help you do business successfully with European Union countries. I also found a 
site that will keep you up to date on world terror hotspots. one that has links 
to just about every map and atlas on the Web, and one that will translate any 
language from Afrikaans to Yiddish.


OUR FEATURED REGIONAL SITE -- EUROGUIDE
http://www.euroguide.org/euroguide/subject-listing/

The European Union has been a good thing for international trade, because it 
centralized lots of opportunities. There are so many opportunities, however, 
that it can be overwhelming. That's why a site like Euroguide 
<http://www.euroguide.org/euroguide/subject-listing/> ( 
http://www.euroguide.org/euroguide/subject-listing/ ) is so useful. Euroguide, 
developed by a group of libraries, is a gateway to Web sites which contain 
information about the European Union. It's been around for awhile, but it's 
been updated so that you can now browse 60 subject categories (everything from 
Acronyms to Youth). When you do a search on Euroguide, the links take you to 
specific pages within sites, instead of just the home page, so you find the 
information you need as fast as possible.  

CENTER FOR DEFENSE INFORMATION
http://www.cdi.org

With terrorism becoming a fact of life in so many parts of the world, it pays 
for international businesspeople to stay up to date on terror "hot spots" in 
the globe. You'll find that the Web site of The Center for Defense Information 
<http://www.cdi.org/> ( http://www.cdi.org ) is a valuable resource. Started by 
retired senior U.S. military officers, CDI is a non-partisan, non-profit 
organization that does independent research on the social, economic, 
environmental, political and military components of global security. The site 
has up-to-date articles and analysis on topics like North Korea, space 
security, missile defense, Al Qaeda, U.S.-Arab military relations, and much 
more.  



FITA's GLOBAL TRADE BOOK STORE
http://www.fita.org/marketplace/books.php 
<http://fita.m.xtenit.com/ct.jsp?uz327937Biz141009>

FITA's Global Trade Book Store 
<http://fita.m.xtenit.com/ct.jsp?uz327937Biz141009> 
(http://www.fita.org/marketplace/books.php) offers some of the best books and 
publications available on international business and importing and exporting. 
One reader reviews the book Export Import 
<http://fita.m.xtenit.com/ct.jsp?uz327937Biz141010> by Joseph A. Zodl as 
follows:

"Zodls book was one of many Ex/Im books Ive looked at. His book is a quick read 
and one can easily finish it in one sitting. He has enough detail to give you 
an excellent overview of ExIm and also plenty of guidelines and pointers to 
strong resources. With this book, you should have enough to take your business 
into ExIm without much difficulty. You will have to learn more, or course, but 
Zodl gives you enough information to seek the right team and expert advice 
(many times free expert advice) and ask the correct questions."

Another reader reviews the book Building an Import/Export Business 
<http://fita.m.xtenit.com/ct.jsp?uz327937Biz141011> by Kenneth D. Weiss

"I bought a whole library of Ex/Im titles to learn the trade, and I must tell 
you that starters in this business will not find a better book. It is very well 
written, holds your hands, yet very entertaining and indeed you learn the whole 
business of Export-Import. A decent high-school student can read through this 
book and right away open his own Ex/Im startup. And by the way, there is 
absolutely no riches overnight. If you hussle, and stick with it, you'll 
triumph."




MAPSAREA.COM
http://www.mapsarea.com

I like maps. Maybe it's the visual presentation of information, or maybe it's 
that maps make me dream about traveling, or maybe it's just that I like to know 
my place in the world. Whatever the reason, I can't resist looking at a map, 
even if I'm not going anywhere. If you're like me, you'll love 
http://www.mapsarea.com <http://www.mapsarea.com/> ( http://www.mapsarea.com/ 
). It's a gateway to world maps and atlases, and it's got enough to keep you 
occupied for weeks. There are maps of continents, oceans, outer space, planets, 
weather systems, and roads, to name just a few. There are also atlases of 
information, like a historical atlas of the 20th century, that present 
statistics (population, wars, mortality, etc.) in a visual format that is easy 
to understand.  

TRANSLATION WIZARD
http://www.faganfinder.com/translate

Even though English is the second most widely used language (behind Mandarin 
Chinese), there are times, especially if you do business internationally, when 
a knowledge of English isn't enough to get the job done. That's when you need 
to visit the Translation Wizard <http://www.faganfinder.com/translate/> ( 
http://www.faganfinder.com/translate ) site. Just type some words in the 
translation box, select the applicable languages, and the Wizard will translate 
for you. The Wizard can handle a wide variety of languages, from Afrikaans to 
Yiddish, and it will even identify a language for you, if you have a document 
or Web site that's written in a language you don't know. 





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