How to Use a Laptop Computer as a Global Business Communication Tool

"This is Nokolai Pancritz with American Resource Network for Expert Village. So we now come into the next segment. We have a computer. We have a laptop that you're probably going to take on the road with you and connect with the local Internet providers. But there's going to be many places in the world, especially when you're dealing with former Communist lands or Communist countries or third-world countries that are going to have a problem with the Internet, because communication is going to be really a problem. But assuming they have, the laptop is going to come in very handy, because you're going to be contact your office, you're going to be on-line with your office all the time, check your emails, etc., etc., but assuming you have your computer, your laptop or whatever. Now the next thing obviously you need is the software, and that's what we're going to be looking at. The software that is going to make your communication so fast and so easy. So let's say this is your computer in your office, and let's say, just for example, you are dealing -- well, let's pick a country. Russia. Well, obviously, you don't know Russian. If you're in America, you probably don't know Russian. But I've met Americans that do speak Russian, which was very good. And that's one of the benefits about doing going internationally, because there's many things you need to learn when you're dealing with a country. The culture. The people. What makes them tick? What do they look at? But that's a different subject that we're going to be addressing later. This is just setting up your office for international trade, international business. Luckily, our Internet today, when you're on the Internet, you can easily go to websites. And say, for example, you're dealing with Russian and you want to research something about Russian banks, because that is a very important aspect of international trade. You want to make sure your money is safe. You want to make sure it funnels back and forth and you go to, well, bang! And suddenly, everything is in Russian. And you go well, all right. You are facing now a dilemma, either to hire a translator every time, which could be very costly, you know. Usually a translator will charge you a hundred bucks to two hundred dollars to translate. But on the Internet today, you can easily go to the Internet and have it immediately translated into English. So basically, when you come to a Russian site, and we just picked Russian just as an example. You came to a site and it's all in Russian, well next to it most of the time it says translate. When you push on it, it translates automatically into the English language. That's a very important feature and something to consider when you're doing international work because you will need to be able to communicate to your partners or read up on their business. That's it. And also, when you point at it, it gives you the Russian translations too."