Culture, Language and Travel Tools

Provided below are links to IEEE and non-IEEE supported websites containing tools and information that might be of assistance when doing business transnationally.

Please note that links to popular non-IEEE websites are provided for convenience and do not imply endorsement, or affiliation, of these sites by the IEEE.

Currencies:
There are more than 300 currencies around the world.

Holiday Calendars:

Ten Years Calendar (pdf)
Holidays for US and Canada (pdf)
International 10 Year Holiday Calendar (xls)

Time and Date Calendars:

Information about Etiquette and Manners:

International Business Etiquette and Manners

Time Conversion / World Clock:
Use these tools to determine local times and time zones when you plan a meeting.

Actual time around the world
Time Converter
International Standard Date and Time Notation
- Summary of ISO 8601

Language Translators:
Usually the most automatic translators could do the job for and to English, French, German, Spanish and even Chinese, Japanese, Russian or Korean. But remember that the translation is far from being perfect and must be used for a help only.

Alta-Vista
Systran
Google
Free2Professional
Dictionary Chinese to English
Chine Nouvelle (Chinese converter to English, French, German, Spanish. Note: Site in French)

World Information and Datas:

Last Updated: 2007-07-03