Thomas Jefferson famously said, “The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.” Brevity is a golden rule of writing. Along with brevity, clarity is another ingredient that will ensure your copy resonates with native and non-native English speakers alike. Content creators too often focus on their […]
Tell us who you are Katerina Burgess Where around the world are you based? UK What do you do in the localization/globalization world? CEO of Eurasian Linguistics, specialist legal and financial translation LSP Why did you join this amazing community? To hear and be heard What would you say is the greatest challenge facing our […]
How to champion international SEO at your company (5 min read) Find an ally! Learn. Start creating SEO optimized localization workflows today. Track your success. Rinse and repeat! Connecting with multilingual users In October 2020 59% of the global population, nearly 4.66 billion individuals, were actively using the internet. Cisco predicts the number of […]
Tell us who you are Vidya Ramachandran Where around the world are you based? New Delhi, India What do you do in the localization/globalization world? As a Senior Program Manager for Globalization at Adobe, I ensure that Adobe’s world class products are localized and available across geographies to users. As part of the engineering team […]
Translation is a complex process that requires various, integral stages in order for the task to be completed successfully. When a person needs a document, text, or any type of written file to be translated, they must first find a translation provider; this provider could be anything from a freelance translator to a translation agency! […]
Localization in any language is seldom an easy task, and localization into right-to-left (RTL) languages has its unique challenges. However, since Arabic is the fourth most popular language in the world and the demand in the Middle East market is continuing to grow over the years, we can’t continue avoiding these challenges. What are right-to-left […]
The client-vendor relationship is a mutually beneficial one. Or at least if they’re well nurtured they should be. Outsourcing work is pretty common in the language industry, helping companies to save substantial capital and training time, without the need to manage specialized personnel. However, in many cases, what is designed to relieve the client can […]
Tell us who you are Gabriela Acosta. Currently, Social Media Manager for the WL Argentina Chapter. Where around the world are you based? Buenos Aires, Argentina What do you do in the localization/globalization world? I am a Freelance Linguist, in the Spanish-English-Portuguese pairs, working sometimes as a solo translator, and sometimes with a team of […]
In December, LinkedIn kept reminding me that I am celebrating three years as a volunteer in the marketing department of Women in Localization. This started me on a nostalgic visit with our relationship, one of mostly love and dedication with a kindhearted and generous partner. I started working in localization in February 2017, after the […]
Why do women need a day, a month, or a professional organization? Many organizations devoted to women in business were created for one main goal… equality. Women in the Localization industry are not immune from inequalities that are faced in any other industry. However, there isn’t another organization that I can think of with Women […]