If you’re fortunate, you work for an organization that has a clear commitment to gender equality. One that values the diverse experiences and perspectives of all employees, knowing that it helps drive business results. Studies have proved this, after all. Companies with female executives are more likely to outperform those with fewer women executives, or […]
Tell us who you are Fiona Woodford, Global Connects Where around the world are you based? Scotland, UK What do you do in localization/globalization world? Head of Language Services for a Translation company who work on government contracts Why did you join this amazing community? To see other successful women and rejoice in their success […]
Tell us who you are Rivka Kroes, a Dutch Localization Professional and the Membership Manager for the W.L. Netherlands chapter. Where around the world are you based? In the Utrecht area of the Netherlands. What do you do in localization/globalization world? I work in production, initially as a Project Manager and now in Quality Control. […]
Tell us who you are Vasso Pouli Where around the world are you based? Greece What do you do in the localization/globalization world? I am currently the CEO of Commit Global, a language service provider based in Greece, with offices in Cyprus and the US. I am also the Mentorship and Education Manager of the […]
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 […]