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Working from home is easier for some and harder for others. As someone who works from home regularly, I would like to share with you some of my favorite tips and best practices that I have learned and tested over the years to make work from home work for you. 1.   Play around with our […]

Tell us who you are? Tanya Sapty Prabhu, Mentoring Manager Where around the world are you based? Toronto, Canada #WLEC What do you do in the localization/globalization world? I am a client person, technical writer and French to English translator. I founded my own company to produce translations written and proofread for both accuracy, and […]

The Middlebury Institute of International Studies (MIIS) in Monterey, California, is one of the few schools around the world with a Localization-focused program for graduate students. It is therefore no wonder that students from all over the world come to Monterey to get their master’s degree in Translation and Localization Management at MIIS. According to […]

If you think of the real beating heart of our professional world, i.e. the millions of freelance translators working from their own homes, it’s easy to realize that remote work has been instilled in the DNA of our industry globally since forever, as a true enabler of anything we do. Every day, remote interpreters help […]

Adapting your business to the global coronavirus pandemic Is your business looking to engage with international consumers in new ways, as it adapts to the changes resulting from different countries’ reactions to the new coronavirus? If so, website localization is likely near the top of your task-list (if it’s not, write it there now!). In […]

Agencies are facing major challenges with resources and tech infrastructure while trying to meet the ever-increasing localization demands of OTT platforms in India. Many of these challenges exist for other world languages too. TRANSLATORS ARE NOT AN EXACT FIT FOR THE SUBTITLER ROLE No doubt there are many LSP’s in India who sell translation and […]

More than 50% of online shoppers purchase from a company located outside of their home country. The marketing and selling of products beyond borders is a reality that even the smallest e-commerce company can benefit from. This is all possible because of constantly evolving technology. International markets that were previously inaccessible can now be engaged […]

Business Director and Program Manager at Mother Tongue Program Director of WL Membership Committee Tell us a bit about yourself and your role as Business Director and Program Manager at Mother Tongue. I grew up in Piemonte, Italy. My hometown is at the border with France up on the Alps, so French has always been […]

Interview with industry experts Winnie Heh and Max Troyer at MIIS   Twenty years ago, there was no opportunity to study for a degree or equivalent qualification in “localization” – it was a subject you picked up on the job, primarily by being a project manager. Now the importance of producing qualified job candidates who […]

As LocWorld39 in Kuala Lumpur ends, another big event in the language industry is waiting to start. Swooshing across the globe from Asia to Europe, localization professionals will be meeting again at the end of the month to participate at GALA’s 2019 annual conference, taking place in Munich March 24-27, 2019. A jam-packed agenda has […]