Starting a new career is one of the most challenging and exciting times in your life. Those of us who shift to a new career face all kinds of challenges from “entry-level” jobs that require years of experience, to a whole host of new tools to learn, to adjusting to company culture. It can get […]
The day I told my mom that I was pregnant, she cried. And not the happy tears that one expects with a pregnancy announcement, instead, they were tears of immense fear. I was 18, a freshman in college studying economics, with a full scholarship and my whole life ahead of me. We decided to keep […]
Can you imagine packing everything for your gap year, crossing the ocean and starting off as a nomad freelance translator from a tiny van in Melbourne, Australia? That’s exactly what Marta did in 2015, just after she graduated from Translation and Interpreting Studies in Trieste, Italy. Marta is an Italian translator, interpreter, digital content creator […]
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 […]
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 […]
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! […]
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 […]
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 […]
When I graduated with my Bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado-Boulder, I hadn’t the faintest idea of what was ahead for my career. A career in Linguistics and Chinese? What do I do with a B.A. in that? Upon graduating in 2011, I wasn’t exactly sure how to apply my degree towards a “new […]