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 […]
The goal of the wonderful (and free!) Women in Localization (W.L.) Mentorship Program is to empower women and deliver knowledge to provide guidance and career advancement. The program has been very popular since its introduction and we’d love to invite new mentors to share their knowledge. To demonstrate the impact being a mentor can make, […]
Whether we are offering advice to clients or supporting localization efforts for other departments in our organization, I think there is one thing we should bear in mind: we are not an island. In the last twenty years, translation and localization has been gaining attention across all industries. More and more companies have a dedicated […]
Localization has become a more robust and well-delimited industry over the last decade, but we must not forget that it is still relatively new, with most specialized companies and positions established during and after the 1990s. I talked with Konstantin Dranch, a localization expert with a background in journalism, market research and technology and he […]