Measuring translation quality has evolved with tried and tested metrics to evaluate linguistic accuracy and fluency. More often than not, these measurement techniques are applied to transcreation when a different approach may be more beneficial. Since creativity is at the heart of transcreation, the standard quality metrics often won’t cut it for measuring whether the […]
Happy International Women’s Day to the AWESOME women around! It’s time to embrace the women power and leaning in together! This is the year of “Balance for Better”. Excellence does not differentiate between genders rather it recognizes talent and taking it to the next level. In today’s times’ workplace gender equality can only be achieved where employees are able to get […]
SUBTITLING Subtitling is the process of translating spoken dialogue into written text on the screen. It is a type of audiovisual translation, with its own set of rules and guidelines. Uncle Tom’s Cabin was the first movie to be subtitled in the year 1903. In those days subtitles were known as intertitles. But after the […]
Website localization can be very challenging in general, and localization into Russian presents its own special set of challenges, starting with the Cyrillic alphabet and ending with different preferences and expectations of Russian speakers. These challenges can be broken into 2 categories: design and content. Both of them can be overcome with a little planning… […]
In our globalized, hyper-connected world, the role of translators has certainly become crucial but also increasingly complex. As professional linguists, our task no longer consists of “simply” reproducing a source text into a target language; now more than ever, we are required to be multi-skilled to meet the challenges of global communication in a […]
Things started happening in October 2017 when I was a Director of Engineering at Perforce Software. I was given an opportunity to take the lead to drive and implement the localization of our core products and documentation to improve our footprint in the APAC market. Being in engineering and building products is one thing, but […]
As the year is quickly moving toward its end, I wanted to give insight on how Women in Localization rolled this year. As President of the 2018 Board, I observe and pay a lot of attention as our Members, Board, Committees, Partners, Sponsors and Advisors drive leadership in our globalization profession. I try to read […]
India has become a giant marketplace in recent years. She is becoming a critical player in e-commerce as she starts the transition to a cashless society with online services like Paytm. This major transition arrived with a changing trend in globalization and with the increase in internet connectivity and the resultant e-commerce. Inevitably, the focus […]
Women In Localization has been expanding globally for the past few years and going global Is methodically curated by a Committee. Women in Localization’s Global Expansion committee is chaired this year by Michele Smith, W.L. Board Member. Executive Director Kristin Gutierrez is responsible for partnering with Geo Managers Cecilia Maldonado for the North Americas, Miyuki […]
Back in 2008, Facebook asked its users to help translate its then unlocalized site into other languages – within a year of launching this project, Facebook was available in 16 languages. Following Facebook’s success with translation crowdsourcing, other companies and organizations started to adopt the idea of utilizing volunteer translators for their localization needs. […]