Women in Localization (W.L.) has been a high-motivating, career-focused volunteer organization in the localization industry. It plays such an important role that it offers its volunteers great opportunities for learning and experience. This article features Mimi Moore and Jennifer Vela-Valido, who both recognize that they would not hold their current positions if it weren’t for […]
Equal opportunity for women in the localization industry can be advanced by talking more about women-led localization successes. By putting women’s projects in the limelight, we celebrate achievements that may be otherwise overshadowed. This profile introduces you to three successful women in localization, their proudest moments and some key lessons. Ida Tin, Clue When we […]
We are all tired of the stream of information found online at the moment: the pandemic, working from home tips, the gazillion online courses you’ll never take or recipes you’ll never cook. Honestly, I find that frustrating and it makes me feel burned-out. During such tough times we need some solace. I decided to find […]
A Women in Localization view of the TAUS “Reinventing the Translation Industry” online event This June TAUS invited the industry to join them in a thought experiment to forecast the state of the language industry in the Summer of 2021 labelled “Que será será 2021 – Reinventing the Translation Industry”. The discussion focused on the […]
Your Questions Answered – At Home with W.L. UK It has been a couple of months since we held the first-ever online event for Women in Localization U.K. on 3 April 2020. And what an exciting evening it was! In the midst of the Coronavirus peak, we created a unique opportunity to have an honest […]
While the COVID-19 pandemic is presenting countless new challenges to our daily lives – although less so to our work environment, as Karen Gammarota notes so well in her recent blog post – as women, we continue to be confronted with stereotypical workplace barriers. Some of these include access to the necessary tools and strategies […]
As we approach International Women’s Day, the word “community” came to mind. There are so many definitions for the word community. To me, when I think of a community, I think of where I have felt supported, understood and, most of all, being myself. I remember the exact moment I felt this when I went […]
The language industry is dominated by women according to Common Sense Advisory. Yet, men still earn 19% more than women. But the real stories aren’t the ones that have been dissected by analysts and research reports. Rather, it’s the stories that women are afraid to share with anyone but a trusted few for fear of being […]
Legal and medical interpreting assignments require a deep knowledge of specialized terminology to help people communicate. But there’s another kind of interpreting work that requires specialized lingo and research into empires, galaxies, and eras spanning from medieval quests to outer space exploits to post-apocalyptic worlds. These varied realms are all in a day’s work for […]
With Spring just around the corner (here’s me being wildly optimistic about the British weather…), my thoughts turned to what exciting things will be happening in our industry and others where women are excelling and moving up in their roles, careers and life aspirations. Will you be celebrating those special friends in your life who […]