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SUMMARY:WLPNW: How to elevate your career in the rapidly changing digital world
DESCRIPTION:The Pacific Northwest Chapter is hosting a panel of industry experts to discuss career\, navigating our fast evolving field\, and much more\n\n\nYou love localization\, now what? How to elevate your career in the rapidly changing digital world. \nLocalization has become a reality for businesses of all sizes and a necessity for them to grow in the global economy. This growth opens up a wide range of opportunities for localization experts. \nWhat this exponential growth means for us as localization industry professionals is that we are seeing more opportunities and a variety of career paths within the vast world of localization. It is possible to specialize in a specific function such as localization management\, engineering\, project or program management\, QA and testing or overall account management and strategy\, or focus on localization levels by industry or target audience. How do you advance your career in this infinite universe of possibilities? \n \nThe Women In Localization PNW chapter is excited to invite you to this event  that will feature a panel of industry professionals\, who will draw on their experience and talk about navigating the world of localization and how they explored and advanced their careers in the localization industry\, and much more. \n \nPlease join us virtually for an interactive panel on Wednesday\, June 16\, 2021\, from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM PDT to learn how to leverage your knowledge and expertise in potential roles that fit you and evolve your career in the localization industry. \n \nShare this page with your friends\, colleagues\, and those who you think might benefit from the experience of industry experts. \n \nOur expert panelists for the PNW WL panel discussion: \n \n– Manuela Noske\, Community Manager\, Translators without Borders \n– Lupe Gervás Pabón\, Senior Director – Globalization\, Disney+ \n– Lea Fields\, Global Program Director\, Acclaro
URL:https://womeninlocalization.com/event/wlpnw-how-to-elevate-your-career-in-the-rapidly-changing-digital-world/
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SUMMARY:WLEC: Finding Harmony: Translators and AI
DESCRIPTION:Four expert panelists from the worlds of academia\, freelance translation and LSPs answer all your questions about translation and AI.\n\n\nFollowing the success of our event Demystifying AI and NMT for Language Professionals\, we’ve brought together four expert panelists to continue the conversation. From the worlds of academia\, freelance translation and LSPs\, these industry professionals are here to answer all of your questions and share their first-hand experiences.  \nDate: Wednesday\, June 16\, 2021 \nTime: 12:00 PM – 1:30 p.m. ET \nLocation: Online  \n \nOur panelists\nEmre Akkas\, Former LSP CEO/CTO\, currently on sabbatical \nFrom 2009 to 2020\, Emre founded\, grew and exited Globalme\, a technology-focused language service company. He believes that embracing the capabilities of machines is the best way to survive through the AI era. According to Emre\, languages\, linguists and translators are all here to stay\, but certainly not the way we know them today. \n \nJoss Moorkens\, Associate Professor\, Dublin City University \nJoss is an associate professor and chair of postgraduate translation programs at the School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies at Dublin City University. He is also a Funded Investigator with the ADAPT Centre and a member of the Centre for Translation and Textual Studies. He has authored over 50 journal articles\, book chapters\, and conference papers on translation technology\, user interaction with and evaluation of machine translation\, translator precarity\, and translation ethics.  \n \nJane Nemcova\, Executive leader in AI and machine learning \nJane recently served as Managing Director of Lionbridge AI until May 2020\, when it was acquired for $935M. She is currently developing an AI startup\, serving as COO\, as well as advising AI data companies\, and teaching an introduction to AI for graduate students at Middlebury Institute of International Studies. Jane is an expert in artificial intelligence\, language and data support operations\, and strategies for enhancing global social impact in the area of text\, speech\, imaging\, geo and search. \n \nPeng Wang\, Localization expert\, database specialist\, language cultural expert \nPeng is the convener for EDUinLOC\, a part-time professor at the University of Ottawa\, and a freelance conference interpreter with the Translation Bureau. She conducted corpus-based translation studies at the University of Liverpool and worked in the Corpus Research Lab at Northern Arizona University. Peng’s current research interests include human learning vs. machine learning\, machine translation risk management\, terminology and multilingual data analysis. \n \nRegistration\nThis live event will be hosted on Zoom and it will be recorded. It’s free to attend but you have to register through Eventbrite so we can email you the Zoom login details. \nThe event is open to everyone but the recording will only be available to Women in Localization members. \n??? Not a member yet? Sign up here!\nMembership is completely free and provides… \n\nAccess to member-only content\, such as recorded events\, webinars and resources\, our job board\nDiscounts to events organized by our partner organizations\nCamaraderie\, networking and support from our members worldwide\nAnd much more! 🙂\n\nIf you have any questions\, please contact us at ec.chapter@womeninlocalization.com. \nWe hope you can join us! \nWomen in Localization Eastern Canada
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SUMMARY:WLIT: What an UXperience!
DESCRIPTION:What exactly is UX Writing and what do UX Writers do? In what way is this linked to Localization?\n\n\nWomen in Localization Italy is hosting a virtual panel discussion on UX Writing on 16 June 2021\, 6:30pm CET. Join us for some insights on one of the hottest topics of the moment\, UX Writing. To bring the most out of the discussion\, we have asked three incredible Italian experts in this field to join us in a panel discussion. Each of them will present their own point of view on UX Writing: \n \n•	Alice Morrone – Chief Innovation Officer of Leroy Merlin Italy and Author of #UX Writer Scrivere microcopy che convertano – Digital MasterMinds Founder  \n•	Serena Giust – UX Writer of one of the leading e-commerce Companies and Author of UX Writing. Micro testi\, macro impatto. Come parole ed emozioni guidano gli utenti nella navigazione \n•	Valentina Di Michele – Content Strategist @Officina Microtesti\, Founder of the community Microcopy & UX Writing Italia\, Author of Emotion Driven design (Apogeo 2020) \nYou can sign up here to the event (admission is free of charge) but do make sure you also register in advance to the actual Zoom meeting – you will find the link in the confirmation email (scroll the confirmation email until the end to find this link).  \n \nWe can’t wait to see you there! \n \nNOTE: this event will be held in Italian.
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