Globally Speaking

How do you localize for Japanese Netflix users who are way too young to know the language's three different writing systems--hiragana, katakana and kanji? Nexflix has found the answer, And the success to prove it.

How do you localize for Japanese Netflix users who are way too young to know the language's three different writing systems—hiragana, katakana and kanji? Netflix has found the answer.  And the success to prove it. Click here to view how Netflix approaches their UI for kids in Japan: http://bit.ly/GSpeakNetflixSlidesYuka Ogasawara is a Language Manager for Japanese at Netflix-Tokyo. She is responsible for localizing marketing copies, synopses and titles of various movies while maintaining a high local language quality for the Japanese market.

In this week’s episode of Globally Speaking, our hosts discuss the Machine Translation Maturity Model (MTMM) with Jordi Mon Companys, Global Product Marketing Director, and Valeria Cannavina, Senior Project Manager at Donnelley Language Solutions.

In this week’s episode of Globally Speaking, our hosts discuss the Machine Translation Maturity Model (MTMM) with Jordi Mon Companys, Global Product Marketing Director, and Valeria Cannavina, Senior Project Manager at Donnelley Language Solutions. Jordi Mon Companys is the Global Product Marketing Manager at Donnelley Language Solutions. He regularly works with designers and coders with a clear focus on product strategy, launch and growth. Valeria Cannavina is a Senior Project Manager at Donnelley Language Solutions. She has extensive experience with process improvement and intra-company workflow innovations.

Box, an enterprise content management platform that solves simple and complex challenges, including sharing and accessing files—with advanced security far beyond traditional methods—has a lot of benefits to offer localization professionals. Find out why.

Box, an enterprise content management platform that solves simple and complex challenges, including sharing and accessing files—with advanced security far beyond traditional methods—has a lot of benefits to offer localization professionals. Find out why. 

Japan is often considered to be the toughest localization market in the world. And in many respects, it is. But as the world's third-largest economy, Japan offers countless opportunities for companies—and LSPs—who take the time to understand how Japanese localization differs from standard practices in Europe, the Americas, and even other Asian countries. Join us for a guided tour of the Japanese localization market.

Japan is often considered to be the toughest localization market in the world. And in many respects, it is. But as the world's third-largest economy, Japan offers countless opportunities for companies—and LSPs—who take the time to understand how Japanese localization differs from standard practices in Europe, the Americas, and even other Asian countries. Join us for a guided tour of the Japanese localization market. 

No doubt about it, translation and localization services are a labor of love. But let's face it, we all need to get paid...and paid well. Learn how one translator has mastered the art of getting paid quickly—while avoiding wasteful transaction costs.

No doubt about it, translation and localization services are a labor of love. But let's face it, we all need to get paid...and paid well. Learn how one translator has mastered the art of getting paid quickly - while avoiding wasteful transaction costs. Eve Lindemuth Bodeux is a Localization Consultant for Rebel Translations. She provides localization, translation, transcreation and project management services for product adaptations around the world.