L10N Radio

Leon Leid, Localization Project Manager at InEight joined us on the International Buzz to discuss software localization. He shared with us how they got their localization department started, the difficulty of implementing localization in the development process and his wish for a live preview during the translation work.

Wordbee’s Mark Shriner and Max Troyer, Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator of the Translation & Localization Management program at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey talk about Monterey, careers and educations in the localization industry.

Milica Panic, Product Marketing Manager at TAUS, joined us at The International Buzz, to discuss what TAUS' mission is and talk about Language Quality Assurance (LQA) and how it is influenced by the gig economy.

Patrizia Napoli talks about the idea behind her language service consultancy company called Language Box. From her experience as a consultant but also as a freelance translator she knows that localization is often still an afterthought and strives to drive awareness to the industry. Once you experience automation and the wide range of possibilities of a good Translation Management System you will never go back to!

In this episode of the International Buzz we talk to Bruno Herrmann, previous Digital Globalization Director at Nielsen. While discussing the need for snackable content, he also explains what it takes to produce good global content, and why he prefers referring to AI as automated intelligence as an alternative definition.

International Buzz talks with Mareike Bouriga about GALA Boston 2018, her experience in the localization industry, and some of the key features and benefits of the Wordbee Translator platform.

In this episode your co-hosts Tanja Falkner & Robert Rogge talked to Kate Edwards, independent consultant in her own company Geogrify and former Executive Director of IGDA. Kate is an expert in providing geocultural and geopolitical content strategies, and told us how her job allows her to mix two things she's absolutely passionate about - culturalization & video games. If you don't know what culturalization is you should definitely check out this podcast because a lot can happen if you're not aware of its importance, like having to fly to Dubai for damage control...

In this episode of The International Buzz we spoke with Luigi Muzii, founder of sQuid, about having controversial opinions and the issues one is facing when being outspoken. We discussed quality standards, error prevention, and which part technology plays in solving problems. Luigi has been in the industry since 1982, working as a translator, individual consultant and public speaker. His recently published book "Upstream" features all articles he's written in the past 10 years.

International Buzz guest host Mark Shriner talks with Dion Wiggins CTO and Co-Founder of Omniscien Technologies about the latest developments with machine translation and the localisation industry overall. Dion introduces the newest MT technology, and shares his views about where MT is making it's greatest inroads, and what translators should expect in the future.

In this episode of International Buzz Jost Zetzsche talks about the importance of translation, the role of professional linguists, and shares his views on emerging technologies that will affect the localization industry.