Localization Today

No one knows history like the people who experienced it. Industry veterans Inger Larsen, Silvia Benassi, and Nancy Pollini witnessed the massive expansion of language work alongside globalization and advancements in computer technology, and they experienced similar challenges and triumphs along the way — many directly tied to their gender. These are their stories, told in their own words.

Fresh off a year in Acolad’s CEO seat, Bertrand Gstalder sees a chance for the language industry to distinguish itself with its already-engrained values of sustainability, human creativity, and productive communication.

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Brookes introduces the first World Endangered Writing Day: a celebration of writing not just as a useful set of symbols but as an expressive range of cultural artifacts and practices.

Fuentes Corradi urges LSPs to adapt their services to the AI era or risk obsolescence: “Without a new alignment, future LSP offerings will not meet enterprise goals and potentially drive companies to search for new collaborations and holistic offerings.”

These days, software is essential to how we get things done, with certain apps used ubiquitously throughout the world. Having led localization and internationalization teams at two global software companies — first Microsoft and now Uber — Hameed Afssari believes that software products should be easy to use for everyone, no matter what language they speak or where they live.

Rughetti and Millet share their advice for effective language service planning in light of new EU regulations on clinical studies. With a streamlined submission process and tightened timescales, high-quality translation is essential to ensure patient engagement and safety.

Women in Localization prioritizes recognizing and honoring the volunteers who offer their time and expertise to host workshops, organize gatherings, facilitate communication, and much more. To that end, the nonprofit has implemented not just one, but two award programs to highlight individuals who truly went above and beyond the call of duty.

The notion that a person can feel guilt, like someone can feel joy or sadness, is foreign to the Tibetan psyche. Also foreign to the Tibetan worldview is the concept of victimhood as a fixed identity status. Kubota considers what we can learn from these perspectives in dealing with Western criminal justice systems.