What does it really mean to be “AI mature” in the localization industry?

In this episode of Localization Today, Eddie Arrieta sits down with Gabriel Karandyšovský, industry researcher and consultant at Gabe’s Lab and Argos Multilingual, to explore the AI Maturity Model—a framework designed to help localization teams understand where they stand in their AI journey. From AI-Aware to AI-Transformed, Gabe walks us through the five stages, the reasoning behind the model, and how companies can assess their current stage in less than 20 minutes.

We also discuss how different teams adopt AI at different speeds, the evolving roles within localization, and the real-world value of mapping progress.

In this special roundtable episode, four voices from the language industry’s podcasting scene—Dieter J. Runge, Stephane Huyghe, Jan Hinrichs, and Eddie Arrieta —come together to share how their podcasts got started, the gear they love (or loathe), the balance between quality and authenticity, and why consistency beats perfection.

Supertext is making a bold move by putting AI translation at the center of its strategy—but with a twist.

CEO Sam Laübli explains how their latest AI translator combines automation with professional verification, creating a seamless feedback loop that improves translation quality over time. He also shares why traditional ISO certifications may not fully align with AI-driven workflows and how Supertext plans to redefine translation services for business clients.

By Ismenia Miranda

The author explores questions related to literary translation quality in Catalonia and greater Spain, urging the publishing and localization industries to consider the social and cultural costs of excluding minority languages.

By Sophie Solomon

Like mental health, pregnancy, and parental leave, menopause is a workplace issue that should be openly discussed to ensure that stigma or a lack of accommodations doesn’t result in industries, economies, and society as a whole losing some of its most seasoned, insightful, and resilient minds.

By Sara Palmer

The author presents her research on service diversification in the marketing translation sector and proposes a new differentiation model based on a broader definition of translation that clearly encompasses related services.

Interview by Cameron Rasmusson

Francesca Di Marco, Head of Internationalization at Pinterest, discusses her journey into the field of internationalization, which was influenced by her upbringing in Italy and her academic background in Japanese history. She emphasizes the importance of understanding culture, history, and language in building global communities.

By Ludmila Golovine

Through broader accessibility of digital technology along with newly established international initiatives, marginalized language communities now have a path towards bridging the digital divide that keeps billions in poverty. In this article, the author argues that the language industry is uniquely positioned to play a major role in this transformation.

By Kara Warburton

Long-standing principles and practices of terminology as a discipline are perfectly suited for developing the semantic resources necessary for various natural language processing (NLP) applications, including generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). To ensure that their contributions are leveraged, terminology managers need to shift the focus of their work from “terminology for translators” to “microcontent for applications.” 

By Tim Brookes

Why would anyone handwrite a newspaper? The Musalman — a four-page Urdu paper that has been written, every day, by hand ever since it was founded in 1927 — suggests that the act of writing by hand (and its sister act, the act of reading handwriting), incorporates far more than the mere transmission of information.