Localization Today

Recently, social media saw the birth of a whole new language coined Algospeak, employing code words and phrases to prevent posts from being removed, demoted in rank, or demonetized by automated content moderation systems. 

The New India Foundation (NIF) has launched a new fellowship promoting the translation from ten different Indian languages into English.

Recently, we highlighted five mistakes to avoid when planning and envisioning a localization project. But what about the pitfalls that arise when you get into the work of localizing content?

Confirmation that private equity firm Baring Private Equity Asia Fund VIII (BPEA) is eyeing a takeover of translation and localization juggernaut RWS sent the stock market into a tizzy Thursday.

Stefan Huyghe and Marjolein Groot Nibbelink unpack the influence of Dutch on English, language evolution, and the shift in writing education in the US.

The US Department of State is currently accepting applications for grants to translate American English-language literature and other writing into the Kyrgyz language.

In March, the UK-based Association of Translation Companies (ATC) and the Indian Confederation of Interpreting, Translation, and Localisation Businesses (CITLoB) announced a new partnership between the two groups.

The Technology Innovation Institute (TII), an Abu Dhabi-based research center, recently announced the development of NOOR, the largest Arabic-language natural language processing (NLP) model to date.

Although Dutch might be spoken by only around 28 million people worldwide, the official language of Belgium and the Netherlands has left a considerable stamp on the English language. That's largely because of its importance in maritime history.

If you’ve ever read the work of William Shakespeare, you should be fairly familiar with the phenomenon of language change. Now, a recent study published in Cognition shows that artificial intelligence (AI) can help us better understand — and even predict — changes to a given language.