memoQ talks

Dominique Trouche, CEO of WhP International explains the basics of DITA and how it can be used to improve localization workflows.  

Topics include:
What is DITA?
Applications of DITA
Content Architecture
Linguistic Review using DITA
Cost Reduction Opportunities with DITA 
DITA for Video Subtitling 

https://whpintl.com/
https://www.memoq.com/

Filipe Tiago Stankovic is a young and very motivated CEO who has been working in this position for the past 3 years. He originally started by getting his hands dirty and being involved in every possible step imaginable of the company. Now he is a bit more focused on (just) management. He loves learning and has been truly blessed by the opportunity – and the burden, of being in charge and being able to actually try his new ideas from all the books he reads. This is an opportunity that not many young people get.

In this episode we explore many different topics in the form of a jamming session: anything from his favorite food, books – and how he applies knowledge acquired through reading in his everyday business, why he prefers non-fiction, although his father, Dejan Tiago Stankovic, is an acclaimed novelist, music (Filipe does rap music), dancing, all the way to his everyday business responsibilities and, ultimately, how having too many irons in the fire may lead to burnout, what the main culprits of it may be, and how to tackle it. We touch upon the topic of psychology, the perceptions of persons being either extroverts or introverts – or, as Filipe explains, outgoing introverts vs. shy extroverts as well. Finally, we cover the topic of learning, personally and as an organization.

Things we mentioned:

LinguaeMundi: https://www.linguaemundi.pt/

Francesinha: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesinha

Translation Centre for the Bodies of the EU: http://cdt.europa.eu/en

memoQ talks episode with Ildikó Horváth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSOlKQbECgM 

The Socratic Method: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socratic_method

memoQfest: https://www.memoqfest.com/ 

Books:

The Toyota Way, by Jeffrey K. Liker: https://www.amazon.it/Toyota-Way-Second-Management-Manufacturer/dp/1260468518/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+toyota+way&qid=1651139580&sprefix=the+toyota%2Caps%2C185&sr=8-1

The Leadership Map: Gritty Guide Strategy, by Ian Windle: https://www.ebay.com/p/18050396764

The Lean Startup: How Constant Innovation Creates Radically Successful Businesses: https://www.amazon.it/Lean-Startup-Innovation-Successful-Businesses/dp/0670921602/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2YV66OCVNKQF7&keywords=the+lean+startup&qid=1651139799&sprefix=the+lean+s%2Caps%2C185&sr=8-1

Estoril, by Dejan Tiago Stanković: https://www.laguna.rs/n5409_knjiga_estoril_ratni_roman_laguna.html

Odakle sam bila, više nisam, by Dejan Tiago Stanković: https://www.delfi.rs/knjige/10593_odakle_sam_bila_vise_nisam_knjiga_delfi_knjizare.html

Ildikó Horvath is a new Director of the Translation Center for the Bodies of the EU (as of February 1st, 2022). She speaks about the way the Center works, its organization, initiatives, tenders, languages, and provides some tips to freelance translators who want to work for the Center.

Olivera walks us through the baby steps and the decisions that enabled GORR to grow from a small single language service provider to a multilanguage vendor, how they transformed and keep on transforming in terms of services they offer, and closing on a very positive note - you must love what you do.

Visit their company page at: gorr.si

Val Swisher, CEO of Content Rules, shares some best practices related to content creation and translation workflows in life sciences. 

https://contentrules.com/

Barbara Peralta, Director of Life Sciences Solutions at Acolad talks about some of the latest trends related to translation workflows and technology in the life sciences industry.

www.acolad.com/

María Scheibengraf an award-winning Spanish translator, marketing, transcreation, UX/UI & SEO Expert,  copywriter, and author of The SEO Translation Bible talks about SEO, why it's important, and introduces some related  best practices.

http://www.crisoltranslations.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariascheibengraf/
https://www.instagram.com/crisoltranslations/
https://www.crisoltranslations.com/downloads/the-seo-translation-bible/

Jost Zetzsche, independent translator, localization consultant, and writer, talks about best practices for translators when using machine translation (MT).  Jost explains how the output from Neural Machine Translation  (NMT) and Statistical Machine Translation (SMT) can differ, what translators should look at when using MT or when post editing, and what verticals and types of text lend themselves to the use of MT for translation.  

Jost on Twitter: @Jeromobot

Mladen Stojak, CEO at Ciklopea, speaks of the company’s beginnings and how it grew, through a number of transformations, into a respectable technical, not just translation/localization company, while learning, adapting and keeping the same old vision of ’building something bigger’. 

Kimon Fountoukidis, Founder & Chairman at Argos Multilingual talks about lessons learned and best practices related to mergers and acquisitions in the localization industry.

https://www.argosmultilingual.com/