Translation Confidential

Peter and Patrick cover important topics to consider before you start doing any translation work for your organization, including identifying your target markets, choosing a language service provider, creating a glossary of key terminology, establishing ground rules around translation memory ownership, and choosing in-country subject matter experts (if available).

Join Peter and Patrick as they discuss the critical points to consider for using Machine Translation in your organization. It seems like tech companies who pride themselves on tech and promise the stars with Machine Translation and  AI don’t actually use it themselves. 

Is MT merely a promise to get customers in the door only to substitute plain vanilla MT and human editing? Isn't the goal for the client to save money and time? Is how you get to the goal really important?

As the technology landscape broadens and more companies get purely “digital” with their initiatives - more platforms are used that store content. In a company serving international markets via content from numerous systems, the success of these digital programs to partner with an LSP that can centralize translation of content will drive beneficial cost-savings, time savings, and increase engagement. This is achieved via connectors and integrations and will compound cost savings through a single translation memory. In order to have this discussion, we needed to bring on the CTO at Argo Translation to discuss how technology makes all of this happen.

Join Peter, Patrick, and their special guest Nadia Fischer as they discuss Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, and Language. Nadia is a tech Entrepreneur, CEO, and Co-Founder of Witty Works, and a speaker on bias in language and business.

Join Peter and Patrick as they discuss remote work in the translation industry. They cover the post-pandemic landscape, including the positive and negative impact of remote work on employers and employees. 

In this episode, Peter and Patrick cover the idea of translation and human connection. All too often, people forget the impact of their work. Translation has an incredible impact on people's day to to day lives, from the workplace to schools to hospitals. 

Join Peter and Patrick as they discuss strategies on how to engage with employees when language is a barrier to engagement. Tools to help eliminate the barriers are telephonic interpretation, written translation, ELL classes, and the most important tool, empathy. 

Join Peter and Patrick as they discuss the role of trade organizations in the language industry. Topics include the most important advantages of being a member, lobbying efforts, price collusion, and trade shows. 

Join Peter and Patrick as they discuss Argo Translation's recent acquisition of a competitor. Topics include lessons learned during the acquisition phase of the purchase, the motivation behind the acquisition, and the important aspects of the selection process. 

Join Peter, Patrick, and our special guest Mike Van Norman, Project Manager Team Lead at Argo Translation, for a detailed discussion on how consistency impacts translation. Topics covered include using the same translation team, translation memory, glossaries, and client review.