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I was at a client’s office a few weeks ago and we had a lively discussion on the problems they were having supporting a requirement for translation to Dhivehi. Dhivehi, also known as Maldivian and Mahl, is spoken by around 350,000 people in the Maldives and Minicoy. This particular client had been challenged for a [...] SDL hosted a localization networking event on June 16th in Portland, OR. The panelists were Francoise Hovivian, Steve Kemper and Yvan Hennecart. With around 20 attendees, it turned out to be a fantastic knowledge exchange on localization best practices and solutions. Kicking off the upcoming webinar season is a session around how to maximize total translation spend. The session (the first of six) is on the 7th July at noon EST. Several weeks ago I was speaking at a localization conference when and audience member asked me about machine translation, and if it would ever completely take the place of human linguists in the industry. I answered “No,” although I did concede that machine translation is consistently making strides and does have a place in the [...] Jason Fink is Corporate Communications Manager for Celanese Corporation and has been with them since March 2007. His responsibilities include oversight for online communications, which includes internet and intranet design and support. Prior to joining Celanese, Jason was a communications project leader for United Parcel Service responsible for the internal/external communications department for the North [...] Taken from an interview and Q&A with Michael Buckham-White of Premiere Global at one of SDLs recent localization best-practice events. More detailed Q&A with each of the speakers coming as soon as they are transcribed. Two leaders from the global operations and localization industry – Michael Buckham-White and Scott DeFusco – will be speaking in Buckhead, Atlanta next week. In a decentralized model how much should you support regional stakeholders who are trying to make decisions on what to localize? A Q&A with Lewis Costas of Pearson transcribed from SDL’s recent Localization Roundtable in Boston. Dassault specializes in mechanical CAD content and I focus on the technical support strategy. A couple of years ago we started to review the [...] |
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