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Review of localization event in Portland

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.
The expert panelists brought years of expertise in localization to the discussion.  Francoise is the [...]

“Pidgins and Creoles” or “Why Machine-only Translation Will Always Fall Short”

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 [...]

How to avoid getting trapped in the day to day challenges of localization

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 [...]

Does localization strategy follow the business – or does the business follow the localization strategy?

Taken from an interview and Q&A with Michael Buckham-White of Premiere Global at one of SDLs recent localization best-practice events.
Is it generally better for the business to drive localization strategy or do you find the business.
Good question… so I will come at this from my perspective, from my experiences. My background is in web, specifically [...]

Review of Localization networking event, Atlanta

More detailed Q&A with each of the speakers coming as soon as they are transcribed.
I was lucky enough to sit on the panel alongside Scott DeFusco of Deltek and Michael Buckham-White of Premiere Global yesterday. I have met Scott a number of times in the past but not Michael.
Michael is a 15-year veteran of human [...]

Supporting regional stakeholders – A Q&A with Lewis Costas of Pearson

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.
 
The business at Pearson is selling text books and within that I am responsible for the online business which includes [...]

The biggest challenges in creating global-scale technical support environments

 
“What do you see as the biggest challenges in creating a global-scale customer support environment today” A Q&A with Robbie Liotta of Dassault Systems 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 [...]