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| Frontiers of Localization Education: The Localization Program at California State |
| Nitish Singh, California State University, Chico |
| As the localization industry is evolving, consolidating, growing and creating a unique industry-market space for itself, it has reached a critical mass where it will need a constant supply of skilled personnel. Few academic initiatives exist right now that provide comprehensive education in localization. More. |
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| How Far Should the European Union Reach? |
| Hans-Juergen Zahorka, LIBERTAS – European Institute GmbH |
| One of the most frequently discussed questions in globalizing business is how far the European Union Single Market should reach. Companies want to expand, to open subsidiaries, to cooperate with local partners, not only for mere expansion reasons but also because their competitors are active on a regional or global scale. More. |
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| Thought Leaders |
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| The Davos Bubble? |
| Matthias Caesar, Locatech GmbH and the GALA Board |
| Fearing the loss of jobs, skeptical about Europe, criticizing capitalism – more and more people wonder what the results of the ever-expanding free market system will be. Is globalization in a crisis?
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| Message from the Board |
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| Message From the Board Q1 2006 |
| Aki Ito, GALA Board Chair |
| New year, new board, consistent vision. Since 2002, GALA’s growth and development has been guided by three great leaders: Hans Fenstermacher, Renée Sztabelski, and Daniel Carter. The three were founding board members and served the association tirelessly in their efforts. More. |
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| Meet the 2006 GALA Board |
| GALA welcomes new board members Christiane Bernier, Matthias Caesar and Stephen Ryan. The GALA Board is composed of five volunteer members who are elected by the GALA membership to serve for two-year terms. More. |
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| Events |
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| First Language Standards Summit a Success |
| Kim Harris, text & form Software-Lokalisierung GmbH |
| Last December, Berlin played host to a two-day pre-Christmas conference on language standards and their relevance, impact and development in our industry. The Language Standards for Global Business conference represented the first-ever non-commercial conference to focus entirely on the standards and burning issues that affect the translation and localization industry today. More. |
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| Post-Event Report: 6th Annual IQPC Content Week Conference |
| Stephen Ryan, Moravia Worldwide and the GALA Board |
| Content Week 2006 gathered a group of about 75 professionals for a three-day conference on content management technologies, trends, and best practices. Although the core focus of the conference was content management technologies, to my pleasant surprise there was a high profile and an implicit understanding of the importance of multilingual content – and our industry – among the speakers and throughout the program. The conference also featured two keynote speakers who delivered high quality presentations on our changing world of information management. More. |
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| 29th Internationalization and Unicode Conference |
| March 6-8. San Francisco, CA |
| The three-day conference will feature a full day of tutorials followed by two days of presentations, panels and discussions. There will also be technology exhibits and demonstrations. Sessions will cover a range of topics including internationalization, globalization, the Web, security, and localization to name a few. More. |
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| Managing Global Websites and eCommerce |
| March 28-30. San Francisco, CA |
| This conference brings together global website managers from a broad spectrum of industries, including IT, travel, financial services, publishing, and others, for an opportunity to discuss recent developments, strategies, and tools and to exchange information about how to efficiently manage global websites and eCommerce. More. |
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| IQPC Website Globalization 2006 |
| Website Globalization will provide an international panel of speakers and case studies which will focus on how an organization can effectively manage web globalization through the marriage of organizational structure and technology, and how globalization and localization processes are designed, implemented, and maintained to maximize ROI and achieve consistent global branding. More. |
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| Localization World Barcelona |
| May 30 - June 1. Barcelona |
| This conference will focus on the theme of working together. Conference sessions are geared towards professionals seeking to learn about new tools, methods and business practices in the areas of localization and internationalization. Networking and mutual problem discussion opportunities will abound at the social gatherings, meals and break periods. Exhibitors will be present to provide information about their products and services to all levels of attendees. More. |
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| Resources |
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Newsletter |
Q1 2006 |
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| 2006 GALA Board (L-R): Arancha Caballero (TSG), Matthias Caesar (Locatech GmbH), Christiane Bernier (Lionbridge), Aki Ito (TOIN), and Stephen Ryan (Moravia Worldwide) |
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| Dr. Alan Melby at Language Standards for Global Business in Berlin (December 2005) |
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| Language Technology Standards Panel with Tony Jewtushenko, Peter Reynolds, Jennifer DeCamp, Andzrej Zydron and Felix Sasaki during Language Standards for Global Business in Berlin (December 2005) |
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| Hans Fenstermacher, Barbara Jarzyna and Suzanne Robinson at Language Standards for Global Business in Berlin (December 2005) |
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| Alfredo Spagna, Monika Popiolek and Carole Theauvette. Event dinner in the Funkturm at Language Standards for Global Business in Berlin (December 2005) |
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| Event dinner in the Funkturm at Language Standards for Global Business in Berlin (December 2005) |
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| Rui Monteiro Claro, Lalitha Ramakrishnan, Dan Dube, Renato Beninatto and Alexandra Zouncourides at the Localization Fusion Society gathering in Maynard, Massachusetts (January 2006) |
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| Helena Blomqvist, Resource Development Manager (Acclaro) at the Localization Fusion Society gathering in Maynard, Massachusetts hosted by GALA member company Acclaro (January 2006) |
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| Tim Arata (Localize Technologies), Carrie Fischer (Hyperion) and Terry Shidner (Symbio) at a Localization Fusion Society gathering in Santa Clara, California (February 2006) |
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