FEATURES
 

Localizing the Information Society for Africa

Tunde Adegbola, African Languages Technology Initiative (Alt-i)

Tunde Adegbola of the African Languages Technology Initiative discusses the severe language-information divide in Africa and what needs to happen to bridge that gap. More

  
   
 

Opportunity Knocks: Why ePublishing Should Open the Door to the African Market

Anthea Oosthuizen, Rubric

Anthea Oosthuizen of GALA member company Rubric addresses localization challenges in Africa and what ePublishing 3.0 and the localization company can offer. More

  
   
 

Users Translating for a Difference: An African Experience

Dwayne Bailey, Translate

The crowd is the buzzword. But what if the crowd is smaller than a football stadium, maybe an unskilled crowd of one? We're helping those teams by pretending it's easy. More

  
   
 

Sub-Saharan Africa: A Local Perspective on Challenges and Opportunities

Rosalind Smith, eLocalize

Rosalind Smith delves into four challenges facing Sub-Saharan Africa and offers a look into the possibilities ahead. More

  
   
 

Translators Without Borders opens Health Translators’ Training Center in Kenya

Simon Andriesen, MediLingua

Translators Without Borders, a humanitarian organization providing free translations, opens a training school in Nairobi, Kenya. Simon Andriesen, TWB Board Member, talks about the opening and the organization's mission. More

  
   
 

Want to Help Save Lives in Africa? Consider Translation.

Vijayalaxmi Hegde, Common Sense Advisory

Vijayalaxmi Hegde, Research Associate at Common Sense Advisory, comments on the results of CSA's report on the need for translation in Africa. Translation can provide significant help in all areas of life, from health to human rights. More

  
   
 

GALA’s Member Pulse Survey Results, Second Quarter 2012: Economic Indicators

Globalization and Localization Association

After stagnating in the second half of 2011, growth for GALA members in most regions of the world rebounded in the past three months. The growth was especially apparent in North and South America. True to macro-economic indicators, European members did shows signs of less growth than other regions, but there were hopeful signs in that region as well. More

  
   
    COMMUNITY
 

GALA at the US Senate

GALA recently represented the corporate language industry at a US Senate Subcommittee hearing, “A National Security Crisis: Foreign Language Capabilities in the Federal Government”. The hearing focused on the importance of language training to US national security. View a recording of the hearing and read GALA’s official statement. More

  
   
 

Message from GALA Q2 2012

Laura Brandon, Globalization and Localization Association

GALA volunteers have been at work on industry initiatives to create valuable resources for the GALA community and to drive progress for the industry as a whole. More

  
   
 

Update on the GALA Standards Initiative

Serge Gladkoff, GALA Standards Director

Several important industry projects are underway including the GALA Tools Corner, QT Launchpad, Linport project, ISO TC37 / SC 5 review, and many more. Read the latest GALA Standards Initiative update. More

  
   
 

GALA Film Fest

The second annual GALA Film Fest at GALA 2012 Monaco was a huge success. View all of the film submissions and our list of winners on the GALA website. More

  
   
 

Meet GALA's Newest Member Companies

GALA welcomes its newest members to the association. With over 300 member companies from more than 50 countries, our membership includes translation agencies, localization service providers, globalization consultants, technology developers, and buyers of language services and technologies. More

  
   
 

GALAxy Member Company Spotlight: InText Translation Company

Stanislav Kalenyuk, Director, InText Translation Company

In this issue we speak with Stanislav Kalenyuk, Director of InText Translation Company. Stanislav talks of the company's growth in the last ten years and how InText enjoys doing things in a unique way. More

  
   
    EVENTS
 

GALA 2012: The View from Monte Carlo with New Eyes

Maxwell Hoffman, Product Evangelist , Adobe

Maxwell Hoffman shows us a glimpse of GALA 2012 Monaco from the perspective of a buyer and conference exhibitor. He gives key conference take-aways and his overall impression. More

  
   
 

Save the Date! GALA 2013 Miami

The next annual Language of Business conference will take place in Miami, USA in March 2013. GALA conferences offer a welcoming and inclusive community atmosphere for localization professionals to learn, share and network. Watch the overview of GALA 2012 to see all that GALA Language of Business conferences have to offer. More

  
   
 

Upcoming Local Networking Events Near You

Orlando, USA and Brooklyn, USA

Are you connected with your local localization community? Take part in an upcoming local GALA networking event. Are you located far from Orlando and Brooklyn? Organize a gathering in your city. Contact Allison Ferch. More

  
   
 

GALA Webinar Recording: Authoring, Editing, and Localizing UI Strings in the Agile Development Process

PTC

Download the recording from Georg Kirchner’s webinar giving insight into PTC's process review for authoring and localizing software UI strings. (This download is FREE for GALA members and available for others to purchase.) More

  
   
    RESOURCES

The Globalization and Localization Association is the largest global non-profit association within the language industry, providing resources, education and research for companies working with translation services, language technology and content localization. GALA member companies are vendors and buyers of language services and technologies. They deploy sophisticated multilingual strategies and proven tools to take content and products to markets around the world. For more information about GALAxy or to submit articles, please contact galaxy@gala-global.org.