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| People, People Who Need People |
| Inger Larsen, Larsen Globalisation |
| Your best sales person has just been headhunted elsewhere, your strategic account manager for your biggest client is soon off on maternity leave - or paternity, depending on where you are, there's a large new project coming in and you'll need to hire new project managers with a specific technical experience and German, plus an engineer, and one of the new recruits is not working out. Being a hiring manager sometimes feel like it doesn't rain but pours. More. |
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| Opportunities for the Localization Job Seeker |
| Larry Salas, Comsys Globalization |
| The changing economic climate of the past few years has meant changing realities for the job seeker looking for opportunities in localization (L10n). Industry players, priorities, and technologies have changed. This calls for flexibility and intelligent strategies on the part of professionals seeking to stay ahead in their careers. More. |
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| Recruiting Freelance Translators: the SDL Approach |
| Peter Dann, SDL International |
| As one of the largest suppliers of localization services to the IT, engineering, e-business and multimedia sectors, SDL is always looking for the best freelance translators to join its translation team. Read about this member company's approach to recruiting translators. More. |
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| Introducing LocalizationCAREERS.net |
| GALA recently launched LocalizationCAREERS.net, a new full-service online career center for the language technology and services industry. The site is designed as a resource to connect employers in the industry with qualified professionals at all levels. More. |
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| Thought Leaders |
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| GALA Members Respond to Employee Training Needs |
| GALA members respond to the following questions: What are the real learning and training needs among new staff: management or technical? How do you effectively train new additions to your team? More. |
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| Message from the Board |
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| Message from the Board Q1 2007 |
| Stephen Ryan, GALA Board Chair |
| 2006 was an exciting year for GALA. My interaction with colleagues in the localization industry constantly pointed to one undeniable truth: that everyone was BUSY (busy working with new clients; busy handling larger volumes of content; busy experimenting with new workflow systems and technologies; busy attending conferences; and busy keeping track of it all)! More. |
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| Meet the 2007-2008 GALA Board |
| GALA welcomes new board member Kim Harris. 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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| Community |
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| Meet GALA's Newest Member Companies |
| GALA would like to welcome its newest members. GALA's 225 member companies worldwide include translation agencies, localization service providers, globalization consultants and technology developers. More. |
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| Events |
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| 2007 AIIM Expo; Language Technology and Services Pavilion |
| Keri Dostie, AIIM Conference & Expo, Questex Media Group |
| The AIIM Conference & Expo, the largest event examining the strategies and technologies associated with enterprise content and information management, will take place in Boston April 16-19, 2007. Both suppliers and end users attend the conference and expo each year to find the tools and technologies for capturing, managing, storing, distributing and managing documents and data. More. |
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| 2007 Translation Summit |
| March 12, 2007. Salt Lake City, Utah |
| The 2007 Translation Summit is an opportunity to participate in an event that treats translation-related topics ranging from research and training to technology, to writing for translation, bringing in the perspective of both supply and demand in three sectors: government, academia, and private industry. More. |
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| GALA Activities at Localization World Shanghai |
| March 20-22, 2007. Shanghai |
| GALA will host a number of events at Localization World Shanghai including a networking cocktail, a member meeting, and the conference's closing session. More. |
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| Localization World Shanghai |
| March 20-22, 2007. Shanghai |
| At Localization World's first conference in Asia, the program will cover a wide range of issues in the world of translation and localization. With two concurrent tracks, the program will be filled with information and discussions about Asia as well as more general topics, with case studies from a wide range of applications. More. |
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| Resources |
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Newsletter |
Q1 2007 |
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| Gabriela Morales and Julio García of Rosario Traducciones. The company recently moved to a new office in Rosario, Argentina |
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| Members recently gathered in Amsterdam for a networking dinner. Daniel Carter (MedCom International), Bert Esselink (Lionbridge), and Shae Khan (Wordhouse) |
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| WhP booth at the Classe Export show in Lyon |
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| Participants from the CSA Customer Centric Selling Workshop in London (January 2007) |
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| IFL's Brazilian language team at the company's new production center in Porto Alegre, Brazil |
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| Amsterdam networking dinner. Henk de Jonge (Scriptware), Erik Groeneveld (LC&T), Jan Gosen (Translators International), Clio Schils (Medtronic), Santi van der Kruk (Language Networks) |
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| CSA Customer Centric Selling Workshop in London (January 2007) |
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| Group photograph of the WhP team in front of the company's head office in Sophia Antipolis, France |
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| The Rosario Traducciones localization team at their opening party celebrating the new office in Rosario, Argentina |
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| IFL team dinner following the opening of IFL's Brazilian office in Porto Allegre, Brazil |
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