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Speaking Opportunities
Through GALA you have the opportunity to speak at coveted industry events. GALA partners with other industry and allied-industry organizations to provide expert content at their conferences. We are currently seeking speakers for a one-day Loc Forum at tekom/tcworld in Stuttgart, Germany, in November 2020.
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Register for GALA 2020 San Diego
GALA 2020 San Diego is your chance to connect, discover, and engage with professionals in the localization industry. The event promises to deliver excellent networking, expert-level training, and a healthy dose of fun in the sun. Online registration closes 11 March. Onsite registrations will be accepted.
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2020 European Language Industry Survey
The 8th edition of the annual European Language Industry Survey is now ready for your input. The purpose of the survey is to explore the state of the European language industry by gathering trends and expectations, as well as practices, concerns, and opinion that can help explain or predict current and future developments. Please complete the survey by 22 February. This is a collaborative effort of ELIA, EMT, EUATC, FIT Europe, GALA, and LIND-Web.
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Blogs
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Global Career Roadmap: Letting a Sense of Adventure Guide You
Take a minute to think about your dream job. What does it look like? Working from home? Setting...
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How Is Valentine's Day Celebrated Around the World?
It's Valentine’s Day which means that people in many locales across the world express their love...
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How This Author Translated His Book to All Languages
If we search for the most translated books on Google, one of the first results will be Wikipedia’s...
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GALA 2020 Starter Kit
BeatBabel published this "GALA 2020 Starter Kit" on their website and we so liked it, that we...
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Goodbye 2019 and Hello 2020
What an amazing year 2019 was for GALA. We had our largest ever conference in beautiful München,...
Videos, Webinars & Downloads
Videos, Webinars & Downloads
The Indigenous Interpreter®: A Training Program for Indigenous Interpreters Available to All
No one disputes the need for trained, indigenous language interpreters in community and legal...
Videos, Webinars & Downloads
Towards a Global Collaboration Platform
Have you struggled with inefficient localization processes and lackluster global customer...
Videos, Webinars & Downloads
Constant Change Is the New Normal
Owners, managers, and associates of small and medium-sized LSCs can feel uncertain about the future...
Videos, Webinars & Downloads
Getting (Really) Prepared to Expand Your Online Business Internationally
Is your online business well established and are you starting to look at a potential international...
Videos, Webinars & Downloads
The Customer Speaks, but Are You Listening?
In space no one can hear you scream. In most companies, no one can hear the customer scream. A...
Articles
Articles
Machine Translation: Top or Flop? The Results of an Itl Survey
What do companies’ employees think about machine translation (MT)? What do they think are its main...
Articles
A Once and Future Alphabet - Part Two
It’s hard to know exactly how many people today speak one or more of the Amazigh family of...
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Localizing Video Content - What You Need To Know
Video is everywhere, but the process of localizing video content is not always easily understood by...
Articles
A Once and Future Alphabet - Part One
Some of the most extraordinary writing in the world can be seen on the wall of a cave deep in the...
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Translating Idioms: An Impossible Task?
Translation is more than simply transferring text from one language to another. Translators have to...
