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GALA 2020 San Diego
GALA 2020 will be held in San Diego, 15-18 March 2020 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt. Watch for further details as they become available and start planning your participation. If you're interested in speaking at the conference, the call for proposals will be issued in late July.
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The GALA 5 Year Roadmap
After many months of gathering input and conducting strategic planning exercises, we're proud to share our 5 Year Roadmap along with "Our Mission, Our Members, Our Value." We'd greatly appreciate your input! Learn how it was developed and what it means for the direction of the association and give your feedback.
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Blogs
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Which Languages Should I Localize My Game Into?
Sooner or later, many game developers begin to think about localization. Often, publishing a game...
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The Gaming Industry: A Growing Opportunity for LSPs
The gaming industry may refer to the computer and video games market, but it usually means the...
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Google Translate vs Professional Translation
If you’ve got some content you want translating you have two options – use Google Translate or get...
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GALA Amsterdam Networking Event
It was just after GALA Munich that we were encouraged by a former Board member to host a GALA...
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5 Things We Do to Improve Mental Well-being at Language Insight
Last week was Mental Health Awareness Week 2019, and we recognise the responsibility that...
Videos, Webinars & Downloads
Videos, Webinars & Downloads
Translating China: Succeeding in China’s Translation Industry
Join Joshua Hughman from CSOFT, as he shares his experience of working with and selling to many of...
Videos, Webinars & Downloads
Supporting and Engaging Teams in the Age of Automation
The accelerated development of technology and artificial intelligence provide many new...
Videos, Webinars & Downloads
Payments in the Language Industry: When Attitude Matters
The language industry sees payments as that annoying relative at a family dinner you hate but have...
Videos, Webinars & Downloads
The Health of Your Terminology Database: Why Worry?
A translator who collects terminology in a simple spreadsheet generally does not worry about the...
Videos, Webinars & Downloads
Financial Returns for Buyer and Seller of Language Businesses
Sellers often seemed surprised and disappointed when they are told their $1 million company may not...
Articles
Articles
Globalization, Localization, and Endangered Alphabets: How the Language Industry is Poised to Change the World
We—and by “we” I mean everyone, but especially those working in the language industry--are at an...
Articles
Will Localization Be the Key to Delivering True Hyper-Personalization in eCommerce?
Hyper-personalization. This has been a hot topic among marketers in recent years. Some call it...
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A Question of Communication? Translating Expectations Between Industry and Higher Education
Events like GALA Munich 2019 provide a successful platform for industry members to get together and...
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2019: The United Nations’ International Year of Indigenous Languages
Do indigenous languages matter? The politically correct answer is yes, of course—all languages...
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Market selection for mobile games using a localization ROI model
Beginning developers often have questions like, “Does this project need to be localized? If so, how...
