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GALA 2020 Program Live!
GALA 2020 will focus on the future of the language industry. We invite you to join us in San Diego to actively shape that future! Whether you’re new to the industry or a seasoned veteran, the GALA 2020 program will stimulate your thinking and help you generate not just new ideas - but also new business.
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GALA Offers Free Academic Memberships
With growth in our sector projected to skyrocket in the coming years, GALA recognizes the importance of attracting qualified talent to the language industry. By connecting academia and business, we hope to develop relationships and pathways that enable new professionals to embark on successful localization careers after graduation. We also aim to provide faculty access to our wealth of industry materials to use in the classroom.
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Blogs
Blog
Goodbye 2019 and Hello 2020
What an amazing year 2019 was for GALA. We had our largest ever conference in beautiful München,...
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Global Career Roadmap: Follow Your Gaming Passion
Finding passion in your career is often cited as a critical factor for success and ultimate...
Blog
New Year, New Decade, Same Mission
I’m a fan and subscriber of National Geographic, the honest-to-goodness paper and print magazine. (...
Blog
Untranslatable Words
We often hear people use the term ‘lost in translation’ when referring to mishaps or ...
Blog
Social Media Isn't Only About Funny Memes
Cairo, Egypt | November 14, 2019: In cooperation with the Egyptian Knowledge Bank (EKB), the...
Videos, Webinars & Downloads
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...
Videos, Webinars & Downloads
LQA Programs as a Tool to Manage (Not Only) the Target Content Quality
This webinar will look into what an LQA program should address, and how to set it up and run it as...
Videos, Webinars & Downloads
Breaking Down the RFP Response Process
Sourcing and responding to requests for proposal (RFPs) can be a challenge, especially when you’re...
Videos, Webinars & Downloads
Market Networks in the Translation Industry: Time to Get Connected
The last few decades have produced many marketplaces, from general to translation industry-specific...
Videos, Webinars & Downloads
Localizing Video Content - What You Need To Know
Video is everywhere. Over the last three years, its use has grown exponentially and shows no signs...
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...
Articles
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...
Articles
Translating Idioms: An Impossible Task?
Translation is more than simply transferring text from one language to another. Translators have to...
