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Logrus Global Launches a Free Tier of Perfectionist—A New Year Gift to Help the Industry
Logrus Global Launches a Free Tier of Perfectionist—A New Year Gift to Help the Industry

Access now includes up to three free Translation Quality Evaluations per week—so you can benchmark anything—powered a suite of metrics (Acceptance Testing / Acceptance Rate, LOGIPEM, ATA, GEMBA-SQM, and calibrated MQM scoring—linear and non-linear) and designed for modern AI-assist workflows. Continue Reading

Date posted12/17/2025


Register for Vamos Junto Buenos Aires 2026!
Register for Vamos Junto Buenos Aires 2026!

The fourth annual VAMOS JUNTOS summit 
will be held on March 13–14, 2026. JUNTOS – represents the interests of translation, localization and interpreting companies in Latin America and the Caribbean. GALA members receive a discount on registration. Continue Reading

Date posted12/17/2025


Phrase and Welocalize Expand Partnership with Joint AI Development Agreement
Phrase and Welocalize Expand Partnership with Joint AI Development Agreement

The AI Development Agreement was created to Power Enterprise Multilingual Content. Seamless product integration provides Phrase’s enterprise clients access to Welocalize’s OPAL Platform to streamline and automate translation. Continue Reading

Date posted12/16/2025


Phrase and African Languages Lab partner to strengthen African language support for global business
Phrase and African Languages Lab partner to strengthen African language support for global business

African Languages Lab joins Phrase’s open partner ecosystem, integrating its Mansa engine into the Phrase Platform Continue Reading

Date posted12/12/2025


Translate.One Strengthens Global Operations with Acquisition of Landoor
Translate.One Strengthens Global Operations with Acquisition of Landoor

Translate.One, a leading global language service and technology company, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Landoor, a highly respected Milan-based agency specializing in translation, interpreting, and localization services. Continue Reading

Date posted12/10/2025


GALA Opens Subtitling RFP for 2026 Programming
GALA Opens Subtitling RFP for 2026 Programming

The Globalization and Localization Association invites proposals from member companies for subtitling services to support the association’s 2026 educational and community programming. Continue Reading

Date posted12/5/2025


Phrase Opens the Ecosystem, Accelerates Orchestration, and Deepens Connectivity Across the Platform
Phrase Opens the Ecosystem, Accelerates Orchestration, and Deepens Connectivity Across the Platform

Latest release introduces ‘Bring Your Own Engine’, all-new Phrase Orchestrator engine, increased connectivity across Phrase Studio, Phrase Portal and Phrase TMS Continue Reading

Date posted12/3/2025


Welo Data Expands to Qatar to Advance Data Integrity and Culturally Aligned AI in MENA
Welo Data Expands to Qatar to Advance Data Integrity and Culturally Aligned AI in MENA

Welo Data Middle East LLC's, doing business as Welo Data, a division of Welocalize, expansion supports the growing demand for Arabic-language AI data and ethical evaluation frameworks across the Gulf. Continue Reading

Date posted12/2/2025


New Welo Data Research Finds LLM Safety Does Not Transfer Reliably Across Languages
New Welo Data Research Finds LLM Safety Does Not Transfer Reliably Across Languages

Welo Data, a division of Welocalize and the leader in high-quality multilingual AI training data, has released new research showing that safety protections in leading large language models (LLMs) do not reliably transfer across languages Continue Reading

Date posted11/25/2025


GALA Board Elections 2025: Announcing the New Board Members
GALA Board Elections 2025: Announcing the New Board Members

Welcome to the Board, Francesca Sorrentino (Phrase), Ralph Jung (Independent), and Viviana Bernabe (Welocalize, Inc.)!  Continue Reading

Date posted11/24/2025


GALA Launches the Member Network
GALA Launches the Member Network

GALA is thrilled to announce a new, member-only directory designed to help members connect and grow their community. Continue Reading

Date posted11/20/2025


Meeting the Moment
Meeting the Moment

An update from Allison Ferch, GALA's Executive Director, on how GALA is evolving to meet the needs of our members and the localization industry. Continue Reading

Postedby Allison Ferch
Date posted11/19/2025