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The Impact of AI on Terminology Management - Interview with Barbara Karsch
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Barbara Inge Karsch has been a passionate terminologist for over 15 years, initially at J.D. Edwards and Microsoft. Now, as consultant and trainer for BIK Terminology, she is assisting clients with terminology projects and teaches in the online Master’s Program at NYU. She is a US delegate to TC 37 and project lead of the revision of ISO 12616. In this GALA interview we discussed the impact of AI on terminology Management.
Here are a few snippets of our conversation.
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Aki is a Senior Manager of the Globalization Program Management Office at Dell Technologies. She leads a team of Program Managers and oversees the globalization aspect of Dell’s strategic programs including Marketing, Digital, and Events to help enhance the global business landscape and customer journey in the fast-paced technology industry.
Watch this interview in which she talks about volunteering for the GALA conference program committee, joining the Interpreting Special Interest Group, the concept o...
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Reality Series, Episode 6: Have LLMs mastered the art of translation?
How good are LLMs, like GPT, PaLM and Claude at translation and localization? And, is it possible to declare if one is better than the others?
LLMs have caused a major shift in the realm of translation. In this episode, we aim to demystify the advantages and drawbacks of employing LLMs in localization. We’ll offer insights on making informed decisions about the utilization of LLMs in the translation/localization process, and explore the language capabilities of LLMs. We’ll also reveal our proprietary findings on the search for the 'ultimate' LLM for translation and localization.
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MTPE Outside the Box with AI (Part 2): Improve Quality, Cost and TATs in…
Leveraging AI-powered Machine Translation and Post-Editing (MTPE) techniques, gaming localization is reshaped. Traditional methods are surpassed as AI-driven MT generates initial translations, subsequently polished by human experts during post-editing. This synergy drastically enhances translation speed and minimizes cost while maintaining top-tier quality.
By thinking "outside the box", Game Localization taps into AI's potential, boosting efficiency across the entire process. Complex in-game dialogues, narratives, and cultural nuances receive expert handling. The keyword in this innovation...
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ST Communications goes global through RWS acquisition
RWS, the world-leading provider of technology-enabled language, content and intellectual property services, establishes a presence in Africa through the acquisition of ST Comms, who specialises in African languages.
“In 2008, I started ST Communications with the dream of being a market leader of translation services in Africa. To do this on one of the most linguistically diverse continents in the world is no small challenge and from humble beginnings, ST Comms has grown into one of Africa’s most reputable translation agencies. I am thrilled that we are now part of RWS, a global organi...
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Diane Dogon appointed as new Head of Sales Canada
With 10 years in the group, the experienced sales leader heads to Canada as Head of Sales for the region
Acolad carries on its strategy of strengthening its operations in North America
October 4, 2023 – Acolad, global leader in content and language solutions, has recently appointed Diane Dogon, a long time Acolad team member, as the group’s new Head of Sales for Canada, a move that is another significant part of its strategy for the North American territory.
Following the hiring of industry-veteran Daniel Gray to ove...
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Flitto advances its Arabic language data scaling initiative with new '…
South Korea’s 14-million-user global language data platform revamps “Flitto Arcade,” its language data collection service, to expand its ventures into the Middle East by scaling Arabic image and text data
Seoul, September 27, 2023: Flitto (CEO Lee Jeong-soo, KOSDAQ 300080), a global integrated language platform and AI data solution provider, announced on the 26th that it has opened an event for Arabic-speaking users following the renewal of its “Flitto Arcade” service.
Flitto Arcade is a game-like platform where Flitto’s users can earn various rewards ...
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MTPE Training SIG November 2023 Meeting: The Profile of the Post-Editor in the AI…
November Meeting Topic: The Profile of the Post-Editor in the AI Era
Discussion topics include:
What is the evolution of the post-editor profile?
How is recruitment/vendor management affected?
How is Academia adapting to the evolution of the technology?
What is the input of the Post-Editors?
What is the opinion of AI Technology Experts?
About the MTPE Training SIG
The MTPE Training SIG is a time-limited, collaborative community project with a goal to develop a set of best practices for training professionals who will conduct post-editing activities. Once developed, GAL...
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MTPE Training SIG October 2023 Meeting: AI Language Services: Reshaping NMT…
October Meeting Topic: AI Language Services: Reshaping NMT with LLMs
Discussion topics include:
Case Studies and Practical Applications of MTPE
MTPE based on Customized or Personalized MT?
What is the current knowledge of the Group?
What is the experience of each Group?
What are the benefits?
What are the challenges?
About the MTPE Training SIG
The MTPE Training SIG is a time-limited, collaborative community project with a goal to develop a set of best practices for training professionals who will conduct post-editing activities. Once developed, GALA will disseminate...
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Becoming a More Inclusive Brand: Where to Begin
When inclusive language comes up in a localization context, it’s often in a discussion about gender. And as conversations around women’s rights, trans rights, and the limitations of the gender binary become more mainstream, global brands carry an increasing responsibility to ensure their multilingual content truly expresses the diversity of the human experience.
The complexity that comes with a topic as sensitive and as personal as gender, compounded by the fear and stigma attached to “getting it wrong”, can at times lead to confusion and inaction. What’s more, conversations a...
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ISCAP-IPP
The Porto Accounting and Business School, which belongs to one of Portugal's largest and most prestigious public Polytechnic Institutes, the Polytechnic Institute of Porto (IPP), is located in S. Mamede de Infesta (Matosinhos), very close to IPP Campus, and offers its 4,500-strong student population a range of innovative undergraduate and graduate programs in Accounting, International Commerce, Marketing, Business Communication, Management and Administrative Assistance and Translation, Creativity and Business Innovations (Joint Program), Human Resources and Library and Information Sciences and...
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The Localization Institute Presents: October Events!
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IN-PERSON sessions at LocWorld50 San Jose, California
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GALA Top Localization Content - September 2023
It's time for our monthly recap! Whether you missed out or need a quick recap, the GALA Team's got the September highlights you can't afford to overlook.
Do Machine Translation Models Dream of your Corporate Terminology?
Companies face many tech challenges when leveraging terminology to customize the MT output due to scattered glossary support on the MT side. Pavel Doronin (Intento) has compared all the options, so you don’t have to:
adding a glossary during the model training
using natively stored glossaries
sending glossary terms with translation requests
applying t...
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Acolad hosts launch of Nataly Kelly's book on international expansion…
Content and Language services leader organized a virtual event to help launch Nataly Kelly’s new book, Take your Company Global
The book is meant to be the new go-to guide to internationalization and market intensification
September 28, 2023 – Global content and language services leader Acolad recently teamed up with Rebrandly to help launch Nataly Kelly's latest book, Take Your Company Global: The New Rules of International Expansion in an exclusive virtual event.
The session was an incredible opportunity to hear Nataly Kelly, Chie...
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CPSL CELEBRATES ITS DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY!
Tenesoya Pawlowsky, CEO of CPSL: "Professionalizing a family business meant knowing how to make more objective decisions, thinking about the customer and the service.. but, without losing our essence, the human touch”
Headquartered in Barcelona, the Spanish LSP started as a small family business and has grown into one of the most successful and leading language services providers worldwide.
When CPSL was founded in Barcelona in 1963 by Helga Pawlowsky, grandmother of the current CEO, Tenesoya Pawlowsky, her main objective was to provide quality translations for Spanish c...
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MTPE Outside the Box With AI (Part 1): From NMT to LLMs
The evolution of language technology has seen a transformative journey from Neural Machine Translation (NMT) to Large Language Models (LLMs). In essence, the journey from NMT to LLMs represents a paradigm shift - from specialized language tasks to comprehensive language understanding and generation, redefining how humans and machines interact with and through language.
In parallel, the evolution of post-editing, from its roots in improving Neural Machine Translation (NMT) to its current intersection with Large Language Models (LLMs), marks a significant shift in translation workflows. Origi...
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GALA 2024 Program Committee
GALA 2024 Program Committee
GALA would like to thank the following individuals for their efforts in developing the educational program for the GALA 2024 Valencia conference. As volunteers, the program committee members devote time and energy working together to create a program that is relevant and useful to the broad and diverse audience represented at GALA conferences. The committee is comprised of individuals representing various sectors of the industry.
Committee Members
Carlo Eugeni
University of Leeds
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GALA 2024 VAT Information
Spain VAT FAQ
Why am I paying a VAT on the conference registration fees?
Value Added Tax (VAT) on the registration fee is required by the laws and regulations of the EU and its Member States. They establish that VAT must be paid on the fees in the country where the meeting is held. For this conference, the Spanish VAT of 21% is applicable on the registration fee.
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SEO & Technical Content = A World of Untapped Potential
(Please, note: This event takes place at 10:00am CEST. See the World Clock Meeting Planner to check your local time.)
There’s no doubt that iSEO is a vital part of your globalization process. But how does that work when it comes to technical content? SEO comes with its own set of challenges when niche industries and products are involved. In this talk we’ll talk about how to manage SEO for technical companies and how to implement SEO into your content workflow. We’ll look at practical tips for technical content like 0 volume keyword research and also include pract...
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GALA 2024 Registration & Fees
Registration & Fees
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Contentech Unveils New Range of Content Services
Dubai - Sep 26, 2023
In line with its growth-oriented vision, MEA-based multilingual content service provider Contentech has launched ContPro, a new range of content marketing and content creation services. Managed by a team of content experts and marketing specialists, ContPro is aimed at helping companies of all scales communicate authentic messages across multiple languages and various industries.
The diverse offerings of ContPro include content-marketing packages like SEO blogging, website creation, social media marketing, digital PR, marketing materials design, a...