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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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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
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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
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Please note that when we host our conference in the EU, we must charge VAT on conference registration. In Spain, the VAT rate is 21%. GALA did not raise prices for registration this year. Delegates in the EU may be eligible to reclaim VAT. Find additional information on the Spain VAT FAQ page.
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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...
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Win & Winnow Language Services Receives the FLOR Diversity Award 2023…
Buenos Aires – September 19, 2023 – Win & Winnow Language Services has been honored with the FLOR Diversity Award in the SMEs category during the 2023 edition of the event hosted by the Fundación Liderazgos y Organizaciones Responsables (FLOR). This award recognizes and celebrates the company's commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace and beyond.
The 2023 FLOR Diversity Award is granted to organizations for whom managing diversity is part of their strategy and values. It not only aims to acknowledge and promote those organizat...
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Contentech to Feature in Global Industry Gathering
Dubai - Sep 25, 2023
For the third consecutive time, Contentech is set to participate in the 50th edition of the mega language industry event LocWorld at Silicon Valley between 10 and 12 October. Ayman Saad, the company’s global customer success manager is going to be there, representing the brand and meeting with brilliant minds of the industry.
At LocWorld, Contentech will have the chance to attend industry conferences and public speeches, explore and engage with the exhibition, and leverage vibrant networking opportunities.
As it continues to grow, C...
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The Top 5 Asian American Languages Spoken in the US
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The United States (US) is known as being a melting pot of different nationalities and it can be said that the country’s diversity comes from all the different cultures that reside there. Although at the federal level, the US doesn’t have an official language, it is broadly accepted that English is the country’s main language, followed by Spanish.
However, what might be surprising is that over 40% of the US speaks primarily Asian languages after English and Spanish. This is nearly 50% of the en...
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Translation Quality Metrics: Are We There Yet?
It has been an age-old dream of the translation industry to find the holy grail of translation quality measurement. Today, with the advent of neural machine translation, large language models, and AI, the need is greater than ever. The hunger to measure the quality of human and machine translated content is growing.
Although the number of new metrics and tools is increasing and their accuracy is improving over time, we have not yet reached a plateau.
In this presentation, attendees will get an overview of the different automated translation quality measurement options. They will learn ho...
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Translated Unveils “Human Touch” A Short Film Celebrating the Human Ability to…
Translated has released a commercial highlighting how people translate each other every day, decoding what isn’t expressed in words. The short film was previewed at the UNESCO Conference on Digital Learning.
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ROME, September 14, 2023 - Translated, a leading provider of AI-powered language solutions, is thrilled to release "Human Touch," a short film about the human ability to translate beyond mere words. At a time when artificial intelligence (AI) is dominating the headlines, the commercial aims to highlight the immeasurable role that humans play in advancing the transla...
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Responsible Use of AI: The Key Role of Non-English Linguists
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I recently came across a meme: "Keep calm and stop explaining that AI will not replace translators". While the formula may be a little bit 2000, it was right on point.
Let’s try a different approach. I will encourage you to think of the obvious intersection between generative AI and existing language services not as a one-way effect or an end, but as a virtuous circle, a means to enable a more responsible and fair use of generative AI technologies.
Think of AI not as a technology that can be used to re...
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Argos Multilingual Releases the 2023 Issue of the Global Ambitions Publication
The 2023 edition showcases new opportunities for global content in the age of AI
September 15, 2023 – Argos Multilingual is pleased to announce the immediate release of the 2023 edition of the Global Ambitions publication. This issue is fully dedicated to global content and how it is rapidly evolving in the age of AI. It is available both online and in print and is included as an outsert in the September issue of MultiLingual magazine.
Over its 28 pages, this publication explores some of the hottest topics in global content right now, such as:
How generative AI may impact existin...
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Voiseed Announces the Appointment of Dr. Páraic Sheridan to Board of…
Voiseed, an innovative start-up specializing in expressive synthetic voices for Games & Media localization, today announced the appointment of Dr. Páraic Sheridan to its Board of Directors, effective September 4th. In conjunction with his appointment to the board, Páraic will also join the Executive Team at Voiseed with responsibility for company and product strategy.
With over three decades of experience in the field of Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing, Páraic brings a unique blend of technical expertise and strategic thinking to the ...
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Introducing… the GALA Business Performance Barometer
More and more at GALA, we're finding that decision makers need deeper insights to really understand what's going on in the language service industry. For this reason, we've created a new program, the Business Performance Barometer.
The survey that we just released is actually one of a series of surveys that we plan to do every year, and that will focus on economic, operational and technology indicators. This first Business Performance Barometer survey will help us collect data on financial, translation rates, vendor relationships, expectations, and more.
This s...
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How AR and VR Are Changing the Translation Industry
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Just like most industries in the world are affected by developments in technology, the translation industry is not far behind with the introduction and continuous developments in AR and VR. But what are AR and VR? While both deal with enhancements to our real world in a virtual setting, there are some important differences to keep in mind. And moreover, it’s important to be aware of how AR and VR will or are likely to affect the future of the translation industry. So, without further ado, let’s explore this fasc...
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GALA Champion Claudio Fantinuoli
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Claudio Fantinuoli is Chief Technology Officer at KUDO Inc., a company specialized in delivering human and AI live interpretation. He is also Lecturer and Researcher at the University of Mainz and Founder of InterpretBank, an AI-tool for professional interpreters.
Watch this interview on volunteering for GALA, the implementation of interpreting technology and its benefits, and the challenges awaiting the interpreting sector in the near future.
Here are a few snippets.
Volunteering for the GALA Program C...