When expanding into international markets, having a centralized localization program can help you scale faster and more efficiently. Whether you’re just starting out with localization or hoping to unify fragmented efforts from teams worldwide, the benefits of centralizing your localization program are worth the effort. Building your localization program involves six key elements: Program Team,…
Year: 2022
Hybrid event globalization is no easy task, especially scaling up for events and meetings across multiple countries and multilingual audiences. Aside from planning the event, businesses need to grapple with the challenges of developing the “virtual” experience and localizing content, so diverse audiences can understand the content and be immersed in the experience. The State…
We are thrilled to launch PATHFINDER – the very first issue of the new Welocalize e-magazine. Released quarterly, this new magazine brings together industry insights, thought-leadership content, and Welocalize news – all in one place, to help you achieve success in global markets and create the best customer experience in any language. To kick off…
Neural Machine Translation (NMT) systems have reached state-of-the art performance in many language pairs making researchers increasingly interested in whether current systems can compete with human translators in terms of performance. The datasets used to train modern MT systems generally contain a vast amount of bilingual sentences. However, not all language pairs have datasets of…
It was a long-awaited return to in-person events for the localization crowd and LocWorld47 Berlin did not disappoint. Steve Maule, Welocalize’s Director of Customer Success, took his first conference trip since lockdown and here are some of his highlights from his time in Berlin…. My first feeling at LocWorld47 was the thrill of seeing so…
Artificial intelligence (AI) has seen increasing adoption across various industries worldwide. In its “An AI State of Mind” report, Baird, a multinational investment bank and financial services firm, interviewed nine global companies, including Welocalize, on how they use AI in practice. Welocalize Chief Innovation Officer Chris Grebisz shared his insights on how the company is…
The pharmaceutical industry deals with stringent regulations from government agencies worldwide. From getting a medicinal product approved to entering a new market, pharmaceutical companies must submit numerous translated documents to comply with local language requirements. Strict regulatory translations are expected, given the responsibility to ensure the safety, efficacy, and quality of the drugs available to…
Descended from Old Latin used in the ancient Roman Empire, French, like English, is taught in every country of the world, and is the 2nd most popular language to learn (English is the most popular.) French is also known as the international language of cooking, fashion, theatre, the visual arts, dance, and architecture. French is…
Artificial intelligence (AI) has opened up new developments for customer support, offering global brands opportunities to provide optimum customer experience. Multilingual conversational AI is an important, but complex part of that. It requires a high level of expertise to build these systems and meet the necessary business function, cultural, and linguistic requirements. Aaron Schliem is…
In the first episode of the Welocalize Podcast, CEO Smith Yewell chats to podcast host, Louise Law. Smith talks about the importance of relationships and some of the successes and failures he’s experienced over the past 25 years since he co-founded Welocalize with his wife, Julia. In this episode, they cover…. How Welocalize was…
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