Andrew Warner
Andrew Warner is a writer from Sacramento. He received his B.A. in linguistics and English from UCLA and is currently working toward an M.A. in applied linguistics at Columbia University. His writing has been published in Language Magazine, Sactown Magazine, and The Takeout.
Marvel’s Eternals Prompts Discussion about Language Access
Although it was met with mixed reviews from critics, it’s undeniable that Eternals has shaken things up in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
The film...
Pennsylvania Court Interpreters Win Fight for Fair Compensation
The Tri-State Language Access Coalition (TSLAC) announced on Nov. 22 that after a months-long legal battle, Pennsylvania courts will adopt new compensation standards in...
UnitedHealthcare Awards United Language Group for Language Access
United Language Group, a language services provider (LSP) based in Minneapolis, received an award earlier this week from UnitedHealthcare’s Government Operations team for its...
Native American Languages Receive Support at White House Summit
On Nov. 15, a group of United States government agencies launched a new initiative geared to protect and preserve Native American languages that have...
Google Cloud and Cohere Team up to Expand Access to NLP
In an effort to build upon its current artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, Google Cloud is partnering up with Cohere, a Toronto-based tech company specializing...
Facebook AI Earns Award for Multilingual MT Model
On Nov. 10, Facebook won a prestigious award at the Sixth Annual Conference on Machine Translation (WMT) for its multilingual model, which could make...
Q&A with Globalization Leader Lyena Solomon on the Globalization Strategy Playbook
In October 2021, a group of 12 globalization professionals published the Globalization Strategy Playbook, a free guide aiming to instruct leaders in the fields...
Study Highlights Need for Education in Native Language
In one of the largest studies of written language development among bilingual students to date, a team of researchers at universities across the United...
KUDO Marketplace Listed On TIME’s 100 Best Inventions of 2021
KUDO, the New York City-based company behind KUDO Marketplace, was recognized earlier today as one of the 100 most innovative inventors of 2021 by...
SambaNova Adds GPT to Services, Expands NLP Capabilities
SambaNova, a Palo Alto-based tech company that specializes in artificial intelligence (AI), announced recently that the company has added the GPT-3 language model to...
Most People Use Slang, Even When Unsure of Meaning
A common rule of thumb that translation and localization professionals are bound to hear at some point in their career is that localization is...
Conference to Highlight Language Access Issues in Arizona
Arizona State University (ASU) is slated to host a nationwide conference for translation and interpretation professionals later this month, with a particular emphasis on...
Airbnb Expands Safety Support for 11 Languages
Airbnb announced recently that the company is expanding its safety support line to offer assistance to users in 11 new languages.
The travel company launched...
Unbabel Report Outlines “Native Language Effect” among Consumers
Unbabel, a San Francisco-based language operations platform, has released the results of its 2021 Global Multilingual Customer Experience Report, which breaks down the results...
By the Numbers: Tracking the COVID-19 Pandemic’s Influence on the Language Industry
In the 20 months since COVID-19 first came onto our radar, the technology and ideas shaping the language industry have evolved quite a bit. As we come to the close of another pandemic-addled year, it’s worth breaking these developments down by looking at the data.
Bolingo’s African Country Guides: Cameroon & Egypt
Bolingo, the Accra-based communication and media consulting firm behind Localization Africa, is releasing localization guides with insights on how to localize content for African markets. In this issue, we’ll break down some of the main details of the most recent releases on Cameroon and Egypt.
What Can AI Teach us about the Human Brain?
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) believe that artificial intelligence (AI)-powered language models may...
VKontakte Sets Sights on English-speaking Audience, Launches NMT
VKontakte, a popular social media network in Russia and other Russian-speaking regions, has recently launched its own neural machine translation (NMT) model for translating...
Breaking Down Disney’s Localization Plans across Asia
Earlier this month, Disney announced a slew of new content for Asia and the Pacific (APAC) that includes nearly 30 new titles to be...
“Multilingual Expansion Plan” Crucial to eCommerce Success, Reports BLEND
BLEND, a Tel Aviv-based language service provider specializing in artificial intelligence (AI)-powered localization, recently conducted a report on the localization metrics the 50 top...
Argos Multilingual Announces Acquisition of Venga Global
Argos Multilingual, a Krakow-based language service provider (LSP), announced on October 21, that it has acquired Venga Global, a San Francisco-based LSP with roots...
Two LSPs, RWS and Keywords Studios, Receive AIM Awards
Two European language service providers (LSPs) — RWS and Keywords Studios — were recently awarded Alternative Investment Market (AIM) Awards.
The AIM, a sub-market of...
Youtube to Add Several New Audio and Caption Features
Google recently announced last week that it will be adding a whole new series of features to Youtube’s closed captioning and subtitles, including a...
Microsoft Translator Now Available in 100+ Languages
The team behind Microsoft’s Azure AI platform recently announced that the company’s machine translation (MT) system, Microsoft Translator, is now capable of translating text...