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Third Game Global held in Portugal
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Third Game Global held in Portugal
The third Game Global Summit was held this year in Lisbon, Portugal, at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel on...
News
News
People
Recent industry hires
The Translation People, a provider of language translation services, has restructured. Jasmin Schneider has been promoted from operations director to managing...
ALC held in DC
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ALC held in DC
The Association of Language Companies hosted their 17th annual conference May 1-4, 2019, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC....
The Process Innovation Challenge showcases innovative solutions
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The Process Innovation Challenge showcases innovative solutions
The Process Innovation Challenge (PIC), held June 12 at LocWorld40, changed its model by pitting six competitors against...
LocWorld comes to Portugal for first time
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LocWorld comes to Portugal for first time
LocWorld40 was held in Lisbon, Portugal, June 11-13, 2019. Sessions were split between the Estoril Congress Center and...
Mental Wellness a Focus for SDL, Women in Localization
Women in Localization and SDL will coordinate to organize workshops and events centered around the mental wellbeing of industry workers and the general community.
SDL,...
League of Women Voters Spokane Translate Sample Ballots
The League of Women Voters has partnered with several organizations to ensure people from non-English speaking communities can exercise their right to vote by...
Calendar
Calendar
October
60th ATA Conference
October 23-26, 2019, Palm Springs, California USA
American Translators Association, www.atanet.org/conf/2019
LavaCon Content Strategy Conference
October 27-30, 2019, Portland, Oregon USA
LavaCon, https://lavacon.org/2019
Content Strategy Applied 2019
October...
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News
Business
Unbabel receives funding
Unbabel, provider of an AI-powered, human-refined customer service translation platform, has raised €55 million in Series C financing. The round was led...
Featured Reader
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Featured Reader
Would you introduce yourself?
Caloã de Sá Gouvêa, business development manager at Translation Back Office.
Where do you live?
I am currently based in Kyiv, but...
Paper Expands Multilingual Support to Online Services
The educational support system Paper emphasizes language access as among its primary goals to ensure a more equitable education for students across North America.
The...
Deaf ASL Interpreters on DPAN for US Presidential Debate
In the absence of ASL interpreting services in official presidential events, DPAN has commissioned several ASL interpreters to provide interpreting services on the organization’s...
Calendar
Calendar
January
ALC UnConference
January 23-25, 2020, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
Association of Language Companieswww.alcus.org/page/unconference2020
February
AITCO 2020
February 7-8, 2020, Arusha, Tanzania
East African Interpreters and Translators Associationhttps://conference.eaita.org
Information Development World
February 25-27,...
Singapore hosts annual TAUS Asia conference
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Singapore hosts annual TAUS Asia conference
Since 2005, TAUS has organized 25 events in Asia. October 17-18, 2019, the annual TAUS Asia Conference & Exhibits...
ATA celebrates 60th annual conference
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ATA celebrates 60th annual conference
The American Translators Association (ATA) held its 60th annual conference October 23-26, 2019, in Palm Springs, California. The meeting drew...
Fourth International Summer School takes place in Antwerp
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Fourth International Summer School takes place in Antwerp
The fourth International Summer School in Translation Technology took place from September 2-6, 2019, at the Faculty...
Religious site surpasses 1,000 languages
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Religious site surpasses 1,000 languages
The website with the widest language reach isn’t Facebook or Wikipedia, it’s the Jehovah’s Witness website, jw.org. In November, the...
Featured Reader
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Featured Reader
Would you introduce yourself?
Carlos la Orden Tovar, InsideLoc.
Where do you live?
The beautiful Bologna, Italy.
How did you get started in this industry?
About 20 years...
Takeaways from the Argentinian CLINT event
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Takeaways from the Argentinian CLINT event
Argentina is attempting to establish itself as a leader in the language services industry, providing resources, experience and technology...
Automated “emotional mapping” wins PIC
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Automated “emotional mapping" wins PIC
Held November 7 at LocWorld41, the Process Innovation Challenge (PIC) considered six new tools from a panel of participants: Dalibor...
Game Global looks at culture, massive games and more
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Game Global looks at culture, massive games and more
Game Global took place in California at the Fairmont San Jose, November 5-6, 2019. Presenters shared...
Conference Interpreters Face Tumultuous EU Measures
Several of the measures put forth by the European Commission and European Parliament have aimed at mitigating the impact of contract cancellations on auxiliary...
Remote Simultaneous Interpreting Report Released
A CSA Research report outlines 18 companies that offer a remote simultaneous interpreting platform, some of which have made a recent shift to the...