AI Trends in OCR for the Localization Industry
Optical character recognition, or OCR, is an important step in preparing documents for localization. It requires thorough text processing before submitting a document to the translator and involves converting non-editable versions into editable ones compatible with CAT tools.
Content Security Preparedness Supports Growth of Media Localization
The spotlight for content security is typically shone on the major studios, yet it plays an equally important role for all individuals and organizations...
The Hidden Costs of Culturally Irrelevant Content
When content fails to resonate culturally, it can alienate consumers in a competitive global market. United Language Group's team of linguistic experts identified four ways that culturally irrelevant content can cost your brand.
Cyberpunk 2077 Developer Apologizes for Insensitive Ukrainian Localization
CD Projekt Red’s global PR director, Radek Grabowski, apologized via a statement. “The release version of Ukrainian localization of Cyberpunk 2077 features elements of dialogues that can be considered offensive by Russian gamers. These lines do not represent our views. We apologize for the situation and have made steps to avoid situations like that in the future.”
Kenneth Perez Nielsen talks phrase it and the future
Kenneth Perez Nielsen founded phrase it in 2004 to facilitate his work as a linguistic consultant for translation, proofreading, copywriting and terminology management. Work has grown steadily over almost two decades, but he's just getting started. Nicolás Martin Fontana caught up with Nielsen to talk about his work history and what comes next.
LocWorld’s Process Innovation Challenge draws huge response
LocWorld's Process Innovation Challenge (PIC) has long spurred creative solutions to better workflows, applications of technology, and more. And this year is no exception. In fact, the upcoming LocWorld49 in Malmö, Sweden, has prompted a huge response.
David Snaddon: Finding the right talent
There are plenty of tools in the localization world that makes discovering talented professionals that much easier. For his latest interview, MultiLingual contributor Nicolás Martin Fontana spoke with David Snaddon about his work in that arena by establishing LocRecruiting.
Rising stars shine at inaugural edition of Localization Case Competition
On Feb. 17, the first edition of the Localization Case Competition was held at Middlebury Institute of International Studies (MIIS) in Monterey. Six industry judges, with an average experience of 11 years each in localization and globalization, listened to case presentations by localization student teams.
Dubbing professionals on strike in Italy
With the rise of technology that can emulate the tone and quality of any given speaker’s voice in multiple languages, the idea that studios could produce dubs using a given actor’s voice without ever having to actually work with that voice actor is a pretty fair concern.
BLEND launches 2022 Localization Hall of Fame
What do Canva, Spotify, and Shopify have in common? All three are among the 12 companies inducted into BLEND's 2022 Localization Hall of Fame this week.
Meta fails to localize Horizon Worlds before launching in Spain and...
Meta received some harsh words from frustrated Spanish speakers after a shaky international rollout of its game Horizon Worlds.
ATRAE president elaborates on open letter to Iyuno-SDI
In a statement to MultiLingual, Iris Permuy, president of ATRAE, elaborated on the open letter, which claimed that subtitlers and audiovisual translators face low rates and “appalling” work conditions that naturally lead to a decline in quality.
