LATEST ISSUE
February 2024
Top 34 Influencers Driving the Language Industry
Nearly 21,000 public votes determined the selection of influencers for this fully inclusive issue. These 34 influencers work in diverse roles and domains, and come from all over the world. Despite their differences, all are leaders, entrepreneurs, mentors, and advocates in their own way — striving to make their corner of the industry the best it can be.
POST EDITING
ou may have noticed some changes on the MultiLingual masthead recently. It’s a brand new year, and with it, we’re doing things a little differently around here. And I think you’ll find only improvements trailing in its wake.
Last month, my colleague Cathy Martin introduced herself as MultiLingual’s new managing editor. Over the past few months I’ve worked with Cathy, I’ve been nothing but impressed by her professional rigor, thoroughness, and intelligence. Cathy coming on board means I get to spend more time on the parts of my job I love — namely, writing and editing — so to better describe my role, my new title is senior writer and editor.
Likewise, we’re honoring two very special individuals this month: Aki Ito and Jost Zetzsche. Both individuals have served for years on MuliLingual’s editorial board, and their wisdom and guidance have been invaluable in understanding a complicated and ever-evolving industry. We’ll have more details to come once we’re ready to announce their replacements, but for now, please join us as we share our deepest gratitude to two of the language industry’s most influential voices.
Speaking of influence, that’s what this issue is all about! Regardless of what social media platform you frequent, you know the effectiveness of combined reach and savvy communication. In a way, it’s an elegant encapsulation of the power of language — by simply understanding their audiences, influencers by the thousands have built new careers for themselves, and in doing so, they’ve changed communication and marketing forever. The language industry is just as dependent on influencers as any other, and in this issue, we asked you — yes, you! — who has the greatest impact on your work and life.
Whether you aspire to influence people by the millions or simply your colleagues and loved ones, honesty, humility, selflessness, and integrity are still the four corners of any career. We here at MultiLingual will endeavor to reflect those values with the influence we wield.
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Adam Asnes
CEO at Lingoport
Diego Cresceri
CEO at Creative Words
Diego Perez
Freelance Localization Specialist
Ewandro Magalhães
Global Language Strategist at Nimdzi Insights
Indrė Lelevičienė
CEO at Baltijos vertimai
(BV Translations)
Indy Vega
CEO at CCI Group
István Lengyel
CEO at BeLazy
Javier Díaz
Head of Community at
Bureau Works
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Josh Goldsmith
Geek-in-Chief at techforword
Katharine Allen
Director of Language Industry Learning at Boostlingo
Konstantin Dranch
Founder at Custom.MT
Kristin Gutierrez
Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Language Network
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Loek van Kooten
Translator at Akebono Translation Service
Lucio Bagnulo
Head of Translation and Language Strategy at Amnesty International
Marco Trombetti
CEO at Translated
Maria Malykhina
Production Manager at Technolex Translation Studio
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Marina Ilari
CEO at Terra Translations
Marta Castello
Innovation Manager at
Creative Words
Mugais Jahangir
Head of the Americas Region at memoQ
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Rakesh Kapoor
Managing Director at
Process9 Technologies
Renato Beninatto
Co-founder at Nimdzi Insights
Richard Brooks
Consultant at Richard-Brooks.com
Sangeetha V
Sales Director-APAC at Summa Linguae Technologies
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Stefan Huyghe
Vice President of Localization at Communicaid
Tetyana Struk
CEO at Linguistic Centre
Tony Cheng
Senior Staff Product Manager of Localization and Globalization at Warner Bros. Discovery
Vidushi Kapoor
CEO at Process9 Technologies
Yanming Li
Senior Manager of Localization at Amazon
Yelena Proskurin
Assistant Professor of Professional Practice at Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
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Bertrand Gstalder
Supported By Acolad
Fresh off a year in Acolad’s CEO seat, Bertrand Gstalder sees a chance for the language industry to distinguish itself with its already-engrained values of sustainability, human creativity, and productive communication.
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Supported By Translated
Translated’s COO, Alessandro Cattelan, explains how the company’s Human-in-the-Loop solution integrates the efficiency of machine translation with human reviews for unmatched translation reliability.
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