Year: 2018

Localization professionals have no shortage of options when it comes to industry events and forums. Nimzdi tracks over 100 global events in 2018.  So, when we invite our customers and other industry executives to attend our events, we appreciate that they are making an investment in time and travel to be with us. This year,…

At the Google Cloud Next ’18 conference, the Google AutoML product team featured Welocalize’s experiments with training and customizing Google’s AutoML Translate engines for numerous, disparate domains and languages. AutoML Translate is a solution for customizing neural machine translation engines for specific industries and domains. Welocalize evaluated AutoML Translate for scale, speed, and accuracy against…

Online graphic design tool website, Canva, empowers millions of people in over 190 countries to design anything and publish anywhere. This cloud-based service platform is a simple way to create a variety of graphics such as social media images, invitations, cards, posters, logos, flyers, and more. With over 10 million active users around the world,…

In a 1959 essay on creativity, the science fiction writer Issac Asimov of renown reflected on the question of “How do people get new ideas?” This question is timeless, and so are his insights. One of Asimov’s thoughts was the ability to make a “cross-connection” between item 1 and item 2. This year, Welocalize launched…

We’re thrilled to be partnering with Conductor to deliver a smarter, faster way to reach and engage with international audiences. Our partnership integrates the best of Adapt’s multilingual digital content services with Conductor’s platform for SEO and content marketing. Conductor’s technology is used by leading brands such as Citibank, SAP, and Black & Decker. Our…

Challenges in relation to new translation technologies such as neural machine translation (NMT) are far more concrete than theoretical analyses or any potential “hype” in the localization and translation industry. Global businesses are looking for solutions and expert advice to put these technology solutions in place in a real commercial setting. Olga Beregovaya is Welocalize…

BrightonSEO Highlights With the digital sphere constantly changing, navigating the online noise and reaching your customers is an increasingly difficult task. BrightonSEO, the UK’s largest search marketing conference, is an event that’s always helping digital marketers look to tomorrow. Conferences like BrightonSEO offer a chance to see how the experts are tackling fresh challenges and…

Welocalize has earned recognition as a Partner-level supplier for 2017 in the John Deere Achieving Excellence Program. The Partner-level status is Deere & Company’s highest supplier rating. Welocalize was selected for the second consecutive year for the honor in recognition of its dedication to providing products and service of outstanding quality as well as its…

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect on May 25, 2018. Welocalize currently complies with applicable data protection regulations broadly outlined in the GDPR. Welocalize’s internal cross-functional team of experts from information technology (IT) and information security (Infosec) have reviewed our data management practices with the business operations teams to ensure readiness and…

China-based companies are intensively pursuing the goal of establishing their brands in other countries. In 2017, China spent over $200B to acquire companies abroad. Chinese internet giants Tencent and Alibaba have aggressively diversified their business portfolios with multi-billion dollar investments in overseas acquisitions. An outcome of this globalization is the marked increase in demand forecast…