Year: 2021

As we approach the end of the year, let’s look at some of the highlights and trends of 2021 in the localization and language industry. From events, insights, collaborations, and community, there have been so many things that have helped make this year amazing and will continue to influence as we move into 2022 ->…

As they say, it’s the most wonderful time of the year. Christmas and the holiday season is celebrated in many countries. All around the world, countries and cultures have different ways of celebrating. From unusual and scary customs to lavish or strange dishes, no holiday tradition is the same. Click here to see what some…

This post covers some of the key concepts discussed on the Let’s Go On Demand Summit session: “Entertain Us: Multimedia Localization in 2022,” featuring guests Chris Fetner, Executive Director at The Globalization Association and Esther Bond, Research Director at Slator. Sign Up Here for Let’s Go On Demand Summit to view all on demand sessions….

By deploying Okta Single Sign-On (SSO) functionality, Welocalize delivers a best-in-class authentication solution that delivers an easy client portal user experience while ensuring strict adherence to our clients’ infosec and data security needs. This added layer of authentication provided by Okta prioritizes security and convenience and gives Welocalize clients the ability to use single sign-on…

The need for reskilling, continuing education, and professional certifications is driving the growth of the e-learning market. Worldwide, companies are increasing their investments in e-learning due to its efficiency, accessibility, and cost-effectiveness over classroom-based learning. For global brands, e-learning allows them to provide a consistent, accessible, and centrally controlled training environment for their teams. And with the coronavirus…

Premiering November 16, Let’s Go features 49 experts across 23 sessions sharing technology, business, and localization strategies for international success in 2022. After more than a year of adapting to a virtual world, businesses continue to implement new ways to effectively and efficiently engage, learn, and grow. Welocalize’s on-demand virtual summit, Let’s Go, provides a…

Developing localization-ready source content results in a faster, more efficient, higher-quality, and lower-cost localization process. Knowing why you should write and design with localization in mind is important (see Write and Design With Localization in Mind – Part I). The next question is how. Here are some best practices you can apply when you create…

If you’re a global brand, most of the content you produce is most likely destined for multilingual audiences. Localizing for multiple target languages can be complex and if you don’t start with localization in mind, you are making the process unnecessarily longer, more costly, and more complicated. An important step at the planning stage is…

We’re constantly hearing about the cutting-edge technologies and incredible innovations happening thanks to Artificial Intelligence (AI). In McKinsey’s global survey, The State of AI in 2020 it was found that most organizations have increased investment in AI and have adopted AI in at least one business function. Likewise, Servion claim that by 2025, AI will…

Machine translation (MT) allows global brands to keep pace with ever-growing content volumes, save on costs, and meet tight time-to-market deadlines to reach wider global audiences with multilingual content strategies. Experts from Welocalize’s AI Innovation Team participated in the MT Summit 2021, contributing to several sessions looking at advancements and use cases of MT and…