International Buzz talks with Tucker Johnson, co-founder of Nimdzi and co-author of The General Theory of the Translation Company. Tucker, who has worked at a variety of LSPs and now provides research and management consulting for the localization industry shares his views on important issues, technology, and trends that are affecting our industry and makes some predictions for the upcoming year.

Guest: Tucker Johnson, co-founder of Nimdzi

In this episode of International Buzz Jost Zetzsche talks about the importance of translation, the role of professional linguists, and shares his views on emerging technologies that will affect the localization industry.

Guest: Jost Zetzsche, principal of International Writers' Group

International Buzz guest host Mark Shriner talks with Dion Wiggins CTO and Co-Founder of Omniscien Technologies about the latest developments with machine translation and the localisation industry overall. Dion introduces the newest MT technology, and shares his views about where MT is making it's greatest inroads, and what translators should expect in the future.

Guest: Dion Wiggins, CTO at Omniscien Technologies

In this episode of The International Buzz we spoke with Luigi Muzii, founder of sQuid, about having controversial opinions and the issues one is facing when being outspoken. We discussed quality standards, error prevention, and which part technology plays in solving problems. Luigi has been in the industry since 1982, working as a translator, individual consultant and public speaker. His recently published book "Upstream" features all articles he's written in the past 10 years.

Guest: Luigi Muzii, founder of sQuid

In this episode your co-hosts Tanja Falkner & Robert Rogge talked to Kate Edwards, independent consultant in her own company Geogrify and former Executive Director of IGDA. Kate is an expert in providing geocultural and geopolitical content strategies, and told us how her job allows her to mix two things she's absolutely passionate about - culturalization & video games. If you don't know what culturalization is you should definitely check out this podcast because a lot can happen if you're not aware of its importance, like having to fly to Dubai for damage control...

Guest: Kate Edwards, CEO of Geogrify LLC

International Buzz talks with Mareike Bouriga about GALA Boston 2018, her experience in the localization industry, and some of the key features and benefits of the Wordbee Translator platform.

Guest: Mareike Bouriga, Business Development Manager Wordbee

In this episode of the International Buzz we talk to Bruno Herrmann, previous Digital Globalization Director at Nielsen. While discussing the need for snackable content, he also explains what it takes to produce good global content, and why he prefers referring to AI as automated intelligence as an alternative definition.

Guest: Bruno Herrmann, previous Digital Globalization Director at Nielsen

Leon Leid, Localization Project Manager at InEight joined us on the International Buzz to discuss software localization. He shared with us how they got their localization department started, the difficulty of implementing localization in the development process and his wish for a live preview during the translation work.

Guest: Leon Leid, Localization Project Manager at InEight

Catharine Cellier-Smart, owner of Smart Translate, explains what Creole is, its origins and shares how Creole is used on Reunion Island today. Did you know there are over 130 different Creoles?

Guest: Catharine Cellier-Smart, owner of Smart Translate

Olivier Debeugny, CEO of Lingua Custodia, came on The International Buzz to talk about translation and localization in the financial sector. Join us as we discuss the unique task of translating urgent, financial documents, and how he's using machine translation solutions that are specialized for the financial domain to deliver results faster.

Guest: Olivier Debeugny, CEO of Lingua Custodia

Wordbee met up with Stacey Brown-Summers, CEO of Mindlink, at LocWorld 38 in Seattle! At our first live International Buzz taping, we talked to Stacey about how she works to simplify translation processes for those entirely outside of the industry and about her projects trying to connect local governments, schools, and non-profits to translators & interpreters.

Guest: Stacey Brown-Summers, CEO of Mindlink

This time, we've got a whole episode all about machine translation, specifically about NMT! Join Gábor Bessenyei of Globalese as he discusses where MT has come from and where it's going, including how it can improve productivity and why gauging quality is so important ... but so tricky.

Guest: Gábor Bessenyei, CEO of Globalese

Terminology can save companies inside and outside the translation industries lots of time and money, but even today it remains an elusive industry. That's why we invited Gabriele Sauberer, director of the International Network for Terminology, to talk about what a typical project looks like, how to go about choosing a terminology tool, and how diverse terminologies can lead to a diverse workforce.

Guest: Gabriele Sauberer, director of the International Network for Terminology

In this episode of the International Buzz we talk with Catherine Richards Golini, Language Consultant at Lay Summaries & Director of the European Association of Language Teachers for Healthcare, discussing clinical trial lay summaries, and what a linguist's role is in the process of making sure the language being used is appropriate for the lay person.

Guest: Catherine Richards Golini, Language Consultant at Lay Summaries

Dive into the world of multicultural communication with Ryan Foley of Foley Learning! Find out how to have better communication with a diverse team by adjusting the way your meetings go, asking the right questions, and being more aware of your own behavior.

Guest: Ryan Foley of Foley Learning

In this podcast, we took an in-depth look at the video game localization industry. We were joined by two guests this time: Javier Gómez, a translator, reviewer and writer, and Sandra Lucía Toledo, a translator and conference interpreter, both of whom specialize in video game localization with their company, Ludus Localisation. Take a listen to learn about the state of the industry in Latin America, the difference between working as an in-house translator and working from home, what tools are best, how to ensure quality — and a love story too!

Guest: Javier Gómez & Sandra Lucía Toledo

Jeannette Stewart, Co-Founder of Translation Commons and Globalization Expert, shares how Translation Commons came to life and their projects related to the Year of Indigenous Languages. On top of that we had a chance to talk about globalization processes and the elevation of globalization positions in large corporations.

Guest: Jeannette Stewart, Co-Founder of Translation Commons and Globalization Expert

In this episode we talk with Jan Hinrichs, Founder of LocLunch and CEO of Beluga. He shares how hosting networking events at Xing inspired him to create LocLunch, a local networking session for people interested in localization, globalization, internationalization and translation. The idea behind the non-promotional lunch meet-ups is simple: Bringing people together and building a community!

Guest: Jan Hinrichs, Founder of LocLunch

Alfredo Spagna, Senior Translation and Localization Consultant at Text in Kontext, explains how source documents have been changing. We discuss how the growth of global content is affecting its quality and what is needed to create a good source.

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Guest: Alfredo Spagna, Senior Translation and Localization Consultant

In this experts panel we talk with Richard Korn, Yehonatan Palmer and Irina Rybnikova about trends in technical communication, including the changing role of technical writers, how to write and prepare technical documents for translation and more.

Trends in Technical Communication - Panel

Experts Carme Mangiron, Paul Davies, Adolfo Gómez-Urda Montijano and Victor Alonso Lion share their game localization wishlists on this panel discussion. We talk about what games companies wish they could do, what technologies are still missing and overall, what has yet to be achieved in game localization.

Games Localization Wishlist - Panel

Financial translation experts Claudia del Castillo, Olivier Debeugny, and James DeVoge share with us what leading financial localization organizations are doing to improve their processes, methods, and technologies. We cover subjects such as neural machine translation, terminology, roles & responsibilities, and more.

Processes in Financial Translation - Panel

Global Clinical Trials are becoming more and more popular. In this episode, we sit down with experts in the field to discuss what running global clinical trials looks like, with a spotlight on localization. We cover subjects such as cognitive debriefing, real world evidence studies, the impact of COVID-19 on life sciences, and more.

The panel is followed by a short demonstration of Wordbee's translation management system and how it is such a perfect fit for global clinical trials, life sciences, and the greater medical industry. You can watch the video recording on our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/wordbee

Panelists:
Anna Richards, Vitaccess
Lana Rachkovskaya, Capital Translations
Ana Sofia Correia, ASC Translations
Mark Campbell, mdgroup

Global Clinical Trials & Life Science Localization - Panel

Lana Rachkovskaya, owner of Capital Translation, shares her expertise on life science translation with us on this episode. As we talk about back translation, reconciliation, client reviews, and workflows she shares useful tips and lessons she’s learned over the years. Tune in to hear why it’s not enough for a reviewer to be a native speaker, why a master glossary is vital before starting work, or why you should keep the same linguists working on the same accounts.

Guest: Lana Rachkovskaya, Owner of Capital Translation

Kirill Soloviev is the Co-Founder & CEO of ContentQuo, a platform for measuring language quality of vendors and MT engines. We talk about translation quality management, its challenges and how to best make use of quality metrics. Kirill shares the 3 main reasons why companies measure translation quality: reducing customer turnover, reducing cost, and improving performance. Tune in for more.

Kirill Soloviev, Co-founder & CEO of ContentQuo

On this episode we talk with Anna Richards, project manager at Vitaccess, about cognitive debriefing in real-world evidence studies. She shares some of its linguistic challenges and cultural difficulties around uncomfortable topics such as bowel movement. Get ready for some real-life examples of funny, awkward but also challenging conversations.

Anna Richards - Cognitive Debriefing in Life Sciences

In this multi-disciplinary panel, localization experts from the gaming, travel and translation industries discuss how COVID-19 has impacted their work, changes in their respective lines of business, forecasts and more. Tune in to hear what is happening behind the scenes at Skyscanner, Gameforge and K-International.

Impact of COVID-19 on gaming, travel, and translation - Panel

We talked with CEOs of leading language service providers to answer the question "What does it take to be a successful CEO of an LSP". They share insights into hiring talent, delegating tasks, the skillset that is required and more. Tune in to learn from Nelly Kostadinova (Lingua-World), Tenesoya Pawlowsky (CPSL), Peter Argondizzo (Argo Translation) and Dave van den Akker (LinQuake).

How to be a successful CEO of an LSP - Panel

Project Underwear is a global study conducted by Nimdzi Insights about the online buying behavior of users and how language affects their choices. As the lead researcher of the project, Gabriel shares with us their findings as well as what they mean for businesses & for the translation industry.

Gabriel Karandysovsky - Nimdzi's Project Underwear

In this episode, we talk with Swati Narwal about her role as a Global Category Purchaser of Professional Services at Ingka Group, the biggest franchisee of IKEA. She also shares some insights into the translation processes at Ingka Group, how they transitioned to outsourcing most of the language services, and what some of the localization challenges are that they are facing as a franchise.

Swati Narwal - Localization at Ingka Group, IKEA franchisee

This panel discussion is about machine translation for the language industry where we talked about trends such as context aware MT, quality estimation, adaptive systems and more. Hear from experts Paula Reichenberg (Hieronymus), Samuel Läubli (TextShuttle), Yuka Nakasone (Intento) and Maxim Khalilov (Glovo) what we can expect from neural machine translation in the near future.

2020: Trends In Machine Translation For The Language Industry - Panel

In this episode we talk with experts Alaina Brandt, Kirill Soloviev, William Spalding and Bazz O'Reilly about translation quality management. We discussed topics such as language quality assessment, vendor management & feedback cycles, as well as the role of automation and technology.

New Horizons In Translation Quality Management - Panel

International Buzz is a podcast about localization, translation, global marketing, and international business relations. <a href="https://wordbee.com">Wordbee</a> is a leading translation management system and localization technology provider worldwide, powering enterprises and translation service providers with integrated toolsets for end-to-end localization.

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