Roundtable | September 2019
Roundtable | Round the World in Four Weeks: Translation, Localization and Globalization
The localization industry grew out of the need to make technology products globally accessible. This month will be all about the implications of working with global audiences. My world, the professional translator’s world, is all about facilitating communication between people. Translation is not a commodity. In a global economy, the world becomes more integrated, but technology cannot successfully produce all of the communication humans need and want. Translators are a junction point. This month we will discuss from the basic – defining globalization vs. internationalization vs. localization – and the small – how to write for translation and localization – to the large – what machines are already doing for us and where we see the industry in 20 years.
September Roundtable includes the following curated content, in addition to resources and an interactive forum for engagement on the topic.
Week 1: Live Webinar: Around the World in an Hour?
Week 2: Article
Week 3: Panel Discussion with Aki Ito, Catherine Christaki, and Jost Zetzsche
Week 4: Case Studies
September Roundtable includes the following curated content, in addition to resources and an interactive forum for engagement on the topic.
Week 1: Live Webinar: Around the World in an Hour?
Week 2: Article: Writing for localization
Week 3: Panel Discussion with Aki Ito, Catherine Christaki, and Jost Zetzsche
Week 4: Case Study and Ask me Anything
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Week 1: Webinar.
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Week 2: Practical application.
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