As you might know, Netflix has grown to become one of the biggest broadcasting services on the Internet. Expanded over 190 countries and supporting 26 languages, Netflix did and still have to go through multiple localization processes to make every content globally accessible. How does a streaming media as huge as Netflix handle multilingual localization across the world?
According to the MESA Europe Content Localization Council in 2017, the size of the audiovisual translation market suggests that content localization services are worth about 2 billion USD per year and are expected to grow by 8% to 10% annually. The Slator 2018 Media Localization Report paints a similar picture, yet subtitle translation software has not grown to match this assertion. Is it because traditional TM (translation memory) technology has nothing to offer and can’t support this specialized localization process?
There are certain challenges that you’ll likely face during your localization career. In this article, we give you the keys to overcoming these challenges and making your localization project successful. So, if you are interested in localization project management or another position in the localization field, keep reading!
Nowadays, computer-aided translation tools (CAT) have become an absolute necessity for professionals working in the translation and localization industry. How are CAT tools different from machine translation, and how do they work?
Going global means facing the challenges of internationalization and localization. To ensure success in foreign markets, a good quality strategy should be set in place right from the beginning. A testing plan can help to set a clear objective and evaluate deadlines for completion. Let’s have a look at the most important testing procedures.
Created in the early 1990s for software development, the agile approach can design, shape, and manage an entire IT project. Unlike traditional methods that are considered too inflexible, slow, or easily outdated, agile development places the customer at the centre of a project in order to adapt quickly to changes. Agile development methods, such as Scrum and Extreme Programming, reduce change costs by implementing principles, reference values, and validations, which lowers post-project costs.
The video game industry is constantly growing and increasingly more video games are being played around the world each year. However, in order to be successful, video games must be launched in the international scene and appeal to players worldwide. But their rich content and specific vernacular make the localization process difficult. What exactly are the specifics of video game localization?
Internet has become a global media that enables exchanges between different cultures. It is now essential for companies willing to go international to adapt to their international audience, mostly by localizing their website(s). However, most of the time localization still isn’t done the right way. Let’s have a look at website localization best practices to boost your international strategy.
On 21-22 February 2019 Barcelona hosted “Elia Together”, a two-day event that brought together language professionals and freelance translators from around the world. This year’s theme was Mastering Digital Transformationand one of the speakers was Hélène Bajon, Director of CLIP – Center for Language Industry Professionals, a certification body based in France and teacher at the University of Strasbourg.
Neural Machine translation, or NMT, is a fairly new paradigm. Before NMT systems started to be used, machine translation had known several types of other machine translation systems. But, as research in the field of artificial intelligence is advancing, it is only natural that we try to apply it to translation.
