Globally Speaking

In this episode of Globally Speaking, we invited Jonathan Downie, Alexander Drechsel and Alexander Gansmeier, aka the “Troublesome Terps,” to discuss the current state of the interpretation market. We also discuss how interpreters need to market and price their services, setting proper expectations with clients and the latest interpretation technologies. Click play or download the episode below!

In this episode of Globally Speaking, we chat with Mohamed Abo El Fotouh, Digital and Media Lead for the Middle East and Asia Pacific Region for PepsiCo, about marketing tactics in the MENA region—Middle East and North Africa. We discuss how MENA is different from other regions, its market sub-clusters, why regional marketing campaigns work well and the biggest mistake foreign companies make. Plus, we get some new music recommendations! Listen to or download the episode below!

To wrap up our series on transcription, we invited Sam Liang, Founder and CEO of Otter.ai, to talk about his company’s innovative transcription technology. He discusses the wide variety of use cases for his service, how he’s combined speech-to-text and neural language processing and how he sees transcription technology evolving in the future. Tune in to hear more!

School is back in session! In this episode, Michael interviews a panel of localization professors—Max Troyer, Jon Ritzdorf and Jan Grodecki—about how they are preparing students for the future of localization. They discuss how curriculum should both ride the wave of current technology as well as teach students traditional critical skills. Other topics include the best ways to teach automation technologies and project management and how they strive to keep their courses fresh. Click below to listen!

In part 2 of our series on transcription, our guest is Jason Chicola, founder of Rev.com and Temi.com. He explains his business model of providing both humans and AI to transcribe and subtitle growing volumes of audio and video content for global audiences. He also explains how the technology advancements in localization and transcription are similar, and the keys to successful and high-quality transcription. Listen in to hear more!

In this episode of Globally Speaking, we chat with Margaret Ann Dowling, CEO of Create&Translate.org, about the magazine publishing industry. She explains the current global licensing model for multilingual publication and why it needs to evolve to become more reader-focused. She also talks about the need to create more content that enables collaboration across cultures and markets and the similarities between the loc and publishing worlds. Click Play or Download Episode below and thanks for listening!

In this episode of Globally Speaking, we chat with Margaret Ann Dowling, CEO of Create&Translate.org, about the magazine publishing industry. She explains the current global licensing model for multilingual publication and why it needs to evolve to become more reader-focused. She also talks about the need to create more content that enables collaboration across cultures and markets and the similarities between the loc and publishing worlds. Click Play or Download Episode below and thanks for listening!

Internationalization is one of those things that everybody talks about, but few people know how to do it. In this episode of Globally Speaking, we invited Jeff Knorr, Managing Director of Internationalization Labs, to explain to us why we still need to internationalize software in this Unicode world. He also chats about the most common internationalization problems and gives advice to companies looking to globalize their software.Stream or download the episode to learn more!

In this episode of Globally Speaking, we chat with Jamie Hartz, a veteran Spanish-to-English translation and transcription professional, about the art and process of transcription, what tools are available, whether automation is viable and the human impact of her transcription work. Tune in to hear more!

In this episode of Globally Speaking, we chat with Ultan O’Broin, long-term IT Product Manager, about the staggering rate of change, how innovation is related to empathy and how to get started. Plus, learn what a crapplication is and why he wears three watches.