What you need to know… What is GDPR? Customers, consumers, and users can now enjoy more transparency into how their data is being used, thanks to Europe’s new General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR. The regulation affects any businesses that handle or transmit personal information of individuals inside the European Union. Effectively, not just companies […]
Archive for the ‘Language Technology’ Category
GDPR for Language Services
Posted by MediaLocate | Blog, Certifications, Global Marketing Strategy, Globalization, Language Technology, Legal, News | No Comments May 24th, 2018
AI and Language Automation: Opportunity or Calamity?
Posted by MediaLocate | Blog, Global Marketing Strategy, Language Localization, Language Service Provider (LSP), Language Technology, machine translation, Multimedia Localization, News, Translation | No Comments March 30th, 2018
Is complete push-button localization imminent or hyped? With the fast pace of innovation in the language services industry, what should globally expanding companies look for and on what kind of localization provider should they place their bets? Or will the need for language services providers soon disappear altogether? To get an insider perspective read the […]
7 Ways to Stretch Your Localization Budget
Posted by MediaLocate | Blog, Content Strategy, Cost Savings, Language Service Provider (LSP), Language Technology, Localization, machine translation, Translation, website localization | No Comments February 14th, 2018
Looking for ways to stretch your localization budget? Here are 7 money-saving tips to get the most out of your globalization dollars: In the habit of sending PDFs? Clients can help their localization service provider by supplying the source files from which a final document or video was created. Although very useful for reference, PDFs […]
AI, Localization, and China
Posted by MediaLocate | Blog, Content Strategy, Global Branding, Global Marketing Strategy, Globalization, Language Technology, Local Markets, machine translation | No Comments January 25th, 2018
Hangzhou City, China. A Chinese Project Manager’s Perspective. Imagine a world where you can pay for everything with your smartphone, where wearable devices translate everything on-demand, where urban traffic flows are optimized by AI, and where daily necessities like bicycles, umbrellas, and cars are sharable. Welcome to Hangzhou, China’s first “Smart City”! Hi, my name is […]
MediaLocate Launches Enhanced Client Intelligence Portal
Posted by MediaLocate | Content Management Systems, Cost Savings, Global Marketing Strategy, Language Service Provider (LSP), Language Technology, Localization Provider, News | No Comments October 26th, 2017
– myMediaLocate 2.0 Improves Visibility and User Experience for Large Localization Programs – Enterprise localization programs must be efficient, agile, and above all, measurable. No longer can companies afford to work in departmental silos, not being aware of what other divisions do and not optimizing translation leveraging across a company’s linguistic assets. To that end […]
Healthcare Trends on the Rise: Video Remote Interpreting (VRI)
Posted by MediaLocate | Blog, Cost Savings, Interpretation, Language Service Provider (LSP), Language Technology, Medical Translations | No Comments April 26th, 2017
Certified Medical Interpreters for Life-Saving Communication Imagine what it would be like to be in need of healthcare, but unable to effectively communicate with your physician. Realize not only the stress that would come with receiving life-saving medical care, but also the added frustration of knowing that you couldn’t understand the important information that was being […]
3 Localization Trends to Watch for in 2017
Posted by MediaLocate | Blog, Content Strategy, Cost Savings, Global Marketing Strategy, Globalization, KantanMT, Language Localization, Language Service Provider (LSP), Language Technology, Localization, Localization Provider, machine translation, Multilingual Audio and Video, Multimedia Localization, Transcreation, Translation, web translation, website localization | No Comments December 3rd, 2016
Localization Trends for 2017 and Beyond: Neural Machine Translation Machine Translation (MT) technology has taken another leap forward. This time, it’s a big leap forward. Instead of relying on the phrase-based statistical approach, neural MT simulates the interconnected network of the brain to generate translations. Several companies have unveiled neural MT technology, including Google, Microsoft, […]
3 Global Trends Influencing Innovation in the Language Industry
Posted by MediaLocate | Blog, Content Strategy, Global Marketing Strategy, Globalization, language localizaiton, Language Service Provider (LSP), Language Technology, Local Markets, Localization Provider, News, Translation, World's Writing Systems | No Comments November 21st, 2015
3 Global Trends Influencing Innovation in the Language Industry. The Rise of Speech As mobile users interact with their devices more and more through speech, speech translation technology will enable users to interact with each other through their devices, across language barriers. In fact, market research firm Tractica predicts that annual revenues of speech technology […]
MediaLocate Releases Drupal Translation Automation Connector
Posted by MediaLocate | Content Management Systems, Content Strategy, Cost Savings, Global Marketing Strategy, language localizaiton, Language Technology, News, Uncategorized, web translation, website localization | No Comments July 10th, 2015
MediaLocate Releases Drupal Translation Automation Connector. Today, MediaLocate launches a new Translation Management Automation (TMA) connector, a module that helps web content and marketing professionals manage translations directly from Drupal. Users are able to select content, request translations and, once the translations are complete, automatically import them into each locale, ready for approval by in-country […]
Machine Translation: Magic, Myth, or Just Plain Math?
Posted by MediaLocate | KantanMT, language localizaiton, Language Technology, machine translation, Translation | No Comments June 18th, 2015
Machine Translation (MT) explained in layman’s terms. Machine Translation: Magic, Myth, or Just Plain Math? Machine Translation, MT, is nothing new. Many companies deploy MT as part of their global outreach strategy. However, MT expectations and understanding can vary widely across the industry. So we thought: “Why not put together a series of short, informational […]
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly…. A Shoot-Out with an Online Translation Provider
Posted by MediaLocate | Cost Savings, Fun, language localizaiton, Language Technology, Localization, Localization Provider, Translation, web translation | 2 Comments March 25th, 2015
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly…. A Shoot-Out with an Online Translation Provider We previously wrote about online translation portals that promise cutting-edge translation platforms, automated project management, and scalable workflows. This time around we thought we’d look at another breed of translation player emerging on the scene. As part of a growing trend, […]
Online Translation Portals: Innovation or Smoke & Mirrors?
Posted by MediaLocate | Certifications, Content Management Systems, Global Marketing Strategy, Language Service Provider (LSP), Language Technology, Localization, Localization Provider, Translation, web translation, website localization | No Comments May 22nd, 2014
So, we thought it would be helpful to look at some of the major players with online translation portals and see how they may – or may not – benefit you.
Medialocate Now an Adobe Community Partner
Posted by MediaLocate | Certifications, Content Management Systems, Content Strategy, Language Service Provider (LSP), Language Technology, Localization, News, website localization | No Comments March 20th, 2014
CEO Stephan Lins explained “Medialocate has become an Adobe Community Partner which will enable us to implement Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)”
Medialocate Selects Kantan MT Machine Translation For Client Workflow Innovation
Posted by MediaLocate | Content Strategy, Cost Savings, Globalization, KantanMT, Language Technology, Localization, machine translation, News, Translation, website localization | No Comments March 7th, 2014
Stephan Lins, Medialocate’s chief executive officer, explained why the company chose the Dublin, Ireland-based firm by saying: “KantanMT has distinguished itself as a first-rate technology company.”
Searching For New Global Customers? Check Out Wordtracker
Posted by MediaLocate | Globalization, language localizaiton, Language Technology, Localization, Search Engine Optimization, SEO, Translation, website localization | No Comments November 20th, 2013
Wordtracker.com, headquartered in the U.K., recently announced that new languages now live within its updated “Keyword Tool.”
Medialocate Launches “My Medialocate” Localization Client Control Center
Posted by MediaLocate | Content Management Systems, Cost Savings, Global Marketing Strategy, Globalization, Language Service Provider (LSP), Language Technology, Localization, Localization Provider, News, Translation | No Comments March 1st, 2013
My Medialocate – Medialocate Launches 24-Hour Client Control Center for All Your Translation, Localization Projects
Machine Translation (MT) – Do You Buy These 3 Common Myths?
Posted by MediaLocate | Content Management Systems, Content Strategy, Globalization, KantanMT, Language Technology, machine translation, Translation, web translation | No Comments January 23rd, 2013
Here’s a well written article on Machine Translation (MT) that presents further evidence that MT is not “coming”, it is here!.
Setting Up a Content Management System for Localization – Part 2
Posted by MediaLocate | Content Management Systems, Content Strategy, Cost Savings, Global Marketing Strategy, Language Service Provider (LSP), Language Technology, Localization, Localization Provider, Translation | No Comments January 18th, 2013
Effective hand-off of content to a Language Service Provider (LSP). This is the second of a two-part article on Setting Up a CMS for Localization.
Setting Up a Content Management System for Localization – Part 1
Posted by MediaLocate | Content Management Systems, Content Strategy, Global Marketing Strategy, Globalization, Language Service Provider (LSP), Language Technology | No Comments January 10th, 2013
Setting up a content management system (CMS) for localization requires both a database for supporting multilingual content and mechanisms for interfacing with your language service providers (LSPs).
MediaLocate Celebrates Its 24th Year at the 2019 TILM Career Fair
February 21, 2019
MediaLocate Vendor Manager Leona Zacek (left) and Senior Account Manager Mimi Moore (right) met with TILM students seeking internships and full-time positions. The Language Industry’s Premier Job Recruiting Fair On Friday, February 15, 2019 MediaLocate participated in the Middlebury Institute of International Studies (MIIS) Annual Translation, Interpretation and Localization Management (TILM) Career Fair in Monterey, […]