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Today we hear why websites like Wikipedia, Airbnb and Bosch made it to the top of the annual web globalization report card. Also hear the latest language trends and global navigation best practices. The discussion features the 2023 Globalization Report Card in an engaging conversation with John Yunker, co-founder of Byte Level Research.About John Yunker:John Yunker is co-founder of Byte Level Research (www.bytelevel.com) and is considered one of the world’s experts in web globalization. Since 2000, he has worked with the world’s leading global brands to provide web globalization training and consulting services. He pioneered best practices in global navigation and is author of the books The Art of the Global Gateway and Think Outside the Country (also available in Japanese). He is also widely known for the landmark report The Web Globalization Report Card, published annually since 2003.About Nimdzi Live:There is a shadow industry driving the growth of ALL global brands: Localization. Let’s talk globalization, localization, translation, interpretation, language, and culture, with an emphasis on how it affects your business, whether you have a scrappy start-up or are working in a top global brand.Would you like to be a guest on Nimdzi Live? Or you know somebody who should? Email live@nimdzi.com or reach out to info@nimdzi.com so we can coordinate!

This live shows how Creative Words implemented the short working week, what challenges we faced, how they addressed KPIs, and why this was a good idea.About CreativeWords: is a localization company based in Genova, Northern Italy. Their services range from translation and localization to transcreation, machine translation post-editing, copywriting and copyediting, and much more...About Nimdzi Live:There is a shadow industry driving the growth of ALL global brands: Localization. Let’s talk globalization, localization, translation, interpretation, language, and culture, with an emphasis on how it affects your business, whether you have a scrappy start-up or are working in a top global brand.Would you like to be a guest on Nimdzi Live? Or you know somebody who should? Email live@nimdzi.com or reach out to info@nimdzi.com so we can coordinate!

A Personal Journey Through 30 Years in L10n (feat. Matthias Caesar)Is there a perfect size for an LSP?And how tech changed and changes the way we work in the language industry.Matthias Caesar started in this industry almost 30 years ago. With his first company he learned a lot about how localization works in the 90th by collaborating with clients like Microsoft and Amazon. The EEIG (a European Economic Interest Grouping) he founded became one of only 4 Premier Localization Vendors for Microsoft in the early 2000th.For the past 10 years his focus shifted from the world of Windows towards enterprise software and mainly SAP.This entails a lot of process and technology consulting, increasingly agile processes.

Global marketers need to engage new and existing customers with great content in their local language. But the challenges of telling the brand story to international audiences can ramp up quickly.In this session, we'll explore fresh insights from 1,600+ marketers in 8 countries:-What approaches are they using to get excellent quality as their organization expands internationally?- How are they leveraging AI and automation?- What content are they localizing for international growth?About Phill:Phill Brougham is the Director of Product Marketing at Unbabel, an AI-powered Language Operations platform. Phill has spent the last five years leading product innovation at SaaS businesses, applying his expertise in artificial intelligence to help solve real-world business and productivity problems. He's focused on translating technological capability into clear, understandable value.About Nimdzi Live:There is a shadow industry driving the growth of ALL global brands: Localization. Let’s talk globalization, localization, translation, interpretation, language, and culture, with an emphasis on how it affects your business, whether you have a scrappy start-up or are working in a top global brand.Would you like to be a guest on Nimdzi Live? Or you know somebody who should? Email live@nimdzi.com or reach out to info@nimdzi.com so we can coordinate!Music used in this stream is licensed by Nimdzi Insights:Wasted Education (Blue Topaz): Adobe Stock License ASLC-1212CEAC-21B4264EF6Grifting in Vegas (Kit and the Calltones): Adobe Stock License ASLC-1212CF4A-72A527808FFunky Mood: ASLC-12AFE84A-5ED0E7C577Way out of sight: ASLC-12AFE8AA-7C4063CA04Get Up and Get Up: ASLC-12AFE8F6-C367C2DA8EReal Stuff: ASLC-12AFE922-DA2CAF25FFBeauty Funky: ASLC-12AFE95F-A5D43CB15FSpanish Rumba: ASLC-12AFE9EB-02CE1C7C30May I Have This One: ASLC-12AFEA0C-58238F80C0Zimbabwe Sunset: ASLC-12F3E80C-400E160240Speaking of Africa: ASLC-12F3E9AE-91F3F49CAF

The Surprising Story of an LSP 'Exchange Program' (feat. Myriam Garcia Vizuete and Daniela D'Amato)Two think-alike LSPs share their successful experiment of a “business exchange” of talents, best practices and techniques to find solutions to many everyday business problems.About Myriam: Operations Manager at Kobalt Languages.Holds a degree in Translation and Interpreting from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, a Master's degree in Audiovisual Translation from the Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona and Master's degree in Teacher Training for Compulsory Secondary Education and Baccalaureate, Vocational Training and Language Teaching also from the Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona.About Daniela: Operations Manager working for an Italian young and inspiring Localization Company, with a past life as a Localization Project Manager.She is pragmatic and tries to ensure everyone gets things done and grows within their roles. "I do everything while doing nothing. It's all about empowering and inspiring, and it feels great!"About Multilingual:The go-to source for news and industry insights at the intersection of language, technology, international business, and culture, since 1987.To read their piece on Multilingual's January issue: https://multilingual.com/issues/january-2023/learning-from-each-other/About Nimdzi Live:There is a shadow industry driving the growth of ALL global brands: Localization. Let’s talk globalization, localization, translation, interpretation, language, and culture, with an emphasis on how it affects your business, whether you have a scrappy start-up or are working in a top global brand.Would you like to be a guest on Nimdzi Live? Or you know somebody who should? Email live@nimdzi.com or reach out to info@nimdzi.com so we can coordinate!Music used in this stream is licensed by Nimdzi Insights:Wasted Education (Blue Topaz): Adobe Stock License ASLC-1212CEAC-21B4264EF6Grifting in Vegas (Kit and the Calltones): Adobe Stock License ASLC-1212CF4A-72A527808FFunky Mood: ASLC-12AFE84A-5ED0E7C577Way out of sight: ASLC-12AFE8AA-7C4063CA04Get Up and Get Up: ASLC-12AFE8F6-C367C2DA8EReal Stuff: ASLC-12AFE922-DA2CAF25FFBeauty Funky: ASLC-12AFE95F-A5D43CB15FSpanish Rumba: ASLC-12AFE9EB-02CE1C7C30May I Have This One: ASLC-12AFEA0C-58238F80C0Zimbabwe Sunset: ASLC-12F3E80C-400E160240Speaking of Africa: ASLC-12F3E9AE-91F3F49CAF

Tech-enabled Video Quality (feat. Oscar Martinez Diaz) Get ready for the launch of the Quality Control tool "fly.qc" that will save massive amounts of time when reviewing localized video versions. More than just a tool is a global re-thinking of the QC method used in Video Localization. About Nimdzi Live: There is a shadow industry driving the growth of ALL global brands: Localization. Let’s talk globalization, localization, translation, interpretation, language, and culture, with an emphasis on how it affects your business, whether you have a scrappy start-up or are working in a top global brand. Would you like to be a guest on Nimdzi Live? Or you know somebody who should? Email live@nimdzi.com or reach out to info@nimdzi.com so we can coordinate! Music used in this stream is licensed by Nimdzi Insights:  Wasted Education (Blue Topaz): Adobe Stock License ASLC-1212CEAC-21B4264EF6 Grifting in Vegas (Kit and the Calltones): Adobe Stock License ASLC-1212CF4A-72A527808F Funky Mood: ASLC-12AFE84A-5ED0E7C577 Way out of sight: ASLC-12AFE8AA-7C4063CA04 Get Up and Get Up: ASLC-12AFE8F6-C367C2DA8E Real Stuff: ASLC-12AFE922-DA2CAF25FF Beauty Funky: ASLC-12AFE95F-A5D43CB15F Spanish Rumba: ASLC-12AFE9EB-02CE1C7C30 May I Have This One: ASLC-12AFEA0C-58238F80C0 Zimbabwe Sunset: ASLC-12F3E80C-400E160240 Speaking of Africa: ASLC-12F3E9AE-91F3F49CAF

CLEAR Global and TWB achieved a lot in 2022. But, there’s so much more to do and we need all the support we can get.Learn how you can help grow our language technology solutions in 2023. We’d like to build more tools to help provide vital information about global issues, such as climate change, forced displacement, public health, and women’s reproductive health and rights.CLEAR Global is the organization, Translation without Borders is the community at the heart of the organization, powering our work with vital language services (translations, subtitles, voiceover etc).About Aimee Ansari:Aimee has over 20 years of experience in leadership positions in large humanitarian and development organizations. She has worked in several humanitarian crises from the Tajik civil war to the earthquake in Haiti, the conflicts in the Balkans to the Syrian refugee crisis and the conflict in South Sudan. Prior to joining Translators without Borders, now CLEAR Global, in 2016, Aimee worked with Care, Oxfam, Save the Children and the United Nations.About Nimdzi Live:There is a shadow industry driving the growth of ALL global brands: Localization. Let’s talk globalization, localization, translation, interpretation, language, and culture, with an emphasis on how it affects your business, whether you have a scrappy start-up or are working in a top global brand.Would you like to be a guest on Nimdzi Live? Or you know somebody who should? Email live@nimdzi.com or reach out to info@nimdzi.com so we can coordinate! Music used in this stream is licensed by Nimdzi Insights:Wasted Education (Blue Topaz): Adobe Stock License ASLC-1212CEAC-21B4264EF6Grifting in Vegas (Kit and the Calltones): Adobe Stock License ASLC-1212CF4A-72A527808FFunky Mood: ASLC-12AFE84A-5ED0E7C577Way out of sight: ASLC-12AFE8AA-7C4063CA04Get Up and Get Up: ASLC-12AFE8F6-C367C2DA8EReal Stuff: ASLC-12AFE922-DA2CAF25FFBeauty Funky: ASLC-12AFE95F-A5D43CB15FSpanish Rumba: ASLC-12AFE9EB-02CE1C7C30May I Have This One: ASLC-12AFEA0C-58238F80C0Zimbabwe Sunset: ASLC-12F3E80C-400E160240Speaking of Africa: ASLC-12F3E9AE-91F3F49CAF

Mergers and acquisitions are commonplace in the language services industry, but sometimes not very well understood to the uninitiated. Today we will talk with somebody who has gone through the M&A process from the perspective of an LSP owner who sold her business. In early 2019 RWS acquired Edmonton-based company Alpha Translations for USD 6 million (cash). Michele Hecken, the former owner of Alpha Translations will join us to talk about her experience and give some tips to other LSP owners who may be considering an exit themselves.About Michele Hecken:In her previous life, Michele Hecken was the owner of Alpha Translations, based in Canada. Today she is an Executive Coach and Author, specializing in working with successful entrepreneurs and CEOs to help them create a Fun and Fearless Life and Business so that they have more time, energy, focus and joy!About Nimdzi Live:There is a shadow industry driving the growth of ALL global brands: Localization. Let’s talk globalization, localization, translation, interpretation, language, and culture, with an emphasis on how it affects your business, whether you have a scrappy start-up or are working in a top global brand.Would you like to be a guest on Nimdzi Live? Or you know somebody who should? Email live@nimdzi.com or reach out to info@nimdzi.com so we can coordinate! Music used in this stream is licensed by Nimdzi Insights:Wasted Education (Blue Topaz): Adobe Stock License ASLC-1212CEAC-21B4264EF6Grifting in Vegas (Kit and the Calltones): Adobe Stock License ASLC-1212CF4A-72A527808FFunky Mood: ASLC-12AFE84A-5ED0E7C577Way out of sight: ASLC-12AFE8AA-7C4063CA04Get Up and Get Up: ASLC-12AFE8F6-C367C2DA8EReal Stuff: ASLC-12AFE922-DA2CAF25FFBeauty Funky: ASLC-12AFE95F-A5D43CB15FSpanish Rumba: ASLC-12AFE9EB-02CE1C7C30May I Have This One: ASLC-12AFEA0C-58238F80C0Zimbabwe Sunset: ASLC-12F3E80C-400E160240Speaking of Africa: ASLC-12F3E9AE-91F3F49CAF

Although LSPs of different sizes tend to compete for different types of clients there is occasionally some overlap. In a world where we are constantly reminded of all the mergers and acquisitions that are happening and where more and more translation companies are betting on size and scale as a differentiator it is important to remember that in this industry of scope, not scale, there are still plenty of opportunities for smaller competitors to win.About Filipe:Filipe Tiago Stankovic is a young and very motivated CEO who has been working as such for the last 3 years. He originally started by getting his hands dirty and being involved in every possible step imaginable of the company. Now he is a bit more focused on (just) management. He loves learning and has been truly blessed by an opportunity (although sometimes burden :p ) very few young people get: to be in charge and to be able to actually try his new ideas from all the books he reads.About Nimdzi Live:There is a shadow industry driving the growth of ALL global brands: Localization. Let’s talk globalization, localization, translation, interpretation, language, and culture, with an emphasis on how it affects your business, whether you have a scrappy start-up or are working in a top global brand.Would you like to be a guest on Nimdzi Live? Or you know somebody who should? Email live@nimdzi.com or reach out to info@nimdzi.com so we can coordinate!Still want more? Check out some other resources available from Nimdzi and MultiLingual Media below:

There are nine categories of language technology and each plays an important role in a mature localization program. This year’s Language Technology Atlas is dedicating a special section to virtual interpreting technology (VIT). In this broadcast, Chief Research Sarah Hickey and Interpreting Research Rosemary Hynes will walk us through this special section with the interpreting tech trends.Still want more? Check out some other resources available from Nimdzi and MultiLingual Media below: