https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/ Recent content in Globally Speaking: A podcast series about connecting with global audiences and creating hyperlocal customer experiences on Globally Speaking Hugo -- gohugo.io en https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/cultural-intelligence-series-when-ai-goes-global-culture-trust-and-the-limits-of-scale/ Fri, 20 Mar 2026 08:48:23 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/cultural-intelligence-series-when-ai-goes-global-culture-trust-and-the-limits-of-scale/ episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/joy-ngaphu/ Thu, 05 Mar 2026 12:01:52 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/joy-ngaphu/ Joy started off as a freelance translator in 2014. Her honours thesis was around the use of translation as a strategy to increase epistemological access for Xhosa speaking students within South African universities. She first became a Project Manager at ST Communications in 2023, a company that later joined RWS later that year. She spends her days managing projects between PMs within RWS and freelance translators in Africa. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/francesca-farrell/ Thu, 05 Mar 2026 12:00:17 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/francesca-farrell/ Fran has worked at RWS for more than 9 years and currently works as an Account Manager within the Northern Europe Transform team focused on complex technical clients. The localization industry has been her focus for nearly 30 years, having started her career at SDL in 1997 as a project manager. That deep engagement in the localization industry has led to being a founder member and past chapter manager of Women in Localization UK and to her current role as an ambassador for LocinPink, a breast health awareness not for profit focused on the localization industry. hosts https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/joana-alarcao-e-cunha/ Thu, 05 Mar 2026 11:56:40 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/joana-alarcao-e-cunha/ Joana began working at SDL in 2017 as an Administrative Coordinator, then moved to being a Translator at the European Portuguese team, and for the last 4 years has led the team in charge of translating the IT, Marketing and Electronics content of some of RWS’ biggest clients into pt-PT. Besides translating, she has served as a champion for multiple systems and tools and has provided training on them for multiple teams within the company. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/jen-jooste/ Thu, 05 Mar 2026 11:54:12 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/jen-jooste/ Jen has five years of experience in the language services industry, beginning her career at STComms, a Cape Town–based translation agency later acquired by RWS. After three years with STComms, she continued with RWS Africa, where she is now in her second year. As a Talent Manager at RWS, she collaborates with a diverse network of language vendors and professionals across Africa, North America and the Mediterranean. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/can-ai-help-bring-underrepresented-languages-onto-the-global-map/ Thu, 05 Mar 2026 11:49:15 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/can-ai-help-bring-underrepresented-languages-onto-the-global-map/ episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/justin-beaudin/ Fri, 27 Feb 2026 08:48:45 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/justin-beaudin/ Justin Beaudin is the CEO and Founder of Adapt, a next GEN AI localization company that combines global linguists with powerful AI tools to take brands global. He was previously SVP Media Operations for NBCUniversal, COO of Deluxe Media and CTO of Vubiquity. Justin is a business leader and technologist with experience managing large multinational operations and a proven ability to restructure and transform businesses for profitability, scale and long-term success. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/michael-wayne/ Fri, 27 Feb 2026 08:45:34 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/michael-wayne/ Michael Wayne has been trailblazing at the intersection of technology and entertainment for over 25 years. Since 2025, Wayne has been the Global Head of Media & Entertainment for RWS, a global AI solutions company. In his role Wayne leads an international team helping media and entertainment companies transform their businesses by integrating AI solutions, primarily related to the media supply-chain. The team’s solutions include agentic workflows, custom agent development, AI dubbing, subtitling, captioning, and accessibility and media services with the purpose of “helping stories travel further”. hosts https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/is-studio-free-dubbing-really-around-the-corner/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 14:31:22 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/is-studio-free-dubbing-really-around-the-corner/ episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/anthony-brennand/ Fri, 19 Dec 2025 08:36:16 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/anthony-brennand/ Anthony is an experienced Innovation Director and Product Director with over twenty years of working in Intellectual Property, Legal Tech, Fintech and Regtech. An expert in design-thinking and product strategy, Anthony has developed products that leverage Big Data, PAAS, Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain to disrupt traditional markets, whilst optimizing existing more traditional products to ensure you differentiate your offering. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/james-lacey/ Fri, 19 Dec 2025 08:35:06 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/james-lacey/ James joined the Executive Team in October 2025 as CEO, Protect. He is responsible for overseeing Protect’s overall strategic direction, leadership and growth, with a focus on supporting IP law firms and corporate IP departments in driving value across the IP lifecycle. James has over 20 years’ experience in the IP industry, leading global teams and serving some of the world’s top corporate IP filers and IP law firms. He started his IP career at CPA Global, specializing in trademarks and held his first senior management position running a multi-territory service delivery function for CPA Global’s core renewals business. hosts https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/ahead-of-the-ai-game/ Wed, 17 Dec 2025 09:56:33 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/ahead-of-the-ai-game/ episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/discover-how-ai-is-rewriting-localization-with-the-translation-technology-insights-2025-report/ Mon, 17 Nov 2025 08:27:07 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/discover-how-ai-is-rewriting-localization-with-the-translation-technology-insights-2025-report/ episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/nicole-loney/ Mon, 17 Nov 2025 08:24:54 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/nicole-loney/ As the Senior Product Marketing Manager for Trados and Language Weaver, Nicole is dedicated to delivering cutting-edge language technologies that seamlessly support our customers’ evolving needs. By conducting in-depth market research, actively gathering customer feedback, and collaborating closely with the Product Management team, she ensures our products consistently exceed expectations. Nicole’s mission is to empower users with industry-leading tools that drive continuous improvement, boost productivity, and facilitate global communication. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/your-guide-to-selecting-the-right-llm/ Tue, 21 Oct 2025 10:30:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/your-guide-to-selecting-the-right-llm/ episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/tomas-burkert/ Fri, 17 Oct 2025 13:13:59 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/tomas-burkert/ Tomáš is a Solutions Consultant in RWS’s TrainAI data services practice, which delivers complex, cutting-edge AI training data solutions to global clients operating across a broad range of industries. His mission is to understand even the most complex client needs and work with the TrainAI team to successfully design, execute and deliver a wide range of AI data services projects. Tomáš has over a decade of experience in localization and several years of experience serving major big tech clients in the AI data services space. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/silvia-sanchez-fernandez/ Thu, 25 Sep 2025 14:19:11 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/silvia-sanchez-fernandez/ ... guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/james-marshall/ Thu, 25 Sep 2025 14:18:08 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/james-marshall/ ... guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/sukhi-jhitta/ Thu, 25 Sep 2025 14:17:26 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/sukhi-jhitta/ ... guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/real-stories-how-local-nuances-bring-global-brands-to-life/ Thu, 25 Sep 2025 14:13:23 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/real-stories-how-local-nuances-bring-global-brands-to-life/ episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/gil-hetz/ Tue, 22 Jul 2025 14:40:04 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/gil-hetz/ Gil Hetz is VP of AI at aiOla, an enterprise speech platform transforming frontline operations through voice. He leads the company’s technology, IP, and innovation efforts. With over 15 years of experience in engineering and machine learning, Gil holds a Ph.D. from Texas A&M and previously completed a postdoc in model calibration and reservoir imaging. His career spans both academia and industry, with a focus on advanced forecasting techniques. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/matt-hardy/ Tue, 22 Jul 2025 14:37:26 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/matt-hardy/ With 18 years at RWS, Matt Hardy has a rich background in Language Technology. As SVP of Products for Linguistic AI, Matt is responsible developing our portfolio of AI-enabled technologies and services for clients. Matt’s mission is to help translators and organizations navigate, and excel in, the ever-evolving landscape of language services, now and in the future. hosts https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/beyond-words-the-rise-of-voice-in-a-hands-free-world/ Tue, 22 Jul 2025 14:34:27 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/beyond-words-the-rise-of-voice-in-a-hands-free-world/ episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/dirk-simpson/ Tue, 13 May 2025 11:42:43 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/dirk-simpson/ Dirk is the Transcreation Lead at Accenture Song. He has successfully led multiple international campaign launches from creative origination through to final adaptation and implementation. His background in creative realisation, combined with his understanding of transcreation and new localization technologies gives him a unique perspective on the needs and demands of internationalising cross-cultural campaigns; always with an eye on creative excellence and global regulatory compliance. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/keeping-it-real-authentic-brand-storytelling-when-ai-joins-the-team/ Tue, 13 May 2025 11:39:58 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/keeping-it-real-authentic-brand-storytelling-when-ai-joins-the-team/ episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/james-murphy/ Thu, 17 Apr 2025 09:27:17 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/james-murphy/ James Murphy is the founder and creative director of Hocus Pocus Studio, a multi-disciplinary animation studio based in London. Known for delivering crafted storytelling for brands, businesses, and agencies, James is also the co-creator of the BAFTA-nominated series Ready Eddie GO! for Sky Kids. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/creative-series-stories-with-heart-the-art-of-storytelling/ Thu, 17 Apr 2025 09:20:18 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/creative-series-stories-with-heart-the-art-of-storytelling/ episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/women-leading-the-way-breaking-barriers-in-ai-and-tech/ Fri, 07 Mar 2025 16:16:23 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/women-leading-the-way-breaking-barriers-in-ai-and-tech/ episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/jennifer-vela-valido/ Fri, 07 Mar 2025 16:00:46 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/jennifer-vela-valido/ Jennifer Vela-Valido is a Localization Strategist with over a decade of experience in diverse roles within the localization industry. She currently serves as the Localization Quality & Innovation Program Manager at Spotify and is the Chapters Program Director at Women in Localization. Jennifer holds a PhD in Localization Quality Management and is an active researcher specializing in localization strategies, linguistic quality management, and MT/LLM quality evaluation. In March 2023, she was recognized by Multilingual Magazine as one of the most influential women in the Translation and Localization industry. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/giselle-tran/ Fri, 07 Mar 2025 16:00:28 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/giselle-tran/ Giselle Tran advocates for content’s pivotal role in the relationship between global businesses and their customers. From technical writer to content ops and localization expert, her scope spans the full content lifecycle, including infrastructure, design, management, localization, delivery, and measurement. She focuses on crafting customer-centric experiences at scale, blending people, processes, and technology to break down barriers between source and localized content and draw strengths from all teams. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/amanda-newton/ Fri, 07 Mar 2025 16:00:06 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/amanda-newton/ Amanda joined the RWS Executive Team in October 2023 as President of RWS’s Global Content Services. She leads a unified team that brings together RWS’s linguistic, cultural and intellectual property expertise – alongside AI-enabled technologies – to support clients at any stage of their globalization journey. She has more than 20 years’ experience in the localization industry, starting as a translation project manager in 2000 and later becoming Vice President of a Global Project Management Office. hosts https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/pia-f-bresnan/ Tue, 25 Feb 2025 14:57:08 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/pia-f-bresnan/ Pia is a strategic globalization leader with a proven track record in driving innovation at the intersection of localization and AI. With experience on both the client and vendor sides, she has built and led high-performing global teams, optimized complex localization workflows, and spearheaded best practices to enhance efficiency and scalability. Her expertise in business operations, program and process management ensures seamless go-to-market (GTM) operations in dynamic, AI-driven environments. As the industry shifts toward AI-enabled content and multilingual LLM evaluation, Pia is focused on developing robust strategies that enhance model quality, cultural relevance, and linguistic accuracy at scale. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/the-double-edged-sword-the-role-of-ai-in-human-creativity/ Thu, 13 Feb 2025 10:36:47 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/the-double-edged-sword-the-role-of-ai-in-human-creativity/ episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/stuart-davison/ Thu, 13 Feb 2025 10:35:49 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/stuart-davison/ Stuart Davison is the Creative Director at RWS, a leading provider of language and content management solutions. With over 20 years of experience in the creative industry, Stuart has a proven track record of delivering innovative and effective design solutions for a diverse range of clients. At RWS, he leads a talented team of motion and graphic designers, writers, and production specialists, driving the development of compelling visual content that aligns with the company’s global communication objectives. hosts https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/michael-levot/ Thu, 13 Feb 2025 10:30:24 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/michael-levot/ Michael is head of localization at Canva. Canva is a graphic design platform available in over 100 languages and with more than 100 million LOTE users each month. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/dominique-biliato/ Tue, 21 Jan 2025 16:35:46 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/dominique-biliato/ Dominique (Domi) is the Vice President of Learning Operations for SAI360. She is a passionate and ambitious leader with 10+ years’ experience in Operations & Customer Success and has a love for driving innovative change to organizations that align to company objectives. Throughout her career Domi has led global teams and has brought complex projects to completion, from implementing new pricing globally, to standing localization programs and introducing new systems to streamline organizational processes. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/cassandra-prieto/ Fri, 17 Jan 2025 10:01:12 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/cassandra-prieto/ Cassie has spent 12+ years in the localization industry. She started off in Program Management Operations at SDL (now RWS) for 8 years where she partnered with large tech companies helping them build, scale and optimize their localization programs. She then moved to the buy-side at Twilio where she spent 2 years building a localization program for the Marketing organization from the ground up. Here she created a process that allowed Twilio to increase translation and localization of their key customer facing content by 90% and helped launch their website into 5+ languages. hosts https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/how-is-ai-reshaping-the-e-learning-landscape/ Fri, 17 Jan 2025 09:23:47 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/how-is-ai-reshaping-the-e-learning-landscape/ episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/ai-dialogues-the-human-edge-in-ai/ Thu, 26 Dec 2024 10:30:00 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/ai-dialogues-the-human-edge-in-ai/ episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/christopher-auteberry/ Thu, 05 Dec 2024 12:54:10 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/christopher-auteberry/ Christopher is a seasoned Learning and Development professional with over a decade of experience as a leader in the L&D space. Known for his expertise in strategic alignment and data-informed decision-making, Christopher excels at designing impactful learning organizations that drive business results. With a passion for cultivating talent and fostering continuous improvement, he creates innovative programs that empower teams to deliver exceptional performance in highly competitive industries. Whether leading corporate training initiatives or building agile, learner-centered frameworks, Christopher is dedicated to enhancing organizational effectiveness and unlocking each individuals potential. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/dave-romero/ Thu, 05 Dec 2024 12:53:14 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/dave-romero/ Dave Romero is the President of Unboxed Training & Technology. He has over 25 years of experience architecting and implementing training and sales technology solutions for a variety of organizations in both size and industry. Dave is passionate about improving retention and the learner experience by creating new ways to educate and empower employees. When he’s not at work, Dave enjoys spending time outside mountain biking, backpacking, and hiking with friends and family. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/lenny-grinberg/ Thu, 05 Dec 2024 12:50:55 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/lenny-grinberg/ As the Vice President of Sales, Lenny leads a team of Business Development professionals who help organizations to connect and communicate with their global audience. With over fourteen years of experience in the language service industry, he has a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities that global businesses face in today’s multi-cultural world. His passion is to cultivate strong relationships and build trust through knowledge, support and consistent delivery. He provides solutions that enable his clients to reach new markets, engage with diverse audiences, and achieve their objectives. hosts https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/unlocking-success-how-hyatt-partnered-with-unboxed-and-rws-to-create-a-more-inclusive-global-learning-strategy/ Thu, 05 Dec 2024 08:42:43 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/unlocking-success-how-hyatt-partnered-with-unboxed-and-rws-to-create-a-more-inclusive-global-learning-strategy/ episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/andrea-friio/ Mon, 11 Nov 2024 10:15:01 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/andrea-friio/ Andrea Friio studied Electrical & Computer Science Engineering at Politecnico di Milano and Management at UC Berkeley. He works at Amazon Web Services as Head of Solution Architects for Start-ups. He is a visionary leader with strong mentoring capabilities, striving for innovation. He pioneered the adoption of virtualization, modern clouding computing, and “loose” architecture design. He filed and obtained a few patents…And yes, he still writes code. His domains of expertise are AI/ML, AWS, Generative AI, Contact Centers, Customer Engagement, Solution Management, CX experience, Proof of Concepts, Programming (Python, C, C++), Application building, APIs, Cloud computing, Virtualization, Containers, Kubernetes, Serverless Applications, Security Compliance, Networking, Data Centers, Analytics, IoT. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/cetin-amirak/ Mon, 11 Nov 2024 10:11:53 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/cetin-amirak/ Çetin Amirak is Director of Strategy and Market insight at RWS. He is an experienced technology leader with over 15 years in the industry. Throughout his career, he has successfully guided technology and service solutions from initial idea through design, development, launch, and continuous improvement. Cetin specializes in enterprise systems consulting, implementation, and solving complex content and localization challenges for clients. Known for his cross-functional leadership, he loves building and motivating high-performing teams to achieve both individual and company goals. hosts https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/ai-dialogues-exploring-the-evolution-of-generative-ai-with-aws/ Mon, 04 Nov 2024 09:06:02 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/ai-dialogues-exploring-the-evolution-of-generative-ai-with-aws/ episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/building-trustworthy-content-with-rag-how-to-win-your-clients-confidence/ Wed, 18 Sep 2024 12:26:37 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/building-trustworthy-content-with-rag-how-to-win-your-clients-confidence/ episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/frank-closset/ Wed, 18 Sep 2024 12:22:32 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/frank-closset/ With more than 25 years of experience, Frank oversees the day-to-day operations of the RWS Tridion product team and carries the overall responsibility for taking the overall content management experience to the next level. Throughout his career, Frank has held a variety of positions and worked all around the world with global organizations to integrate RWS’s Component Content Management solution into their tool chain and processes. He has been leading the product teams for both Tridion Docs and Tridion Sites since 2018. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/empowering-every-translator-our-commitment-to-inclusivity-and-accessibility-part-2/ Tue, 13 Aug 2024 11:22:20 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/empowering-every-translator-our-commitment-to-inclusivity-and-accessibility-part-2/ episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/empowering-every-translator-our-commitment-to-inclusivity-and-accessibility-part-1/ Mon, 05 Aug 2024 11:35:28 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/empowering-every-translator-our-commitment-to-inclusivity-and-accessibility-part-1/ episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/paul-filkin/ Mon, 05 Aug 2024 11:33:06 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/paul-filkin/ Paul is a Senior Director, Customer Enablement for RWS where he has worked since the end of 2006. These days he works with several teams who are all focused on the customer and what can be done to improve their experience, particularly but not exclusively, when using translation technology. Paul has a Masters Degree in Business Administration, an HNC in Civil Engineering, is an ECQA Certified Terminology Manager (Advanced) and recently completed a TCLoc (Technical Communication and Localization) Masters degree…all reflecting a working career over the last 40 years which nicely support the challenges of working in the culturally and professionally diverse environment we see in the translation industry today. hosts https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/anna-rita-de-bonis/ Mon, 05 Aug 2024 11:29:16 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/anna-rita-de-bonis/ Anna Rita is a Software Accessibility Specialist and Trainer for the Visually Impaired at RWS, where she has been working since August 2023. She collaborates with several teams to ensure that all RWS products and services are accessible to blind users. Anna Rita is currently engaged in the third year of a three-year PhD research project at University of International Studies of Rome - UNINT, focusing on making Trados Studio accessible for screen reader users. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/artificial-intelligence-it-s-not-an-if-but-a-when/ Wed, 10 Jul 2024 08:11:19 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/artificial-intelligence-it-s-not-an-if-but-a-when/ episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/francisco-gomez/ Wed, 10 Jul 2024 08:09:18 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/francisco-gomez/ Francisco Gomez is the founder and CEO of Factum Global, where he provides the vision and leadership for the firm. Before launching Factum Global, he served as director of global strategy & market development at the American Chemical Society. Francisco also worked as a consultant for G&G Consulting and served as district manager at the Healthcare Services Group, Inc. He is a frequent presenter at conferences on business strategy and international operations and has taught courses on leadership and global cultural sensitivity. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/ai-dialogues-can-ai-truly-understand-our-world/ Thu, 20 Jun 2024 13:58:54 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/ai-dialogues-can-ai-truly-understand-our-world/ episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/emma-fisher/ Thu, 20 Jun 2024 13:41:09 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/emma-fisher/ Leading RWS’s global content strategy, Emma is driven by B2H insight, digital content and customer behaviour trends, and content transformation strategies that elevate conversations with customers. hosts https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/aimee-ansari/ Tue, 02 Apr 2024 10:56:11 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/aimee-ansari/ Aimee Ansari was appointed CLEAR Global/Translators without Borders’ first Executive Director in 2016. The organization had a team of three full-time staff members at the time. Eight years later, CLEAR Global has over 100 team members and annual turnover has increased by well over 1000%. A natural “disrupter,” Aimee saw the potential use cases for language services and language technology innovations, hired an excellent team and put new thinking to work for the most marginalized. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/how-do-you-unlock-mutual-understanding-in-crisis-situations-around-the-world/ Tue, 02 Apr 2024 10:44:34 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/how-do-you-unlock-mutual-understanding-in-crisis-situations-around-the-world/ episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/from-dream-to-reality-shaping-the-future-of-localization-with-ai/ Fri, 15 Mar 2024 08:26:44 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/from-dream-to-reality-shaping-the-future-of-localization-with-ai/ episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/loic-dufresne-de-virel/ Fri, 15 Mar 2024 08:21:23 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/loic-dufresne-de-virel/ A globalist by choice, Loïc has spent most of the past 35 years helping companies and organizations reach their worldwide audiences in their preferred languages. In his relentless pursuit for efficiency, he has refined his operating model over time using CAT tools, TMS, and MT, first statistical then neural, and he continues today looking for ways to further leverage AI to augment his team of project managers, translators, editors, and localization engineers. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/ai-dialogues-exploring-the-significance-of-training-ai-models/ Thu, 15 Feb 2024 08:34:17 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/ai-dialogues-exploring-the-significance-of-training-ai-models/ episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/melanie-peterson/ Thu, 15 Feb 2024 08:20:08 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/melanie-peterson/ Melanie is the Centre of Excellence Lead and Program Director of RWS’s TrainAI data services practice, responsible for delivering complex, cutting-edge AI training data solutions to global clients operating across a broad range of industries. She has 20 years’ experience working in the AI, SaaS, technology, and localization sectors in a variety of program, product, and project leadership roles. Prior to joining RWS, Melanie worked for Amazon Web Services (AWS) where she was responsible for managing business operations to enhance the AWS customer experience. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/the-journey-from-language-specialist-to-launching-a-language-services-provider-an-insider-s-view/ Mon, 22 Jan 2024 10:41:20 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/the-journey-from-language-specialist-to-launching-a-language-services-provider-an-insider-s-view/ episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/rosario-de-zayas-rueda/ Mon, 22 Jan 2024 10:34:44 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/rosario-de-zayas-rueda/ Rosario’s professional journey spans from freelancing for prominent global corporations to establishing herself as a successful entrepreneur. Commencing her path after earning a degree in English Philology from her hometown university in Seville, she gained valuable experience as an intern, delving into the intricacies of linguistics. In 1995, Rosario’s exploration extended to Language Technology and Natural Language Processing (NLP) while contributing to a bilingual corpus for an early rule-based machine translation engine. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/what-everybody-wants-is-everything-in-their-own-language/ Tue, 19 Dec 2023 13:20:58 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/what-everybody-wants-is-everything-in-their-own-language/ episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/melanie-brownlee/ Tue, 19 Dec 2023 13:16:08 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/melanie-brownlee/ Melanie is a freelance translator working from French and German into English, specialising in health and well-being. She recently had her English-language translation of Anke Evertz’s German novel Neun Tage Unendlichkeit published. Melanie feels passionately about tailoring her work to the target audience and culture, and the importance of maintaining and encouraging the use of regional dialects through localisation and transcreation. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/over-delivering-at-localization-for-under-armour/ Mon, 20 Nov 2023 15:29:22 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/over-delivering-at-localization-for-under-armour/ episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/renee-lemley/ Mon, 20 Nov 2023 15:23:01 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/renee-lemley/ Renée is a creative director, copy writer, brand builder, and team leader who brings more than 20 years of experience in creative marketing services spanning a broad range of B2B and B2C clients. She has driven brand messaging strategies, built brand platforms, and led omnichannel campaigns for small to mid-size regional businesses and for global corporations. As a former Creative Director of Global Copy at Under Armour and, prior to that, the founder and owner of an ad agency, she has a proven track record of delivering creative and operational excellence, specializing in managing high-volume copy initiatives at a global scale. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/unlocking-the-grid-the-fascinating-story-of-what3words-unique-localization-journey/ Tue, 24 Oct 2023 12:44:50 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/unlocking-the-grid-the-fascinating-story-of-what3words-unique-localization-journey/ episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/jamie-brown/ Tue, 24 Oct 2023 12:34:48 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/jamie-brown/ Jamie Brown has headed the languages department at what3words since 2014, and recently launched the company’s 60th language version. This huge language research programme has taken him all around the world, working with over 3,000 linguists and language enthusiasts. It would not have been possible without a dedicated London-based team of full-time linguists, who work tirelessly to ensure that as many people as possible round the world have access to this transformative technology in a language they understand. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/vasagi-kothandapani/ Tue, 03 Oct 2023 13:40:14 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/vasagi-kothandapani/ Vasagi is a Senior Vice President of Strategic accounts responsible for multiple global accounts and also head of RWS’s TrainAI data services practice, responsible for delivering complex, cutting-edge AI training data solutions to global clients operating across a broad range of industries. She has 27 years’ of industry experience and held various leadership positions in Business Delivery, Technology, Sales, Product Management, and Client Relationship roles in both product development and services organizations globally. hosts https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/marina-pantcheva/ Wed, 27 Sep 2023 08:45:03 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/marina-pantcheva/ Born into a multicultural family, Marina Pantcheva paired her multilingual background with an eccentric childhood dream that led her to mastering 11 languages…and still counting. After working as translator, educator, consultant, and founding her own language school, she turned to exploring the elementary particles of language in her PhD research on Nanosyntax. In 2014, Marina exchanged the academic life for the high-paced world of localization, and currently she is Director of Linguistic AI Services at RWS where she leads a high-performing team of linguistic AI professionals and researchers to develop linguistic AI solutions as part of RWS’ tech and service offering. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/bart-maczynski/ Wed, 27 Sep 2023 08:41:01 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/bart-maczynski/ Bart Mączyński is a VP of Machine Learning at Language Weaver. Since 2000, when he joined Trados, Bart has held consulting roles helping enterprise and government customers with translation management platforms, terminology systems, and machine translation. His current focus is the practical application of linguistic AI in emerging use cases. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/ai-dialogues-humans-vs-llms-language-learning/ Wed, 27 Sep 2023 08:37:49 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/ai-dialogues-humans-vs-llms-language-learning/ episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/lauren-wojtaszek/ Wed, 13 Sep 2023 08:54:06 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/lauren-wojtaszek/ Lauren Wojtaszek is the Instructional Design and Training Manager at Linde Technology. She is a leading professional overseeing a team that designs training courses and materials for internal global audiences. This includes overseeing the execution of translation and localization of company-owned material supporting the skillset and success of its employees. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/jordan-cockrell/ Thu, 07 Sep 2023 15:45:43 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/jordan-cockrell/ Jordan is a Global Operations Manager at RWS Group. She is an experienced Operations Manager working with a range of major blue chip clients across the Globe. She is passionate about exceeding client’s expectations and her main focus is onboarding new customers and creating bespoke solutions based on individual needs. She enjoys working in a fast paced environment and is always looking for new ways to challenge herself. hosts https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/scaling-success-with-linde-how-localizing-elearning-programs-engaged-8-000-employees-in-just-one-year/ Thu, 07 Sep 2023 14:21:26 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/scaling-success-with-linde-how-localizing-elearning-programs-engaged-8-000-employees-in-just-one-year/ episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/manja-konschak-steffes/ Thu, 07 Sep 2023 14:14:50 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/manja-konschak-steffes/ Manja Konschak-Steffes is Senior Transformation Manager working at Linde where she drives the digital footprint at Linde globally. As part of a dX Team she develops digital formats and trains agile ways of working to grow a community of digital Practitioners cross level within Linde globally - and to strengthen the consistency and maturity of employees’ daily use of digital tools and skills. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/localization-lead-on-googles-international-growth-team/ Thu, 20 Jul 2023 14:15:28 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/localization-lead-on-googles-international-growth-team/ episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/richard-cronin/ Thu, 20 Jul 2023 14:10:43 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/richard-cronin/ Richard is the Localization Lead on Google’s International Growth Team. Richard works with Google clients to enable their growth into new international markets consulting on their localization and international strategy. From setting up or optimizing localization operations, understanding the language landscape to marketing localization and culturalization. Having begun his career in Ireland before moving to San Francisco Richard understands the brings first hand international experience to his customers. He is passionate about helping brands engage their potential customers. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/qualtrics-how-to-introduce-empathy-to-your-customer-experience/ Wed, 28 Jun 2023 09:24:10 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/qualtrics-how-to-introduce-empathy-to-your-customer-experience/ episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/james-scutt/ Wed, 28 Jun 2023 09:21:54 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/james-scutt/ James Scutt is a Principal XM Catalyst with Qualtrics XM Institute. Recognized as one of Europe’s leading Experience Management experts and CX Leader of the Year, James has a highly successful background spanning Government, Retail, Financial Services, and Hospitality industries. Prior to joining Qualtrics, James was Head of Customer Experience Strategy and Deployment at the UK Post Office where he successfully led customer experience transformation activity across Europe’s largest retail network of over 11,500 branches. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/product-localization-in-china-pitfalls-and-exciting-trends/ Fri, 09 Jun 2023 14:11:11 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/product-localization-in-china-pitfalls-and-exciting-trends/ episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/ge-zhongjun/ Fri, 09 Jun 2023 14:09:55 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/ge-zhongjun/ Zhongjun Ge is leading a product localization team at ByteDance, and before that, he was Airbnb’s first localization manager in China, and founded Panda Translation, a Beijing-based boutique LSP. He is also the most influential localization evangelizer in China, with 7000+ followers across platforms. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/using-transcreation-to-unlock-global-understanding/ Tue, 09 May 2023 16:27:36 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/using-transcreation-to-unlock-global-understanding/ episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/sheryl-sze/ Tue, 09 May 2023 09:59:54 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/sheryl-sze/ Passionate about connecting cultures and people, Sheryl Sze is a transcreation specialist with a pragmatic, result-driven approach, developed over two decades of hands-on/managerial experiences in Marketing, Communications and Localization. She has worked with major brands and institutions including Sotheby’s, Deliveroo, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, South China Media Group, The Education University of Hong Kong, as well as Dyson and Pentagram. Having lived and worked in three continents, she is dedicated to the promotion of cross-cultural understanding and enjoys connecting seemingly disparate worlds through curiosity and creative problem solving. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/anna-golubeva-from-inter-ikea-systems-b-v/ Thu, 13 Apr 2023 10:32:11 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/anna-golubeva-from-inter-ikea-systems-b-v/ Anna has more than 15 years of experience in the fields of communication, knowledge management, digitalization and marketing. Her background is in education, linguistics and intercultural communication at Moscow Pedagogical University. Anna enjoys working with languages for the life-at-home brand, as there are so many opportunities and challenges. Having previous experience in retail, marketing and production management, she is currently focusing on multilanguage initiatives at Inter IKEA Systems B.V., a worldwide IKEA franchisor to connect language topics with the business agenda and enable the reach of the brand for more people in the world. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/language-the-secret-behind-ikeas-success/ Thu, 13 Apr 2023 10:31:15 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/language-the-secret-behind-ikeas-success/ episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/in-understanding-we-trust/ Thu, 30 Mar 2023 09:49:55 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/in-understanding-we-trust/ episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/michael-brennan-from-ingenious8/ Thu, 30 Mar 2023 09:44:46 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/michael-brennan-from-ingenious8/ Michael is responsible for all aspects of research and insight at integrated B2B marketing agency Ingenious8, working across multiple clients and industrial sectors. Benefiting from over 20 years’ of work in marketing research, including primary qual and quant approaches across the UK and internationally, Michael brings great experience and perspective to any project. In recent years Michael has delivered high value thought leadership reports for multiple clients, working closely with client stakeholders and partners to ensure the best possible results. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/marine-esquenet-1/ Thu, 30 Mar 2023 09:44:21 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/marine-esquenet-1/ Marine is RWS’s Head of Global Social Media, responsible for developing and implementing the company’s global social media strategy. After graduating as a translator from German and English into French, Marine did her internship at RWS in Berlin as a translator and terminologist. After her internship, she continued to work for the RWS Berlin office as a technical translator for 5 years while continuing to learn about marketing and social media. hosts https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/we-re-humans-we-want-to-connect/ Mon, 06 Mar 2023 09:03:11 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/we-re-humans-we-want-to-connect/ episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/paul-mccabe/ Tue, 28 Feb 2023 09:06:23 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/paul-mccabe/ Paul McCabe leads Customer Experience globally for Roland Corporation, a culture-driving maker of electronic musical instruments, video technology, and connected experiences. Paul has served Roland and its customers in many capacities over a 31-year career including Product Management and Marketing as well as COO and CEO of an international subsidiary. In 2022 Paul lead a global project team tasked with transforming Roland’s translation technologies and workflows, with an eye towards scaling-up the application of neural machine translation. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/culture-and-context-never-overlook-the-basics/ Mon, 06 Feb 2023 13:55:11 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/culture-and-context-never-overlook-the-basics/ episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/maria-schnell/ Mon, 06 Feb 2023 13:51:48 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/maria-schnell/ Maria is responsible for the Language eXperience Delivery platform at RWS, and oversees all localization and production processes for client-facing teams. Over 15 years’ experience in localization has given Maria an unrivalled level of expertise. Not only does she drive the day-to-day activities of language delivery teams, she is leading the transformation towards a data-driven, machine-first, human-centred localization process. After graduating from university, Maria joined SDL (acquired by RWS in 2020) as a Localization Project Manager. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/understanding-you-understanding-me-how-brands-can-unlock-global-understanding/ Tue, 03 Jan 2023 15:40:31 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/understanding-you-understanding-me-how-brands-can-unlock-global-understanding/ episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/renato-beninatto/ Tue, 03 Jan 2023 15:20:30 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/renato-beninatto/ Renato Beninatto is the chairman and co-founder of Nimdzi Insights and the author of The General Theory of the Translation Company. With extensive experience in international consulting, market research, sales and marketing, he provides strategic direction that helps Nimdzi serve clients better worldwide. Renato has done a ton of stuff with a ton of companies, but what he really enjoys doing is helping companies think big and grow. He is based in Seattle, Washington. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/what-is-cosmolocalization-and-how-does-it-impact-the-metaverse/ Wed, 27 Apr 2022 09:53:13 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/what-is-cosmolocalization-and-how-does-it-impact-the-metaverse/ Speaker Transcript Andrew Thomas Welcome to the podcast today, I’ll be your host for this episode. My name is Andrew Thomas. I’ve been in the localization industry for about 25 years now. I’m currently a senior product marketer for RWS and I have the great pleasure to be talking about a fascinating topic today with our guest Vangelis. Without further ado, I’d like for him to introduce himself and give us his background, and then we’ll dive right into the fascinating discussion around metaverse and cosmo-localization and what it all means. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/rethink-your-globalization-data-strategy/ Mon, 21 Mar 2022 12:02:19 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/rethink-your-globalization-data-strategy/ Speaker Transcript Monica Merel Well, thank you so much, Erji, for joining me today. I really appreciate you taking the time to connect with us. Just a quick intro, so for the folks that are listening, Erji Wang is a Senior Globalization Program Manager at VMware. Erji has been working in product globalization for about eight years, and in the most recent years he’s used a lot of business data to build a roadmap around product globalization at VMware. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/vangelis-lympouridis/ Tue, 01 Mar 2022 15:14:57 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/vangelis-lympouridis/ Vangelis Lympouridis is a specialist in Innovation by Design, Immersive Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality (XR) technologies, Spatial Computing and Whole Body Interaction design, operating at the crossroads of emerging tech, academia, and various industry verticals such as healthcare (MedTech and Digital Health), education (EdTech), entertainment (Game Design, Interactive and Immersive Music), and social enterprise (Games for Change, Serious Games, World Building, Diversity & Inclusion apps, Social Justice apps). He has presented work at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the Sundance and Tribeca Film festivals, the V&A museum, and academic conferences such as SIGGRAPH, IEEE VR, CHI, Games for Change, and HCI international. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/the-story-behind-the-globalization-strategy-playbook/ Wed, 23 Feb 2022 09:22:18 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/the-story-behind-the-globalization-strategy-playbook/ Speaker Transcript Robert Okay, thanks for joining us to today’s episode of Globally Speaking. Today we have a special guest, Francesca Di Marco. She is one of the members of the GILT Leaders Forum, who recently published the Globalization Strategy Playbook. And I’d like to pass over to Francesca for a second for her to introduce herself. Please. Francesca Thank you so much, Robert. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/erji-wang/ Tue, 18 Jan 2022 12:00:33 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/erji-wang/ Erji Wang is a Senior Globalization Program Manager who is an expert in leveraging business data to build the roadmap of product globalization at VMware. Most recently, he has used his localization experience to contribute to the Globalization Strategy Playbook “Data Analytics for Globalization Strategy”. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/is-language-operations-the-future-of-localization/ Wed, 24 Nov 2021 15:35:36 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/is-language-operations-the-future-of-localization/ Speaker Transcript Monica Merel Hey, Stefan. So, thank you so much for taking the time to chat with me today. How’s your day been? Stefan Huyghe Hey, Monica. How’s it going? Happy to be here. Monica Merel It’s going really good. I’m excited to talk to you about localization. A little bit about me. I’m actually newer to the localization industry. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/masterclass-in-seo-localization-with-translastars/ Thu, 11 Nov 2021 09:26:47 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/masterclass-in-seo-localization-with-translastars/ Speaker Transcript Esther Ashmore Hi, Alfonso. Thank you for joining us today for this discussion on SEO localization. Alfonso Gonzále Hi Esther, and thank you for inviting me. Thank you for having me here. It’s a pleasure for me to be talking about one of my passions in the translation industry. Esther Ashmore Brilliant. I thought a good way to kick things off would be an intro into you; who you are, what your background is, and your experience in the field. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/monica-merel/ Wed, 10 Nov 2021 09:18:08 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/monica-merel/ Monica Merel is a former Product Marketing Manager at RWS, overseeing a suite of products for the freelance market. Based out of Colorado, United States, she has a background working in consulting, retail strategy, multicultural marketing, and most recently localization. Monica understands how important it is to not just translate content, but to trans-create culturally-relevant content to grow your brand. hosts https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/stefan-huyghe/ Mon, 01 Nov 2021 10:26:54 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/stefan-huyghe/ Born in Antwerp Belgium, Stefan grew up speaking Dutch at home. He moved to the French part of Switzerland as a teenager and went to school at the International School of Bern, in the German speaking capital. That makes up the 4 languages he speaks fluently: Dutch, French, German and English. As a dual citizen (both American and Belgian passports) Stefan possess in depth knowledge of cultural differences between both continents. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/alfonso-gonzalez-bartolessis/ Wed, 27 Oct 2021 10:37:51 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/alfonso-gonzalez-bartolessis/ Besides being the founder of TranslaStars, Alfonso González Bartolessis is a multifaceted professional who has developed his professional career as a translator, translation manager, and university teacher. As a translator he has excelled in the translation of European and international standards, scientific texts, audiovisual projects, and marketing content. Alfonso has founded and co-founded several companies and currently works as a translation manager in Germany for Pathwire (where he has created the localization department for more than 9 languages and developed the current translation workflow). guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/esther-ashmore/ Wed, 27 Oct 2021 10:09:23 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/esther-ashmore/ Esther is an SEO Specialist and full-stack digital marketer with over eight years’ experience in B2C and B2B. A strong passion for digital ethnography means she’s constantly swotting-up to keep her finger on the pulse of digital culture. As a self confessed foodie, when Esther isn’t working you can find her trying new eateries in and around her corner of London, South of the river. hosts https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/realities-of-implementing-continuous-localization-at-dell/ Wed, 25 Aug 2021 16:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/realities-of-implementing-continuous-localization-at-dell/ Speaker Transcript Andrew Thomas Welcome to Globally Speaking. My name is Andrew Thomas, senior director of marketing at RWS. I’m joined here today by two senior managers from Dell technologies, Fernando Caro, and Scott Cahoon. Would you guys mind introducing yourselves quickly for our audience? Fernando Caro Sure. My name is Fernando Caro. I am a senior manager responsible for internationalization at Dell. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/andrew-thomas/ Tue, 17 Aug 2021 10:00:32 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/andrew-thomas/ Andrew Thomas has been working in the software industry long enough to have seen localization and content management grow from one-off manual, labor-intensive work to complex, highly automated systems management. Based out of Northern California, Andrew brings a wealth of knowledge and industry experience to his global team as Senior Director of Product Marketing at RWS. Off the clock, Andrew enjoys spending time with his family, writing poetry and collecting lego sets. hosts https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/scott-cahoon/ Sun, 15 Aug 2021 10:12:36 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/scott-cahoon/ Scott Cahoon is a leader and trailblazer at Dell for implementing internationalization and localization strategies. With a localization engineering background and a deep understanding of testing services, Scott leads a multinational team of PMs who successfully support the globalization needs of the Dell Technology family of companies. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/fernando-caro/ Sun, 15 Aug 2021 10:10:19 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/fernando-caro/ Fernando Caro is a leader and trailblazer at Dell for implementing internationalization and localization strategies. He drives the globalization programs and technology teams, including building innovation into the global technology DNA. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/the-past-present-and-future-of-the-globalization-and-localization-association-gala/ Thu, 10 Jun 2021 14:05:10 -0600https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/the-past-present-and-future-of-the-globalization-and-localization-association-gala/ Speaker Transcript Jim Welcome to Globally Speaking. My name is Jim Compton. I’m a partner manager for RWS and I’m here with Allison Ferch, who is the executive director of GALA, the Globalization and Localization Association. Also, I would say a friend, Allison? Allison You bet. Jim Yeah, we’re gonna talk about GALA today, but why don’t you introduce yourself? episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/allison-ferch/ Thu, 10 Jun 2021 14:00:14 -0600https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/allison-ferch/ Allison Ferch is the Executive Director of the Globalization and Localization Association (GALA). A graduate of San Jose State University, Allison has been with GALA and in the localization industry for over 11 years, working to develop partnerships and programmes that accelerate growth for GALA and its members. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/tactics-and-trends-in-seo/ Wed, 26 May 2021 14:02:57 -0600https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/tactics-and-trends-in-seo/ Speaker Transcript Hinde Hi everyone. This is Hinde Lamrani. I’m the international search strategics with RWS. And today we have Aoife Mc Ilraith, who is the vice president for marketing with SEMrush. How are you, Aoife? Can you introduce yourself? Aoife Hi, I’m great. Thanks, Hinde. Really happy to be here. So yeah, I’m Aoife Mc Ilraith. I am VP of marketing with SEMrush and I’m responsible for reaching, converting and retaining new customers through digital strategies. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/aoife-mc-ilraith/ Wed, 26 May 2021 12:17:24 -0600https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/aoife-mc-ilraith/ Aoife Mc Ilraith is Vice President of Marketing at Semrush, an online visibility management platform that has been used by seven million digital marketers worldwide. She has over 25 years of experience in marketing and spent the last decade in localization, making her an expert in the field and a leading voice in global digital marketing. In 2019, B2B Marketing Magazine put her in their “Top 20 women making the biggest impact in tech. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/a-new-way-to-look-at-quality/ Mon, 17 May 2021 07:56:32 -0600https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/a-new-way-to-look-at-quality/ Speaker Transcript Jim Hi, my name is Jim Compton. I am Technology Partner Manager at RWS and I’m here today with Kirill Soloviev. He’s the founder and CEO of ContentQuo and today we’re going to be talking about language quality and language quality as an investment. Kirill, thanks for being here today. Could you maybe tell us a little bit about ContentQuo and how that got started? episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/kirill-soloviev/ Wed, 12 May 2021 09:08:50 -0600https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/kirill-soloviev/ Kirill Soloviev is the Co-founder and CEO of ContentQuo, a linguistic quality technology provider. Prior to founding ContentQuo in 2015, Kirill has had a range of roles in translation and localization over the last decade. His years of experience helping diverse businesses and his strong background in the digital and technology side of the industry have led him to have an in-depth understanding of machine translation (MT) and its best use in language quality programmes. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/localization-leadership-in-the-tech-industry/ Mon, 03 May 2021 07:24:48 -0600https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/localization-leadership-in-the-tech-industry/ episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/stephanie-cardwell/ Thu, 29 Apr 2021 13:12:07 -0600https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/stephanie-cardwell/ Stephanie Cardwell is the Manager of Global Localization at Alteryx, a global leader in data analytics with offices in 18 countries on five continents. With experience on both client and vendor sides of the localization industry, Cardwell has experience in a wide range of industries, primarily in the technology and digital sectors. She has also recently been appointed to the leadership team of the Colorado chapter of Women in Localization. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/hyperpersonalization-and-markets-of-one/ Tue, 20 Apr 2021 08:08:15 -0600https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/hyperpersonalization-and-markets-of-one/ Speaker Transcript Robert Hello and welcome to Globally Speaking. I’m Robert Jelenic and I’m the marketing director at RWS Language Services. Today I get to welcome Jim Compton, my own college, onto the show. Jim gave a really interesting presentation at LocWorld43 in January of this year 2021 and the topic was the locale of 1. And specifically the implications of hyper personalization on localization. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/jim-compton-1/ Tue, 13 Apr 2021 13:23:14 -0600https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/jim-compton-1/ Jim Compton is a localization industry maven with over 25 years of multi-faceted experience and a reputation as an innovator and passionate problem-solver. He’s developed and implemented solutions to address the growing global content needs of an evolving market. He is currently the RWS Manager of the Technology Partnerships Program. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/getting-a-handle-on-seo/ Wed, 31 Mar 2021 10:17:20 -0600https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/getting-a-handle-on-seo/ Speaker Transcript Hinde I’m Hinde Lamrani, the International Search Strategist for RWS. For the past eight years, I have been helping localization clients strategize for their global online visibility. Today I’m talking to Marshall Simmonds, a leader in the search industry and the founder of Define Media Group. Marshall Good morning. How are you? Hinde Thanks for being with us, Marshall. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/marshall-simmonds/ Wed, 31 Mar 2021 10:06:45 -0600https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/marshall-simmonds/ Marshall Simmonds is an SEO pioneer and founder of Define Media Group, an audience development consulting firm specializing in SEO. A search industry leader, Simmonds has over 20 years’ experience guiding the strategies of companies such as the New York Times, the Boston Globe and the International Herald Tribune. He was also responsible for building About.com into the most successful content network on the Internet. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/david-hansfield/ Mon, 22 Mar 2021 13:41:47 -0600https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/david-hansfield/ David Hansfield is the Executive Vice President for Global Sales at Dotsub, a media translation business. He has over 20 years’ experience in subtitling, captioning and dubbing for video production, as well as having held various strategic positions with PIC Media Group and NBC Universal. Hansfield’s influence stretches beyond just Dotsub, as he is also a trusted media and digital-engagement advisor to start-ups and entrepreneurs. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/accessibility-and-the-future-of-video-localization/ Mon, 22 Mar 2021 10:02:37 -0600https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/accessibility-and-the-future-of-video-localization/ Speaker Transcript Matthew Hello, I’m Matthew Cottingham, program director at RWS Moravia. I’m here with David Hansfield of DotSub. DotSub is a company that localizes media content with professional captioning and translations. They also use the latest tech to automate speech recognition and voice over solutions. In my chat today with David were talking about how why to localize video, how subtitling efforts can be successful and a lot about the concept of how to make your videos accessible, both in the ADA sense but also in the global consumption sense. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/how-planet-word-museum-in-dc-celebrates-words-and-language/ Tue, 09 Mar 2021 08:20:46 -0700https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/how-planet-word-museum-in-dc-celebrates-words-and-language/ Speaker Transcript Robert I’m Robert Jelenic, the Global Marketing Director at RWS Moravia, and I’ll be your host today on Globally Speaking. Today we’re speaking to Ann Friedman. She’s the founder and CEO of a Washington DC based museum called Planet Word. Her connection to literacy and language began with a lifelong love of reading, early work as a copyeditor and translator and a later career as a reading and writing teacher in the Montgomery County Public Schools, Maryland’s Largest School District. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/ann-friedman/ Wed, 03 Mar 2021 07:55:28 -0700https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/ann-friedman/ Ann Friedman is the founder and CEO of Planet Word, the world’s first museum dedicated to words and language. She has spent her life immersed in linguistics, starting out as a copy-editor, translator and champion of education. She worked as a reading and writing teacher in the Montgomery County Public Schools and served on several foundations and education-based advisory boards. She has several decades of experience in these areas and is still passionately active in them, remaining on many of these boards today. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/how-user-experience-drove-localization-at-a-start-up/ Wed, 24 Feb 2021 20:30:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/how-user-experience-drove-localization-at-a-start-up/ Speaker Transcript Jim I’m Jim Compton. I’m a manager of technology partnerships at RWS and today I have here with me Mitchell Cox who is the International Business Operations Manager at Lucid, which is a visual collaboration suite. In this episode we talk about how localization should be tied to accelerating growth and not be an afterthought. Mitchell has described himself as a localization outsider, and has some really interesting ideas including on how translation process maps to customer experience and how giving international users a great customer experience sometimes requires adaption of the product itself. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/mitchell-cox/ Wed, 24 Feb 2021 20:30:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/mitchell-cox/ Mitchell Cox is a Business Operations Manager at Lucid, a Utah-based developer of visual collaboration software. Mitchell leads strategy and business operations for Lucid, including market prioritization, resource planning, cross-functional alignment and growth strategy. He graduated from the University of Utah with a Bachelor’s degree in psychology. Outside of work, Mitchell enjoys espresso, skiing and spending time outside with his wife, son and dog. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/dr-sherry-simon/ Wed, 10 Feb 2021 20:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/dr-sherry-simon/ Dr. Sherry Simon is a Distinguished University Research Professor at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. She’s an expert in the effect that translation has on our cities and landscapes. Dr. Simon has won several notable awards for her work and writing and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. In her 20+ years as an educator in language, she has held visiting positions at universities in Mexico, France, Italy, Puerto Rico, Belgium, India, Sweden, Austria and the US. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/how-translation-reveals-the-history-of-a-city/ Wed, 10 Feb 2021 20:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/how-translation-reveals-the-history-of-a-city/ Speaker Transcript Matthew Hello and welcome to Globally Speaking. I’m Matthew Cottingham. I am a Program Director for Content Production at RWS Moravia. Today I’m talking with Dr. Sherry Simon. Dr. Simon is an expert in translational spaces—physical spaces such as architecture, cities, and landscapes—and how we can learn from them. I was particularly interested in Dr Simon’s perspective on what it means to think translationally, especially in the built environment around us. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/arnold-ma/ Wed, 27 Jan 2021 20:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/arnold-ma/ Arnold Ma is the founder and CEO of digital creative agency Qumin. An expert on the Chinese marketplace, he is a global keynote speaker and has been featured on the Chinese Global Television Network (CGTN). He has over a decade of experience advising companies on the best way to succeed in the Chinese marketing landscape. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/opening-china-to-the-global-market/ Wed, 27 Jan 2021 20:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/opening-china-to-the-global-market/ Speaker Transcript Hinde Hello. I’m Hinde Lamrani. I’m the International Search Strategist and SME within RWS Moravia. Let me introduce myself. My Masters’ were in E-commerce and International Online Marketing, but I did specialize in SEO and worked in both agency and in-house sides, and for the past eight years, worked within the localization industry.Today, we have Arnold Ma, a prominent China expert with us, and he’s going to help us better understand the Chinese digital marketing landscape. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/andy-andersen/ Wed, 13 Jan 2021 20:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/andy-andersen/ Andy Andersen is a leader in international growth at Tinder. He’s passionate about localization and has spent most of the last decade helping companies reach more people and expand into new markets. Andy is responsible for setting up the localization program at Tinder that has helped the online dating platform become the biggest in the world. He has a degree in International Studies (Global Diplomacy) from Louisiana State University and is a huge advocate and supporter of endangered language preservation. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/tinder-takes-dating-worldwide/ Wed, 13 Jan 2021 20:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/tinder-takes-dating-worldwide/ Speaker Transcript Jim Hi, I’m Jim Compton, the Manager of Technology Partnerships at RWS Moravia. Today, I’m thrilled to be talking with Andy Andersen, who works on international growth at the dating platform company Tinder. Today, we’re gonna be talking about how a company like Tinder approaches localization, and more broadly about the phenomena of online dating in the context of globalization. Andy, great to meet you. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/choosing-and-implementing-a-translation-management-system-tms-at-slack/ Wed, 16 Dec 2020 20:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/choosing-and-implementing-a-translation-management-system-tms-at-slack/ Speaker Transcript Jamie Hello, listeners. My name is Jamie Gillette and I am your host for today’s episode. I’ve been in the localization industry for more than 14 years and I’m currently a program manager at RWS Moravia working with large enterprise customers to grow their business globally through localization. Today, I’m excited to speak with Mike Harris at Slack about his recent efforts in TMS migration. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/jamie-gillette/ Wed, 16 Dec 2020 20:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/jamie-gillette/ Jaime has spent 14 years in the localization industry and learned from the ground up, starting with project management. She is now a Program Manager at RWS. Her niche has been onboarding new clients and maintaining the satisfaction of current clients. hosts https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/mike-harris/ Wed, 16 Dec 2020 20:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/mike-harris/ Mike Harris is the Senior Business Systems Developer for Localization at Slack. He has been with the digital business communication platform leader for the past two years and has ten years of experience implementing large and complicated tech solutions around translation and localization. Mike has a master’s degree in Translation and Localization Management from the Monterey Institute of International Studies and also studied translation, interpretation and localization at Institut Supérieur d’Interprétation et de Traduction (ISIT). guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/applying-googles-e-a-t-guidelines-to-your-seo-program/ Wed, 02 Dec 2020 22:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/applying-googles-e-a-t-guidelines-to-your-seo-program/ Speaker Transcript Hinde Hello, I’m Hinde Lamrani, the International Search Strategist and SME within RWS Moravia. My master’s were in ecommerce and international online marketing, but I specialized in SEO and, for the past eight years, worked within the localization industry. So, as you know, global businesses have to make sure all their online assets are findable and visible online in their target markets globally. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/hinde-lamrani/ Wed, 02 Dec 2020 22:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/hinde-lamrani/ Hinde Lamrani is RWS’s in-house subject matter expert for International Search, specifically focusing on SEO/SEM. She has a decade of experience helping organizations achieve online visibility on a global scale. Hinde is fascinated by IoT and next-gen technology. She enjoys occasionally horseback riding and she’s fluent in three languages. hosts https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/lily-ray/ Wed, 02 Dec 2020 22:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/lily-ray/ Lily Ray is the SEO Director at Path Interactive, an award-winning, New York-based digital agency. She’s spent a decade helping tech companies and startups maximise their SEO capabilities. In 2017, Lily was nominated by Search Engine Land for Female Search Marketer of the Year. Her insights are highly regarded and she continues to be a leading voice in the SEO community through her speaking engagements and contributions to major digital marketing publications. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/klaus-fleischmann/ Wed, 18 Nov 2020 20:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/klaus-fleischmann/ Klaus Fleischmann is a leader in the field of translation, localization and terminology. Not only is he the CEO of eurocom Translation Services and the founder and CEO of Kaleidoscope, he also helps shape the voice of the industry by sitting on the board of the Globalization and Localization Association (GALA). Based in Austria, where he also lectures on terminology at several universities, Klaus has spent 25 years in the field helping a wide range of businesses achieve their international growth goals. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/the-importance-of-terminology-work-in-machine-translation-and-search-engine-optimization/ Wed, 18 Nov 2020 20:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/the-importance-of-terminology-work-in-machine-translation-and-search-engine-optimization/ Speaker Transcript Robert Hi, I’m Robert Jelenic, Global Marketing Director at RWS Moravia and I’ll be your host today on Globally Speaking. Today, I’m joined by Klaus Fleischmann. He’s the CEO of Eurocom Translation Services and the founder and CEO of Kaleidoscope. Klaus also served on the GALA Board of Directors for four years and lectures at a series of universities in his native Austria on the topic of terminology. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/employee-profiling-for-a-better-world/ Wed, 04 Nov 2020 22:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/employee-profiling-for-a-better-world/ Speaker Transcript Cody My name is Cody Carlson. I’m your host for today. I’m a business development manager helping companies across the United States solving any localization problems or challenges they might have. Really excited for today’s guest! We have Vanessa Darling from The Predictive Index. Today we will be talking about what Vanessa does at Predictive Index, what Predictive Index does themselves, how they make a better world and behavioral assessments worldwide. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/vanessa-darling/ Wed, 04 Nov 2020 22:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/vanessa-darling/ Vanessa Darling is the Localization Program Manager for The Predictive Index (PI), a leading provider of talent optimization services. Vanessa is also the founder of Boston French Interpreters, a translation and interpretation services company that she has operated for more than 20 years. Before joining PI, Vanessa served as a Marketing and Localization Project Manager at Bose Corporation. Vanessa earned a Master’s degree in Translation from ISIT in France and a Certificate in Simultaneous Interpreting from New York University. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/andre-hemker/ Thu, 22 Oct 2020 10:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/andre-hemker/ Andre Hemker is the founder and CEO of Wordcraft, a language service provider located in Germany. Andre is also an experienced audio engineer and was responsible for building the entire studio at Wordcraft. On October 1, 2020, Andre was appointed the CEO of Wordbee, a major translation technology provider. Andre holds a Master of Arts in Translation and a BA in English from the University of Leipzig. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/how-video-localization-is-all-wrong-and-how-to-fix-it/ Thu, 22 Oct 2020 10:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/how-video-localization-is-all-wrong-and-how-to-fix-it/ Speaker Transcript Jim Hi, I’m Jim Compton. I manage the partnerships team at RWS Moravia and have been focused on applying technology to solve globalization challenges for something like 25 years.Today I’m thrilled to be talking to Andre Hemker who is the founder and CEO of the localization company Wordcraft International, and he’s also the new CEO of translation management platform WordBee.I met Andre at the globalization and localization event in Munich in 2019 and I thought he had some really interesting and, dare I say disruptive, ideas about how to approach film, video and video game localization and about the application of technology in localization in general. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/jim-compton/ Thu, 22 Oct 2020 10:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/jim-compton/ Jim Compton is a localization industry maven with over 25 years of multi-faceted experience and a reputation as an innovator and passionate problem-solver. He’s developed and implemented solutions to address the growing global content needs of an evolving market. He is currently the RWS Manager of the Technology Partnerships Program. hosts https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/a-cio-on-digital-transformation-and-cultural-change/ Wed, 07 Oct 2020 22:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/a-cio-on-digital-transformation-and-cultural-change/ Speaker Transcript Matthew I’m Matthew Cottingham, and I’m a Program Director at RWS Moravia focused on digital post-production for streaming services in the entertainment industry. Today I’m fortunate to get the chance to talk with Jim DuBois, former CIO and 25-year veteran at Microsoft and the author of Six-Word Lessons to Think Like a Modern-Day CIO. Our conversation today is focused on digital transformation and the lessons Jim has learned from helping lead Microsoft through its own transformation. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/jim-duboise/ Wed, 07 Oct 2020 22:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/jim-duboise/ Jim DuBois spent nearly two decades at Microsoft before becoming the CIO in 2013. During his tenure as CIO, Jim supported the company’s billions of customers and more than 90,000 employees across 190 countries around the world. Jim played an integral role in Microsoft’s digital transformation, including migrating 95% of the company’s on-premise IT capabilities to the cloud. In 2017, Jim published a book entitled Six-Word Lessons to Think Like a Modern-Day CIO. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/alex-pereverzevs/ Wed, 23 Sep 2020 22:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/alex-pereverzevs/ Beginning his journey with Lokalise as a Customer Success Manager before transitioning into his current role as Product Lead, Alex Pereverzevs has employed his love for tech and desire to fulfill client needs to boost Lokalise’s position in the industry. Proficient in four languages, Alex also has an education in Economics, Business Administration and Management, Marketing and Marketing Communications. In his free time, he enjoys traveling and playing football and basketball. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/the-elements-of-a-strategic-localization-program/ Wed, 23 Sep 2020 22:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/the-elements-of-a-strategic-localization-program/ Speaker Transcript Joe My name is Joe Holtman and I’m your host today on Globally Speaking. I’m a Business Development Manager here at RWS Moravia and I have five-plus years in the localization industry. In my role, I help match RWS Moravia services to our clients’ business goals in helping them go global. Today we are joined by Alex who is a product lead for Lokalise, a growing player in the localization technology industry. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/francesca-di-marco/ Wed, 09 Sep 2020 23:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/francesca-di-marco/ Francesca Di Marco is a veteran in the localization industry, and currently the internationalization lead at Pinterest where she leads the internationalization and global development program for product and marketing. She is passionate about enabling teams to achieve global scale by integrating processes and strategies, and by bridging gaps across functions and regional offices. Francesca is a lifelong language nerd and a former lecturer on the History of Japan at Stanford University in the UK and Italy. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/pinterest-has-localization-pinned-down/ Wed, 09 Sep 2020 23:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/pinterest-has-localization-pinned-down/ Speaker Transcript Deirdre Hi Globally Speaking listeners. This is your host, Deirdre Cleere.Today I’m talking with Francesca Di Marco of Pinterest, the global phenomenon that helps people find ideas for recipes, home décor, homeschooling and style among many, many other things. Francesca leads the localization team at Pinterest. She built the team and developed a process for localizing assets by using traditional localization, transcreation and local in-country development. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/alex-zekakis/ Wed, 26 Aug 2020 11:37:43 -0600https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/alex-zekakis/ Alex Zekakis began his career working in the IT industry, and then inadvertently fell into localization. Now, as Global Solutions Architect Manager at XTM International, Alex offers knowledge gained from an 11-year career to clients seeking to localize their content. In a continued effort to advance both the field and his own experiences, Alex also works as a Technical Communication and Localization Lecturer at the University of Strasbourg, where he teaches up-and-coming linguists the ins and outs of the industry. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/localization-technology-trends-and-predictions/ Wed, 26 Aug 2020 11:37:43 -0600https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/localization-technology-trends-and-predictions/ Speaker Transcript Joe My name is Joe Holtman and welcome to Globally Speaking. I’m a Business Development Manager here at RWS Moravia and I have five plus years in the localization industry. In my role, I help match RWS Moravia services to our clients’ business goals to help them go global.On today’s podcast, Alex Zekakis and I talk about his role as a solution architect, his teaching background and advice for young professionals, as well as trends he has seen in the industry and his optimistic view of the human versus machine debate. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/balancing-local-and-global-internal-communications-with-ray-walsh/ Thu, 13 Aug 2020 03:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/balancing-local-and-global-internal-communications-with-ray-walsh/ Speaker Transcript Deirdre Hi, I’m Deirdre Cleere, Senior Program Manager at RWS Moravia. I stumbled into localization right out of college when a small translation agency hired me as a project coordinator because, despite having no experience whatsoever, I was multilingual. I joined RWS Moravia in 2014. After 20-plus years in localization, I enjoy my role in the onboarding team collaborating with our newest customers and across teams to build localization and globalization programs. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/ray-walsh/ Thu, 06 Aug 2020 12:54:39 -0600https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/ray-walsh/ Starting his career as an English teacher, Ray Walsh used his skills to guide students through the terrain of education. Today, Ray employs those same skills to support international organizations in creating effective internal communications. With over 20 years of experience in the industry, Ray now works as an internal localization consultant. His knowledge culminates in his book Localizing Employee Communication: A Handbook. As a further demonstration of his love for global communication, Ray is fluent in English, German and Czech. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/priscila-mello/ Thu, 30 Jul 2020 03:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/priscila-mello/ Born and raised in the Brazilian countryside, Priscila Mello began her professional life as a teacher. She spent the better part of 20 years utilizing her knowledge of English and Portuguese literature to educate a wide variety of students. Through dedication and commitment, she worked her way up to become Senior Localization Analyst for a large hotel chain. In this position, she oversaw localization efforts across EMEA regions. Priscila has a Bachelor’s degree in English or Portuguese as a Second or Foreign Language and is a Certified ScrumMaster. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/teaching-learning-and-growing-in-localization-featuring-priscila-mello/ Thu, 30 Jul 2020 03:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/teaching-learning-and-growing-in-localization-featuring-priscila-mello/ Speaker Transcript Cody Hello, I’m Cody Carson. I’m currently a Business Development Manager at RWS Moravia focusing on identifying new clients to help enhance their localization efforts. With us today is Priscila Mello. She holds experience at a large global hospitality organization. She is an expert of language from both a teaching perspective as well as investigating how to effectively communicate content throughout the world and communicating that to internal business owners. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/a-comprehensive-approach-to-culturalization-with-chui-chui-tan-of-beyo-global/ Thu, 16 Jul 2020 03:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/a-comprehensive-approach-to-culturalization-with-chui-chui-tan-of-beyo-global/ Speaker Transcript Matthew Hello and welcome to Globally Speaking. I’m Matthew Cottingham, Program Director at RWS Moravia. My team does content production work for large enterprise customers. Today, we’re focusing on culturalization. Culturalization reaches beyond the business of language translation into an understanding of a culture’s background, stories and cultural beliefs. By gaining a deeper understanding of a country or people in a specific geography, businesses can be more effective in designing products, services and communications for those customers. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/chui-chui-tan/ Thu, 16 Jul 2020 03:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/chui-chui-tan/ Chui Chui Tan has been the Director of Beyo Global for the better part of 3 years after founding the company in August 2017. Prior to that, she gathered a wealth of UX/CX experience, working within the culturalization industry for a total of 13 years. She has guided countless organizations, including Spotify, Asana and Marriott, towards success in global markets using her extensive knowledge of international research to grow client bases. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/how-translators-without-borders-is-fighting-covid-19/ Thu, 02 Jul 2020 03:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/how-translators-without-borders-is-fighting-covid-19/ Speaker Transcript Robert Hi, I’m Robert Jelenic, Global Marketing Director at RWS Moravia, and I’m your host today on Globally Speaking. Today I’m joined by Stella Paris, the Head of Language Services at Translators without Borders. Stella is originally British but lives in Bergamo, one of the Italian cities hardest hit by the coronavirus outbreak. Translators without Borders has been on the very forefront of the fight against the infodemic. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/stella-paris/ Thu, 02 Jul 2020 03:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/stella-paris/ Stella Paris, Head of Language Services at Translators without Borders (TWB), has 20 years of experience performing in high-level roles within the language services industry. She uses language to deliver life-changing information that has a positive impact on the world. Catering to the needs of humanitarian organizations and managing 28,000 volunteers is just another day in the life of this passionate language professional. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/matthew-cottingham/ Thu, 25 Jun 2020 09:22:58 -0600https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/matthew-cottingham/ Matthew Cottingham is a Program Director at RWS who focuses on content streaming, quality and publishing for large enterprises. A self-proclaimed ‘Storyteller at Scale,’ he has touched the lives of many through exceptional content. With 20 years of industry experience, he is passionate about the opportunity to develop a range of software tools, products and services for his clients. His long list of achievements in help systems, developer support, streaming entertainment and consumer marketing, among others, have been developed and deployed on a global scale. hosts https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/joseph-holtman/ Thu, 25 Jun 2020 09:21:29 -0600https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/joseph-holtman/ A salesman at heart, Joseph Holtman, a Business Development Manager at RWS, has perfected the art of helping organizations achieve their business objectives and sales goals in fast-paced, high-pressure environments. Joseph’s keen interest in International Marketing, including its application and effectiveness in various global markets, enables him to consistently drive measurable efficiencies for a wide range of clients. In addition to this, he enjoys developing automated processes and integrating technology stacks. hosts https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/deirdre-cleere/ Thu, 25 Jun 2020 09:19:40 -0600https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/deirdre-cleere/ Deirdre Cleere is a Senior Program Manager at RWS. She utilizes her wealth of knowledge and passion for all things technology and language to develop effective localization and globalization programs. After spending her youth overseas in Brazil and Indonesia, she was recruited by a small translation company right out of college. This led to 24 years of Deirdre successfully fulfilling localization roles for various organizations. Her impressive resume also includes a stint at Microsoft where she was the Geopolitical Strategist for the Global Readiness team. hosts https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/cody-carlson/ Thu, 25 Jun 2020 09:14:37 -0600https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/cody-carlson/ Cody Carlson is a Business Development Manager at RWS. Though relatively new to the industry, he is an expert when it comes to creating opportunities that facilitate business growth. His role involves actively building strategic relationships with clients who are seeking solutions for their globalization strategy challenges. Cody’s outgoing personality has enabled him to excel at his job and build some great industry friendships in the process. Outside of work, he mostly splits his downtime between exploring the great outdoors with his wife and a healthy dose of online gaming. hosts https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/robert-jelenic/ Thu, 25 Jun 2020 08:27:07 -0600https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/robert-jelenic/ Robert is a multilingual B2B marketing leader based in Germany. He’s held past and present leadership roles in technology, sales and marketing. He loves tackling important challenges, fixing big problems and developing and driving growth in a collaborative team environment. Robert is active on his blog. hosts https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/localization-in-the-evolving-entertainment-industry/ Wed, 12 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/localization-in-the-evolving-entertainment-industry/ Speaker Transcript Michael I’m Michael Stevens. Renato And I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael And today on Globally Speaking, our guest talks about connecting stories with people. Renato It’s a recurring topic for us here in our podcast because it’s one of the areas in the language services that keeps growing and, at this moment, is expanding all over the world significantly. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/chris-carey/ Wed, 12 Feb 2020 11:59:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/chris-carey/ Chris Carey is the Chief Revenue Officer and Managing Director for Iyuno Media Group. Prior to that, Chris worked in a variety of roles in the media and entertainment industries, including as Head of Business Development and Strategy at Verizon Media, Executive Vice President of Worldwide Technical Operations at Paramount Pictures and Chief Marketing and Technology Officer at Technicolor. He also had a hand in publishing the book Understanding Digital Cinema: A Professional Handbook, about the entire digital film-making process. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/building-distributed-teams-for-startups/ Wed, 29 Jan 2020 13:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/building-distributed-teams-for-startups/ Speaker Transcript Michael I’m Michael Stevens. Renato And I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael And today on Globally Speaking, we are talking about part of our industry that the entire business is based on. There are plenty of people around the world who are contributing to the work that we do and they’re translators, they’re developers, all of those. And our particular guest has made a career of making sure excellent projects are done in places around the world. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/peter-wang/ Wed, 29 Jan 2020 11:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/peter-wang/ Peter Wang has been a serial entrepreneur for over 15 years. His current company, 57Blocks, was formed in April of 2018 and has three locations. Prior to that, Peter worked at TubeMogul, which was later acquired by Adobe, and StarCite. He also founded a company called Horzion Software, Inc., in 2003 that was acquired by Symbio, where he stayed on as General Manager until 2009. Peter has degrees in Electrical Engineering and Software Engineering from West Virginia University. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/michael-stevens/ Tue, 31 Dec 2019 23:00:00 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/michael-stevens/ Michael has over 10 years of experience in the localization and IT industries. A well-networked entrepreneur, Michael’s main interest is in connecting and bringing people together. He not only enjoys learning about a company’s exciting ideas and developments, he also has a keen ability to add value—and fire—to new and innovative thinking. hosts https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/renato-beninatto/ Tue, 31 Dec 2019 23:00:00 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/hosts/renato-beninatto/ Renato Beninatto is the co-author of The General Theory of the Translation Company and leads Nimdzi Insights, a think-tank and consulting company that focuses on growth strategies for localization leaders. A former owner of an LSP, an executive in some of the leading companies in the industry and a linguist in his own right, this Brazilian-Italian-American citizen can’t shut up in Portuguese, English, Italian, French or Spanish. hosts https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/from-startup-to-localization-powerhouse/ Wed, 18 Dec 2019 12:01:53 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/from-startup-to-localization-powerhouse/ Speaker Transcript Renato I am Renato Beninatto.  Michael And I am Michael Stevens.  Renato And today on Globally Speaking, we are in San Jose, recording a live episode of our podcast. And we have a special guest with us that has a lot of experience in the industry in several areas. We’ve been, we are colleagues in some of these activities. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/patrick-mcloughlin/ Wed, 18 Dec 2019 12:00:43 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/patrick-mcloughlin/ Patrick McLoughlin has been in localization at Eventbrite since 2012, where he has taken a proactive role in integrating localization with other departments and centralizing the localization function. Prior to that, he spent five years at Yahoo! as a localization program manager and terminology manager. Patrick has also held positions as a lexicographer, adjunct professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies and multilingual researcher and writer. He holds a variety of certifications and degrees from universities in Italy, the UK and California. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/technology-and-globalization-at-the-gap/ Wed, 04 Dec 2019 13:00:26 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/technology-and-globalization-at-the-gap/ Speaker Transcript Michael I’m Michael Stevens.  Renato I am Renato Beninatto.  Michael And tonight, we have a Globally Speaking Live Event.  Dede I am Dede Szykier and I am happy to be a part of this.  Renato Thank you for being here Dede.  Dede Thank you for having me. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/dede-szykier/ Wed, 04 Dec 2019 12:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/dede-szykier/ Dede Szykier is an IT Program Manager at Gap, Inc. In this role, she works with the sourcing, finance, legal and operations departments to deploy technology that drives the global business. Previously, she managed a multi-million-dollar division at Gap through forecasting, allocation tuning and pricing optimization. Her first full-time job at Gap, Inc., was to build and manage inventory plans. Dede has a BA in English from UC Berkeley and a certificate in Business Administration and General Management from UC Berkeley Extension. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/bobb-drake/ Wed, 20 Nov 2019 14:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/bobb-drake/ Bobb Drake is the Director of Geocultural Research at Nimdzi Insights. Before that, he was a Principal and Consultant at Lingl Language Consulting, LLC, working as a translation and localization professional specializing in geocultural, linguistic and terminology matters. Bobb is also the Owner and Curator of Linguology & Wool + Whiskey, a shop specializing in books and accoutrements related to language, culture and travel. A lifelong student of languages and localization, Bobb has a Bachelor’s in French from Eastern Washington University and a degree in English Language, Literature and Civilization from the Paul Valéry University in Montpellier, France. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/the-importance-of-geoculture-in-localization/ Wed, 20 Nov 2019 14:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/the-importance-of-geoculture-in-localization/ Speaker Transcript Renato I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael And I’m Michael Stevens. Renato Today on Globally Speaking, we’re going to talk about the geocultural issues. This is, I think, the third episode that we’re going to have on this topic. Michael It’s the third direct episode. We even have the Cultural Code and a couple others that relate to this. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/the-state-of-the-interpretation-market/ Wed, 06 Nov 2019 14:45:00 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/the-state-of-the-interpretation-market/ Speaker Transcript Michael I’m Michael Stevens. And today on Globally Speaking, we have something, in the words of the great comedy group Monty Python, something completely different. Today’s episode is a mashup with some fellow podcasters who are on the journey with us and talking about issues that are related to the localization industry, the interpretation industry. I think you are going to find it highly entertaining. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/alexander-drechsel/ Wed, 06 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/alexander-drechsel/ Alexander Drechsel has been an interpreter with the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Interpretation since 2007. His working languages are German, English, French and Romanian. He holds a Master’s Degree in Conference Interpreting, Language Interpretation and Translation from Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/alexander-gansmeier/ Tue, 05 Nov 2019 23:00:00 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/alexander-gansmeier/ Alexander Gansmeier is a freelance interpreter for German-English residing in Munich, Germany. He has been a Board Member and the Head of the Secretariat of the German Association of Conference Interpreters (VKD) since 2014 and acts as the first point of contact for all potential candidates, business contacts and interested individuals. He has a Master of Arts Degree in Translation and Interpretation from the University of Central Lancashire. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/jonathan-downie/ Wed, 06 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/jonathan-downie/ Jonathan Downie is an interpreter of French and English and the owner of Integrity Languages, an interpreting services company in the UK. He has both a Master’s Degree and a PhD in Interpretation from Heriot-Watt University. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/marketing-to-mena/ Wed, 23 Oct 2019 12:30:00 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/marketing-to-mena/ Speaker Transcript Renato I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael And I’m Michael Stevens. Renato Today on Globally Speaking, we have a very interesting conversation about a market that we haven’t covered yet, right, Michael? Michael It’s amazing that with all that’s happening in the world right now and how often we hear about this region that we haven’t looked into what’s happening as far as localization and business there. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/mohamed-abo-el-fotouh/ Wed, 23 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/mohamed-abo-el-fotouh/ Mayday designed to help motorists in need of emergency services. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from Misr International University and a Master’s Degree in Computer Science from The American University in Cairo. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/talking-transcription-part-3/ Wed, 09 Oct 2019 14:45:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/talking-transcription-part-3/ Speaker Transcript Michael I’m Michael Stevens, and this week on Globally Speaking, we are continuing our series, number three of three, on transcription. If you haven’t checked out the first two episodes of the series, listen to this one and then go back and listen to the other two. I think you’ll really appreciate it. We started with a look into how transcription is traditionally done, what the human being actually does for this type of work. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/should-localization-education-ride-the-technology-wave/ Wed, 25 Sep 2019 14:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/should-localization-education-ride-the-technology-wave/ Speaker Transcript Michael I’m Michael Stevens and today on Globally Speaking, we have something different for you, our listener. I was asked to moderate a panel of localization experts who teach in higher-level education. The topic is “Should Localization Education Ride the Technology Wave?” Each one of these experts is a professor at a university; we get to get insight into how they build their curriculum and what skills they believe are necessary to thrive in this industry. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/jan-grodecki/ Wed, 25 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/jan-grodecki/ Jan is a PMP-certified Solutions Architect at RWS Moravia and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Washington, teaching courses within their Certificate in Localization program. Having also spent over 13 years working at Microsoft, Jan has localization experience on both client and LSP sides. He also holds degrees in Energy Technology and Computer Science from universities in Germany. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/jon-ritzdorf/ Wed, 25 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/jon-ritzdorf/ A self-professed jack-of-many-localization-trades, RWS Moravia and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Maryland, New York University and MIIS. Jon has been in the localization industry since 2000 and his areas of interest are translation technology and solutions development. Jon has several degrees in Chinese language and translation. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/talking-transcription-part-2/ Wed, 11 Sep 2019 12:45:00 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/talking-transcription-part-2/ Speaker Transcript Michael I’m Michael Stevens. Renato I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael And today, on Globally Speaking, we’re taking a look at the future of transcription. How does automation play into our space? Are people going to be outdated and not used? Or is there a way that we can work smarter and better? And we’re going to talk to a technologist. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/jason-chicola/ Wed, 11 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/jason-chicola/ Temi.com to offer automated transcription. Prior to forming his own companies, Jason was the Director of Marketing and Sales at oDesk, now Upwork, which is an online labor marketplace. He has also been involved in investing, both as an angel investor of several companies and as an Investment Professional at H.I.G. Capital. Jason has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Economics from MIT.  guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/a-new-chapter-for-the-multilingual-publishing-industry/ Wed, 28 Aug 2019 12:45:00 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/a-new-chapter-for-the-multilingual-publishing-industry/ Speaker Transcript Michael I’m Michael Stevens. Renato I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael And today on Globally Speaking, our guest is talking to us about the publishing industry. Renato The publishing industry is one of the oldest industries in the content space. One of the first businesses was publishing Bibles, but we’ve come a long way and our guest has some interesting perspectives and connections with where localization meets publishing. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/margaret-ann-dowling/ Wed, 28 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/margaret-ann-dowling/ Create&Translate.org, a Warsaw-based company focused on merging the technical capabilities and global reach of the localization industry with the local knowledge and creativity of the publishing industry. With over 25 years of experience in emerging markets, she helped globally launch and manage some of the world’s most recognized media brands, including ELLE, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, In Style and National Geographic. She was also a founder and ambassador of the Warsaw Chapter of Singularity University. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/all-about-internationalization/ Wed, 14 Aug 2019 14:45:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/all-about-internationalization/ Speaker Transcript Michael I’m Michael Stevens. Renato I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael And today on Globally Speaking, we are getting schooled on the topic of internationalization. Renato Internationalization is one of those things that everybody talks about, but very few people know really how to do it and how to deploy it. So, our guest is an expert, has been around from the beginning of internationalization that was born at the same time as localization. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/jeff-knorr/ Wed, 14 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/jeff-knorr/ Internationalization Labs, a globalization engineering and consulting firm specializing in software internationalization (i18n). Jeff has over 25 years of experience in software engineering and consulting. Jeff previously was involved in software engineering, software development and internationalization at ILE and then Lionbridge. Jeff has a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Alfred University and resides in Boulder, Colorado. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/talking-transcription-part-1/ Wed, 31 Jul 2019 14:45:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/talking-transcription-part-1/ Speaker Transcript Michael I’m Michael Stevens and today on Globally Speaking, we’re starting our three-part series on transcription. This is an area where many of the projects that eventually translators work on starts. We have to get the ideas into text in order to get it localized. And while it’s at the very beginning of the process of everything we do, this is our first time covering it on the show. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/jamie-hartz/ Wed, 31 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/jamie-hartz/ Jamie Hartz is an ATA-certified Spanish-to-English translator and transcriptionist specializing in logistics, law and business. She has run her own translation and editing business since 2013. Jamie holds a Master’s degree in Spanish Translation from Kent State University. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/around-the-clock-innovation/ Wed, 17 Jul 2019 14:45:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/around-the-clock-innovation/ Speaker Transcript Michael I’m Michael Stevens. Renato I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael And today on Globally Speaking, we’re taking a fresh look at innovation in localization. Ultan My name is Ultan O’Broin. I was born and in around the time of Sergeant Pepper’s LP release date. I am a user experience professional. I’m working in the fintech industry at the moment, but have a background in Silicon Valley, in Europe, with some of the big ones, but also some startups. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/ultan-obroin/ Wed, 17 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/ultan-obroin/ Ultan O’Broin is an experienced IT product manager who has worked in the discipline since 1996, including 19 years at Oracle. His expertise includes discovery, solution framing and product deployment. He has been published in Chatbots Magazine, Sense About Science, Forbes, ACM Digital Library and the Journal of Usability Studies and holds several US patents. A real thought leader in innovation, his passions include conversational computing, NLP, innovation, creativity and storytelling. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/unpacking-the-complexities-of-global-digital-marketing/ Wed, 03 Jul 2019 14:45:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/unpacking-the-complexities-of-global-digital-marketing/ Speaker Transcript Renato I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael And I’m Michael Stevens. Renato Today, on Globally Speaking we have a guest that is going to tell us some of his experience in digital marketing, an area that has expanded a lot for localization companies. It’s usually an activity that is requested to translators and very often they don’t know what to do, right Michael? episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/ed-hartigan/ Wed, 03 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/ed-hartigan/ Ed Hartigan has been working in digital marketing and media for over 15 years. Prior to joining RWS Moravia, he held various senior management positions in independent and network marketing agencies in London, with specializations in bought, owned and earned media. Ed has a degree in business from Brunel University London. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/the-customization-conundrum/ Wed, 19 Jun 2019 14:45:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/the-customization-conundrum/ Speaker Transcript Renato With so many options on the market for translation management tools, it seems obvious that there should be one that meets all your requirements with minimal investment in setting up. The folks that Michael talks with today make sure these technologies function to their clients’ satisfaction. It is why a company providing technical consulting and development exists in localization. Enjoy this round-table discussion that covers APIs, connectors, MT integration and technology transitions within our industry. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/spartan-software/ Tue, 18 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/spartan-software/ Scott Schwalbach is the Customer Experience Manager at Spartan Software. Working in the localization industry for over a decade, Scott calls himself a ‘localization, globalization and customer experience disruptor.’ He holds a degree in Computer Science. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/managing-human-resources-across-cultures/ Wed, 05 Jun 2019 14:45:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/managing-human-resources-across-cultures/ Speaker Transcript Renato Today, Michael interviews a guest that has had leadership positions in global human resources at some of the largest companies in the world. His experience provides unique insights into how to manage cultural norms across a company and the challenges related to headquarters managing people in the field. You’re going to like this story about mistakes and a costly mistake that was related directly to not knowing how some employees would respond to getting a bonus, of all things. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/michael-erisman/ Tue, 04 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/michael-erisman/ Pushpay since March 2019. Prior to that, he was the VP and GM of Global Human Resources at DocuSign. He has led HR teams and employees in over 100 different countries around the world and has expertise with teams across Europe, Russia, Brazil, Mexico and APAC. He has also been an adjunct professor at Seattle Pacific University for the past five years teaching graduate-level HR courses. Michael holds an MA in Industrial and Organizational Psychology. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/how-asics-is-running-to-global-markets/ Wed, 22 May 2019 14:45:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/how-asics-is-running-to-global-markets/ Speaker Transcript Michael I’m Michael Stevens. Renato I am Renato Beninatto and today on Globally Speaking, our guest is going to talk about the challenge of mixing multiple cultures. And these cultures have to do with business cultures and cultural aspects of different countries and different languages. Very interesting conversation, wasn’t it, Michael? Michael It was, and all of this is happening in the midst of the digital transformation for retail. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/the-localization-contrarian/ Wed, 08 May 2019 14:45:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/the-localization-contrarian/ Speaker Transcript Renato I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael And I’m Michael Stevens, and today on Globally Speaking, we have a contrarian view. Renato The author of Upstream: The Everyday Observation of the Translation Industry from an Overly Critical Standpoint. It’s a collection of all the articles and presentations written by our guest. He is a person who loves to write and writes long copy and has articles in several blogs. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/luigi-muzii/ Tue, 07 May 2019 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/luigi-muzii/ Luigi Muzii is a business consultant, technology expert, tech writer, terminologist, localizer and translator. He began his career in the language industry since 1982 and in his current role as a business consultant, Luigi helps customers choose and implement best-suited technologies and redesign their business processes for translation- and localization-related work for maximum efficiencies. You can check out Luigi’s blog at http://www.s-quid.it/blog. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/is-it-ai-or-is-it-powerpoint/ Wed, 24 Apr 2019 14:45:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/is-it-ai-or-is-it-powerpoint/ Speaker Transcript Renato I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael And I’m Michael Stevens. Renato Today on Globally Speaking, we want to talk a little bit about artificial intelligence. I was inspired by a tweet that I saw from the GALA Conference in Munich that happened in March. The tweet quoted Mat Velloso who’s a technical advisor to the CEO of Microsoft. And he said: “If it is written in Python, it’s probably machine learning. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/maximizing-the-impact-of-localized-content/ Wed, 10 Apr 2019 14:45:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/maximizing-the-impact-of-localized-content/ Speaker Transcript Renato I’m Renato Beninatto. And today on Globally Speaking, Michael has a conversation with a guest who is leading the future of localization, especially as it relates to marketing and engagement. This guest was previously here on Globally Speaking sharing with us the core elements of building a global infrastructure. That was on episode 35. Today, he takes us a step forward and we will learn how we can know that what we’re doing is actually working. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/daniel-sullivan/ Mon, 08 Apr 2019 22:00:00 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/daniel-sullivan/ Daniel Sullivan is Tableau Software’s Director of Global Content Readiness. He has over 15 years’ experience in the translation and localization industry, including 8+ years architecting enterprise localization platforms to improve delivery time, quality and cost. Prior to Tableau, he worked in localization at Wizards of the Coast and Amazon. In a previous life, Daniel was an academic at Stanford University, where he earned an MA and completed candidacy requirements for a PhD in Japanese historical fiction and historiography, before shifting to work in enterprise localization. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/how-following-the-herd-impacts-localization/ Wed, 27 Mar 2019 14:45:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/how-following-the-herd-impacts-localization/ Speaker Transcript Renato I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael And I’m Michael Stevens. Renato Today on Globally Speaking, we’re going to be having a conversation—one of those conversations that Michael and I have occasionally—but it was inspired by a video that I like to show in some of my consulting engagements. Michael Because, of course, there’s no better way to communicate something than to have a YouTube or TED video. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/whats-the-latest-with-neural-mt/ Wed, 13 Mar 2019 14:45:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/whats-the-latest-with-neural-mt/ Speaker Transcript Renato I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael And I’m Michael Stevens. Renato Today on Globally Speaking, we’re coming back to a topic that was one of the most popular topics we had. We talked about neural machine translation in a three-part series back in episodes 20, 21 and 22, and it’s currently one of the topics that is most pressing when it comes to technology in the language space. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/john-tinsley/ Tue, 12 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/john-tinsley/ Stemming from his love of cutting-edge language technology, John co-founded Iconic Translation Machines at the end of 2012. He customizes neural machine translation engines for use across a wide variety of industries and use cases, including IT, Life Sciences and automotive fields. John graduated from Dublin City University in 2009 with a PhD in Computer Science, specializing in machine translation. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/lets-talk-internationalization/ Wed, 27 Feb 2019 16:45:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/lets-talk-internationalization/ Speaker Transcript Michael I’m Michael Stevens. Renato I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael And today on Globally Speaking, we have a guest on a topic that we have not talked much about to date. Renato Yes. Have you ever seen the acronym i18n? Michael I’ve seen it around. Renato What is it, Michael, for you? Michael It’s internationalization. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/adam-asnes/ Tue, 26 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/adam-asnes/ Adam Asnes is the CEO and founder of Lingoport, which helps enterprises internationalize, localize and test software so it works well in every target language and locale format. He started his internationalization career with OneRealm, a startup software globalization firm. Adam lives in Boulder, Colorado. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/lobbying-for-language-in-the-halls-of-power/ Wed, 13 Feb 2019 16:45:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/lobbying-for-language-in-the-halls-of-power/ Speaker Transcript Renato I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael And I’m Michael Stevens. Renato Lobbying is one of those activities that has a negative connotation, sometimes. However, we hear about the power of lobbying in making government change and advance the interests of certain categories of business and professions and so on. Today in Globally Speaking, we’re interviewing somebody that does that for a living, right Michael? episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/what-does-blockchain-have-to-do-with-localization/ Wed, 30 Jan 2019 15:45:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/what-does-blockchain-have-to-do-with-localization/ Speaker Transcript Michael S. I’m Michael Stevens. Renato I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael S. And today on Globally Speaking, we are talking about one of our items from the 2019 predictions episode. Renato Yeah, blockchain. You probably saw that in the title of this episode. Michael S. Yes. And for our listeners, we are going to take you on a bit of a journey that we went on. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/michael-casey/ Tue, 29 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/michael-casey/ Michael Casey is an advisor at the Digital Currency Initiative at MIT Media Lab and a senior lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He’s currently building a distributed, global video content company to tell stories about innovation and disruptive new technologies. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/robert-etches/ Tue, 29 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/robert-etches/ Robert Etches is the CEO of Exfluency, which is a language-ledger marketplace that facilitates the buying and selling of multilingual communication. During his career, he’s been an innovation consultant and head of translation innovation for several businesses in Denmark. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/educating-the-localizers-of-the-future/ Wed, 16 Jan 2019 15:45:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/educating-the-localizers-of-the-future/ Speaker Transcript Renato I am Renato Beninatto. Michael And I am Michael Stevens. Renato Today, on Globally Speaking, we will be talking to somebody that is responsible for one of the most important education programs in the translation and localization environment. Michael Absolutely. It’s a place that’s become a regular pipeline for professionals in our industry, both on the buyer side and on the LSP side. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/about/ Tue, 15 Jan 2019 15:14:53 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/about/ Globally Speaking is a podcast about the many ways in which language, culture, technology and business intersect, and the challenges associated with engaging with today’s hyper-connected consumer. Our goal is to unpack the challenges of breaking down language and communication barriers in order to help brands grow. Our hosts and guests, featuring thought leaders and industry experts, bring a wealth of experiences relating to content, communications and customer engagement to the table. page https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/contact/ Tue, 15 Jan 2019 15:14:53 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/contact/ This website and content has been produced by RWS page https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/max-troyer/ Tue, 15 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/max-troyer/ Max is the Program Chair of the Translation and Localization Management (TLM) degree program and also an Associate Professor at the  Middlebury Institute of International Studies. He teaches technology courses such as Website Localization, Multilingual Desktop Publishing, Audio-Visual Localization and Software and Games Localization. Before MIIS, Max was a translation consultant for 11 years, helping translation agencies, software developers and global companies with process standardization, localization engineering, multilingual DTP and website localization. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/wrangling-your-global-content/ Wed, 02 Jan 2019 15:45:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/wrangling-your-global-content/ Speaker Transcript Renato I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael And I’m Michael Stevens. Renato And today on Globally Speaking, live from Seattle, Washington, at the Rendezvous Jewelbox Theatre, we have a special guest. Somebody that I’ve wanted to interview for a long, long time. Michael He’s a wrangler. Renato For those of you who’ve been in the industry for a while, you’ve probably heard and read about Scott, who’s one of the pillars and experts in our industry. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/scott-abel/ Tue, 01 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/scott-abel/ Known as “ LinkedIn group, The Content Wrangler Community, and heads up the San Francisco Content Strategy Content Marketing Pros Meetup group. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/whats-in-store-for-the-translation-industry-in-2019/ Wed, 12 Dec 2018 15:45:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/whats-in-store-for-the-translation-industry-in-2019/ Speaker Transcript Michael I’m Michael Stevens. Renato I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael And today we are having one of our favorite discussions of the year. Renato It’s the third edition of our crystal ball 2019 forecast: what the languages services industry is going to be talking about in 2019. Michael These are the trends we’re seeing. We came up with our own list. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/how-to-understand-and-embrace-ai/ Wed, 28 Nov 2018 14:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/how-to-understand-and-embrace-ai/ Speaker Transcript Michael I’m Michael Stevens. Renato I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael And today on Globally Speaking we have a very special event. We’re coming from the Jewelbox Theatre here in Seattle, Washington. Renato It’s our live show. Michael It’s our live show and we’re actually coming full circle on content. Renato The first episode that we recorded for Globally Speaking was “Will I have a job tomorrow? episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/tripp-parker/ Tue, 27 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/tripp-parker/ Tripp possesses years of experience in Artificial Intelligence between his time at Amazon and Microsoft. He holds five patents from his work at Amazon. Specific areas of expertise are monetization and healthcare. At Amazon he is a Technical Program Manager in the Alexa Health and Wellness team. He attended Duke University and has a BSE degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science and Philosophy. Tripp lives in Kirkland, WA, with his wife and son. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/tracking-data-to-prove-roi/ Wed, 14 Nov 2018 13:00:00 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/tracking-data-to-prove-roi/ Speaker Transcript Renato I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael And I’m Michael Stevens. Renato Today we’re going to talk about one of our favorite topics, which is… Michael Shame. Renato We have no shame. We started this interview talking about ROI and trying to get into serious things, but towards the middle we started talking about a wall of shame. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/joel-sahleen/ Tue, 13 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/joel-sahleen/ As Globalization Architect for Domo, Joel is responsible for directing the internationalization and localization of Domo’s SaaS business intelligence offering, including the backend platform, middleware services and both web and mobile clients. He holds an MA in Asian Studies from Stanford and has a degree in economics. He’s been working in localization for ten years. Joel Lives in the Salt Lake, Utah area. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/selling-software-in-todays-localization-landscape/ Wed, 31 Oct 2018 13:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/selling-software-in-todays-localization-landscape/ Speaker Transcript Michael I’m Michael Stevens. Renato I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael And today on Globally Speaking, we are talking about sales. We oftentimes only talk about services. Renato Localization and language services. But our friend today—because of a change in sales methodology—stopped selling language services and started selling software. Let’s hear about his journey. Bjoern My name is Bjoern Lux, I work in sales at XTM selling translation management software. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/bjoern-lux/ Mon, 29 Oct 2018 23:00:00 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/bjoern-lux/ Seventeen years ago, after a finishing a degree in translation and interpretation, Bjoern left Germany to start his localization career in Southern California. The solitary life of translating wasn’t for him, so he began working as a Project Manager and quickly moved to roles in account management and eventually sales. He was with several translation services providers before changing direction to go into software sales. Bjoern speaks four languages and currently lives in Argentina. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/a-big-brands-small-start-to-a-successful-localization-program/ Wed, 17 Oct 2018 11:00:00 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/a-big-brands-small-start-to-a-successful-localization-program/ Speaker Transcript Renato I’m Renato Beninatto and today on Globally Speaking, Michael is interviewing a localization manager who’s a team of one. Listen to how he got his start and, most interestingly, his thoughts on keeping people engaged in the work whether they report to you or not. That’s actually the mission of the company. I hope you enjoy this one. Oleksandr My name is Oleksandr Pysaryuk. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/oleksandr-pysaryuk/ Tue, 16 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/oleksandr-pysaryuk/ Oleksandr Pysaryuk is the Localization Manager at Achievers, provider of the cloud-based Employee Success Platform. At Achievers, he is in charge of all things related to localization. Oleksandr has 13 years of experience in software localization on both buyer and service provider sides. Before joining Achievers, he was a Localization Analyst at BlackBerry and also held localization management roles in several other companies, including LanguageScientific and Logrus. Oleksandr holds an MA in Linguistics and Translation Studies and taught translation at a university in Ukraine. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/proving-the-roi-of-localization/ Wed, 03 Oct 2018 13:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/proving-the-roi-of-localization/ Speaker Transcript Michael I’m Michael Stevens. Renato I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael And today on Globally Speaking, we’re in a really comfortable place recording. Renato We seldom have a chance to be in a real studio. This time, we’re in a beautiful location here at HubSpot in Cambridge. We discuss all kinds of topics related to localizing content into multiple languages for a product that is very sensitive to the type of content that you publish because it’s content marketing. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/chris-englund/ Tue, 02 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/chris-englund/ In his role as Localization Manager at HubSpot, Chris ensures that inbound marketing content and education accompany their offerings as they strengthen roots in non-English markets. Chris holds an MBA in marketing from The Rotterdam School of management. HubSpot is the world’s leading inbound marketing and sales platform with 30,000 customers in 100 countries. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/making-the-most-of-localization-events-and-conferences/ Wed, 19 Sep 2018 10:00:00 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/making-the-most-of-localization-events-and-conferences/ Speaker Transcript Michael I’m Michael Stevens. Renato And I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael And today on Globally Speaking, we are caught up in a particular season of the year where we’re not at home a lot. Renato Yeah, some people call it travel season; we call this event season. We have two clusters of events in the calendar. So, you have the fall cluster that starts now, September to late November, some in early December. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/how-do-cultural-codes-affect-business/ Wed, 05 Sep 2018 13:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/how-do-cultural-codes-affect-business/ Speaker Transcript Michael I’m Michael Stevens. Renato And I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael Today on Globally Speaking, we have a guest who has written and published 17 books, is an expert, does consulting, is the CEO and founder of Archetype Discoveries Worldwide. Renato Dr. Clotaire Rapaille was born in France, has been living here in the United States for a while, and he has developed a methodology to identify the first imprint that we get for several things in our lives. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/dr-clotaire-rapaille/ Tue, 04 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/dr-clotaire-rapaille/ Dr. Clotaire Rapaille, CEO of Archetype Discoveries, is an expert in how culture and context exert their influence on business behaviors and communication. In this episode, he talks with us about how variances in how we understand the meanings of words—such as perfection, mistakes, and quality—can deeply affect business, especially when multiple cultures are involved. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/a-peek-inside-the-canadian-translation-bureau/ Wed, 22 Aug 2018 13:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/a-peek-inside-the-canadian-translation-bureau/ Speaker Transcript Renato I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael And I’m Michael Stevens. Renato Today on Globally Speaking, we’re talking with the president of the Translation Bureau in Canada. It’s a part of the Canadian Government even though it has its own budget, it’s independent, it’s a self-sustaining agency. But it’s in charge of doing all the official translations for the Canadian Government. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/stphan-dry/ Tue, 21 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/stphan-dry/ Stéphan is the CEO of the Canadian Translation Bureau, a federal institution within the Public Services and Procurement Canada Department that provides translation of all government materials into French or English. Stephan has been with the Bureau since 2017. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/how-to-get-started-in-b2b-marketing/ Wed, 08 Aug 2018 15:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/how-to-get-started-in-b2b-marketing/ Speaker Transcript Michael S I’m Michael Stevens. Renato I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael S And today on Globally Speaking, we have a guest that is near and dear to our hearts. Renato Michael has been working with us for almost two years on this podcast. He is one of the people who had the idea of putting a podcast together as being one of the new means of communication, and I can’t say that it was a bad idea. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/michael-burns/ Tue, 07 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/michael-burns/ Michael founded Burns360 nearly three decades ago. He is a specialist in strategic marketing and corporate communications, specifically managing integrated communication campaigns for B2B companies. He loves keeping Burns360 at the forefront of new (and constantly changing) marketing innovations. He holds BA and MA degrees from the University of Texas and an MBA from the University of Houston. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/the-evolution-of-interpretation/ Wed, 25 Jul 2018 13:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/the-evolution-of-interpretation/ Speaker Transcript Renato I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael And I’m Michael Stevens. Renato Today on Globally Speaking, we’re going to revisit a guest that we had on the show about a year ago. Michael It’s because we’ve been thinking a lot about the human voice. Renato Voice has been one of the most important challenges in the translation/language services space because it is more and more the vehicle of communication. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/ewandro-magalhes/ Tue, 24 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/ewandro-magalhes/ Kudo, a cloud-based multilingual platform for collaboration that improves the way people meet and collaborate over distances and across languages. He began his career as a conference interpreter, becoming a chief interpreter in the United Nations system. He’s also a published author and has given popular TED talks. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/the-evolution-of-tools-and-teams-in-a-growing-loc-program/ Wed, 11 Jul 2018 15:03:39 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/the-evolution-of-tools-and-teams-in-a-growing-loc-program/ Speaker Transcript Michael I’m Michael Stevens. Renato I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael And today on Globally Speaking, we have a guest with some unique insight into content management platforms and translation management platforms. Renato And somebody with interesting experiences in dealing with a product that is not very common, that we don’t hear so much, is an infrastructure product. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/julio-leal/ Tue, 10 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/julio-leal/ Julio Leal has been the head of localization at the Ciena Corporation since 2010. Before joining Ciena, he worked at SAP as EMEA localization manager. Fluent in Spanish, English and German, Julio holds an MA in translation and interpreting studies from the University of Granada in Spain. He also holds executive certificates in web globalization management and global marketing. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/sympathy-for-the-traitor-the-art-of-literary-translation-part-two/ Wed, 27 Jun 2018 10:37:43 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/sympathy-for-the-traitor-the-art-of-literary-translation-part-two/ Speaker Transcript Renato I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael S And I’m Michael Stevens. Renato Today, we’re doing the second episode of “Sympathy for the Traitor,” our interview with Mark Polizzotti. Michael S Last week we had just a fabulous conversation with Mark. His book was inspiring; both you and I devoured it. And I actually think, Renato, he is a kindred spirit. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/cecilia-piaggio/ Fri, 22 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/cecilia-piaggio/ guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/sympathy-for-the-traitor-the-art-of-literary-translation-part-one/ Wed, 20 Jun 2018 10:02:34 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/sympathy-for-the-traitor-the-art-of-literary-translation-part-one/ Speaker Transcript Michael S I’m Michael Stevens Renato And I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael S And today on Globally Speaking, we’re going to look at translation from a different perspective than we have in any other episode. Renato That’s true, Michael. And we’re actually not going to have one episode. This conversation was so good that we decided that we’re going to have two episodes in a row, and you’re not going to have to wait two weeks to listen to the second part of our conversation with Mark Polizzotti. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/mark-polizzotti/ Tue, 19 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/mark-polizzotti/ Mark Polizzotti is a biographer, critic, translator, editor, and poet. He received an Award for Literature from the American Academy of Arts & Letters in 2016 and was made a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture. His books include Revolution of the Mind: The Life of Andre Breton (1995; revised ed. 2009), Bob Dylan: Highway 61 Revisited (2006), the collaborative novel S. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/advancing-the-taus-dynamic-quality-framework-dqf/ Wed, 06 Jun 2018 13:16:43 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/advancing-the-taus-dynamic-quality-framework-dqf/ Speaker Transcript Michael I’m Michael Stevens. Renato I’m Renato Beninatto Michael And today on Globally Speaking, Renato you have invited someone to talk about quality, and I know you hate talking about quality. So why would you do that? Renato Well as I say, quality doesn’t matter. It’s something that you don’t talk about. It’s like you don’t negotiate with terrorists; you don’t talk about quality. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/jaap-van-der-meer/ Tue, 05 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/jaap-van-der-meer/ Jaap van der Meer founded TAUS in 2004. He is a language industry pioneer and visionary, who started his first translation company, INK, in The Netherlands in 1980. Jaap is a regular speaker at conferences and author of many articles about technologies, translation and globalization trends. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/saving-latin-americas-endangered-languages/ Wed, 23 May 2018 12:24:17 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/saving-latin-americas-endangered-languages/ Speaker Transcript Renato This is Renato Beninatto Michael And I am Michael Stevens Renato Today on Globally Speaking we have a special guest. A friend of ours. Michael Absolutely, and on a very interesting topic. I think back to the Noam Chomsky quote where he says, “Every time a language disappears, we lose a culture.” Renato Yes, and all over the world we have these efforts, and we’ve talked about some of them here in our podcast, of recovering and reviving languages around the world. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/how-netflix-localizes-brilliantly-for-kids-in-japan/ Wed, 09 May 2018 12:04:39 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/how-netflix-localizes-brilliantly-for-kids-in-japan/ Speaker Transcript Renato I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael Renato, today on Globally Speaking, we have a guest who is talking to us about reaching other audiences outside the US. Renato Yes, we’re talking specifically about the Japanese market. We had a podcast recently about it, but Netflix, as you know, is one of the phenomena in the new economy. Michael They’re changing the whole game. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/yuka-ogasawara/ Tue, 08 May 2018 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/yuka-ogasawara/ Yuka Ogasawara studied applied linguistics at Waseda University in Tokyo and started her career as a marketer at an IT company. Through three years of experience as a marketing manager, she learned the importance and the effectiveness of word choice through her online/offline marketing projects. Yuka was a freelance translator as well throughout the years, and with a passion for movies and translation she joined Netflix in 2016. She has been working very closely with the local marketing team at the Netflix Tokyo office to provide the best localization quality for the product and marketing campaigns. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/machine-translation-maturity-model/ Wed, 25 Apr 2018 10:04:24 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/machine-translation-maturity-model/ Speaker Transcript Michael I’m Michael Stevens. Renato I am Renato Beninatto. Michael And today on Globally Speaking, we are looking at the Machine Translation Maturity Model—the MTMM as it’s being referred to. Renato I don’t know about you, Michael, but when I think about maturity, I don’t think I have enough maturity to talk about it. Michael Much less develop a model for such a thing or be a model of maturity, or whatever the case may be. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/jordi-mon-companys/ Tue, 24 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/jordi-mon-companys/ guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/valeria-cannavina/ Tue, 24 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/valeria-cannavina/ guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/how-to-evolve-localization-tactics-strategy/ Wed, 11 Apr 2018 12:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/how-to-evolve-localization-tactics-strategy/ Speaker Transcript Michael Welcome to Globally Speaking. This is Michael Stevens, and today we’ve got a special guest on our show. Hanna at Box So, let’s get the conversation started. Hanna I’m Hanna Kanabiajeuskaja, I’m from Belarus, and hence the last name that’s so challenging to pronounce, and I work at Box as a Localization Manager. Michael You pronounce it very well, much better than I would have. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/hanna-kanabiajeuskaja/ Tue, 10 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/hanna-kanabiajeuskaja/ Hanna Kanabiajeuskaja is a data-driven and empathetic product manager with focus on global expansion. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/localization-in-japan/ Wed, 28 Mar 2018 12:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/localization-in-japan/ Speaker Transcript Michael I’m Michael Stevens. Renato I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael And today on Globally Speaking, Renato, we’re talking about…is it fair to have a favorite country or a list of favorite countries? Renato Yes. Michael Ok. At least maybe a favorite country I’ve visited. That at least puts some context to it. Renato You haven’t been to Brazil. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/oya-koc/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/oya-koc/ guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/tim-romero/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/tim-romero/ Tim is a Tokyo-based entrepreneur, author, and educator who has started several companies since coming to Japan more than 25 years ago, and he’s deeply involved in Japan’s startup community as an investor, founder, and mentor. He’s CTO of TEPCO Ventures, teaches corporate innovation and entrepreneurship and NYU, writes as a Forbes contributor, and he hosts the Disrupting Japan podcast which covers Japanese startups, innovation, and market entry. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/best-practices-for-getting-paid/ Wed, 14 Mar 2018 14:50:13 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/best-practices-for-getting-paid/ Speaker Transcript Michael I’m Michael Stevens. And today on Globally Speaking, Renato and I have a discussion continuing our look at money and how money impacts the localization industry. Michael Today we’re asking the question “How do you get paid?” And you’ll find in this interview that we talk to an expert who is able to get a blueprint for people, especially small business owners who are trying to find the most efficient way to get translators and the people who work for them paid. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/eve-lindemuth-bodeux/ Tue, 13 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/eve-lindemuth-bodeux/ Eve provides exceptional French to English translation services as well as localization, translation, and transcreation. She also provides multilingual project management services and helps her clients successfully adapt their products for international markets around the world. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/will-tapicc-become-an-industry-standard-for-translation-apis/ Wed, 28 Feb 2018 13:17:04 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/will-tapicc-become-an-industry-standard-for-translation-apis/ Speaker Transcript Michael I’m Michael Stevens. Renato I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael And Renato, today on Globally Speaking, we’re talking about something a little different. It’s a change of pace some would say. Renato Yes. Instead of the stories and the fun things that we’ve been talking about, we’re bringing you information about an industry initiative. Michael That some people would find very fun and very relevant. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/laura-brandon/ Tue, 27 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/laura-brandon/ Laura Brandon is Executive Director of the Globalization and Localization Association (GALA). She specializes in building strong customer relationships and crafts programs for international customers. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/ethics-in-machine-translation/ Wed, 14 Feb 2018 13:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/ethics-in-machine-translation/ Speaker Transcript Michael I’m Michael Stevens. Renato I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael And this week on Globally Speaking, Renato, we’re talking about a very timely subject. And that is the ethics around the machines taking over. Renato Well, ethics is always a hard topic, because ethics … It’s something that changes over time, right? You have some basic foundation of things that are considered ethical, but as society evolves and as things change, ethical problems from the past cease to exist, and new ethical problems appear. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/how-to-combine-content-strategy-with-localization/ Wed, 31 Jan 2018 13:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/how-to-combine-content-strategy-with-localization/ Speaker Transcript Renato I am Renato Beninatto. Michael And I am Michael Stevens. Renato Today in our show we’re going to talk to somebody that was recently awarded the MindTouch Top 25 content strategy influencers in the world. It’s a person that mixes a passion for languages with a passion for one language, which is the original content. Michael That’s right, that’s right, and there’s a lot of talk about the means in which content is delivered to customers, to users of that content. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/kirsty-taylor/ Tue, 30 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/kirsty-taylor/ Kirsty Taylor, CLBM, is the Senior Manager of Documentation and Localisation for ABB Australia. She specializes in technical communication, internationalisation and content strategy. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/the-general-theory-translation-company/ Wed, 17 Jan 2018 13:07:24 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/the-general-theory-translation-company/ Speaker Transcript Renato I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael And I am Michael Stevens, and today on Globally Speaking we have just an entirely different format, Renato. Are you going to be able to handle it? Renato I will try hard. Michael Instead of Renato serving as his normal host, today Renato is an interviewee, as a co-author of a book that is now out. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/tucker-johnson/ Tue, 16 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/tucker-johnson/ Tucker has served in many different capacities throughout his career, from engineering to senior management. Jack of all trades, and master of a few… His special experience lies in on-boarding and building out large scale localization programs, supply chain governance, global team management, and advising business leaders on international strategy.Tucker and his co-author, Renato Beninatto, published “The General Theory of the Translation Company”, to the delight of many in the localization industry. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/the-logic-of-localizing-african-languages/ Wed, 03 Jan 2018 13:01:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/the-logic-of-localizing-african-languages/ Speaker Transcript Renato I am Renato Beninatto. Michael And I am Michael Stevens. Renato Today in our podcast we’re going to talk about African languages. This fascinating world, the future of business, where the growth of technology and trade is expected to accelerate in the next 10-20 years. A new generation of users of content. Michael Yes, and it’s great, because we have taken a look at some of the health crises that have gone on and what language has to do with that in Africa. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/manuela-noske/ Tue, 02 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/manuela-noske/ Manuela Noske is a Communications Manager at GALA (Globalization and Localization Association). She is a seasoned program manager with 15 years of experience working on internationalization, localization and language technology at the enterprise level. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/managing-language-services-at-sap/ Wed, 20 Dec 2017 16:22:01 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/managing-language-services-at-sap/ Speaker Transcript Michael I’m Michael Stevens. Renato I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael And today Renato we get to talk to a guest from one of the largest software companies in the world. Renato Absolutely, it’s not a consumer kind of product. Michael It’s not American. Renato It’s not American. You don’t see it every day, but I can guarantee you that if you download music from iTunes, if you buy stuff at Walmart, if you do a shipment from UPS you’re probably going to be affected by the reach of this software. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/markus-meisl/ Tue, 19 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/markus-meisl/ Markus Meisl is a member of the management team of the language services department at SAP, one of the world’s leading providers of enterprise software. His current focus is on managing the three translation and localization service teams handling the product units for cloud, technologies and platforms, and mergers and acquisitions. Previously, Markus headed the central corporate translation team for German and English at SAP. Since joining SAP’s implementation methodology group in 1998, he has covered various roles within knowledge and product management ranging from translation and coordination of technical documentation, product definition and early training, to rollout and partner relations. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/localization-humanitarian-effort-wondrous-vision-virtual-assistant-circle/ Wed, 06 Dec 2017 16:08:39 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/localization-humanitarian-effort-wondrous-vision-virtual-assistant-circle/ Speaker Transcript Renato I am Renato Beninatto. Michael And I’m Michael Stevens. Renato Our listeners know that this podcast promotes and is a big fan of humanitarian causes. We have done a couple of shows on Translators without Borders… Michael The Endangered Alphabet show was another one. Renato Endangered Alphabet. Michael It’s just great that we get exposed to these groups that are doing good and we can’t help but put a microphone in front of them. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/virtual-assistant-circle/ Tue, 05 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/virtual-assistant-circle/ The Virtual Assistant Circle (VAC) is a subsidiary branch of the Friends of Hue Foundation (FHF). FHF is a nonprofit foundation. The foundation supports a children’s shelter in Vietnam to give children who are abused or abandoned a place to live. We also provide disaster relief programs to help rebuild communities in Vietnam when natural disasters strike. Based in San Jose, FHF promotes youth empowerment and community involvement by recruiting volunteers, particularly of the younger generation, to participate in the producing community events focusing on art and culture. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/forecast-2018-whats-ahead-for-the-language-industry/ Wed, 22 Nov 2017 15:40:07 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/forecast-2018-whats-ahead-for-the-language-industry/ Speaker Transcript Renato I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael And I’m Michael Stevens. Renato Today we’re doing our annual show about trends for 2018. Michael It is that time of year again isn’t it Renato? Renato Amazing that this year just went by. Michael We sit here and we pull out our crystal ball… Renato Well, one of the things that I like to present as a caveat in the beginning of this conversation is that we’re talking about very short-term trends. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/how-to-be-globally-appropriate-locally-relevant-and-avoid-cultural-mistakes/ Wed, 08 Nov 2017 12:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/how-to-be-globally-appropriate-locally-relevant-and-avoid-cultural-mistakes/ Speaker Transcript Michael I’m Michael Stevens. Renato I am Renato Beninatto Michael And today on Globally Speaking, we’re trying to find out what happens when you say something that offends people. Renato Yeah. The cultural effect is very interesting because companies have to put elements in their localization process to avoid mistakes. Michael Right. So the burden isn’t just on translators getting the words right, because sometimes words can be translated correct, but the concept could be completely wrong. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/michele-coady/ Tue, 07 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/michele-coady/ Michele Coady has spent 18 years at Microsoft specializing in international engineering and global readiness. She is currently a director for the Microsoft Global Readiness group and drives company-wide geopolitical awareness, compliance and risk management. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/is-remote-interpretation-getting-closer-to-the-norm/ Wed, 25 Oct 2017 12:13:57 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/is-remote-interpretation-getting-closer-to-the-norm/ Speaker Transcript Michael I’m Michael Stevens. Renato I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael And this week on Globally Speaking Renato, we’re talking about interpretations. Renato Remote interpretation to be more precise. Michael Yes because everything changed. It took me years to figure out what’s happening with interpreters, and there’s a lot of new technology, new process. Renato Interpretation is one of those glamorous areas of the translation business because you’re actually not interacting with a computer. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/barry-slaughter-olsen/ Tue, 24 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/barry-slaughter-olsen/ Barry Slaughter Olsen, Co-President of InterpretAmerica, LLC, is a conference interpreter and translator with more than 25 years of international-level experience under his belt. He has interpreted professionally since 1993, having spent the bulk of his career based in Washington, D.C. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/how-salesforce-drives-a-global-localization-engine/ Wed, 11 Oct 2017 12:04:23 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/how-salesforce-drives-a-global-localization-engine/ Speaker Transcript Renato This week on Globally Speaking, we have our first return guest. Previously, she talked about her role and importance of the Unconference in providing a place for localization professionals to share ideas, skills, and improve the general IQ of the industry. Today, in a conversation with Michael, they discuss her actual job—her day job—and the challenges in running a localization group in an enterprise software product. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/teresa-marshall/ Tue, 10 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/teresa-marshall/ As vice president, globalization and localization, Teresa Marshall drives globalization and localization-related efforts across Salesforce, including internationalization, localization management and development of features designed to enable global Salesforce deployment. In 2009 she joined Salesforce as senior localization manager and led all product localization through a period of intensive growth. Since 2015 Teresa has led both globalization and localization for Salesforce. Teresa started her career as a German linguist and has been working in localization for over 15 years. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/putting-culturalization-on-the-localization-map/ Wed, 27 Sep 2017 17:57:43 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/putting-culturalization-on-the-localization-map/ Speaker Transcript Michael I’m Michael Stevens. Renato I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael And Renato today on Globally Speaking we’re looking at maps. Renato I love maps. Michael Me too, in my kitchen I have nautical maps of the Seattle surrounding area, the islands, all of this with the depth charts, and on a regular basis; I end up just like checking out the oddest things. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/kate-edwards/ Tue, 26 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/kate-edwards/ KateEdwards is a unique hybrid of an applied geographer, writer, and content culturalization strategist with a passion for global cultures and media technologies. With broad experience in the fields of geography, cartography, geopolitics and cross-cultural issues, Kate is a recognized thought leader in applying this knowledge to ‘real world’​ business solutions and problem solving, particularly in the information industry as related to inclusive representation, content management, and cross-cultural impacts of information and globalization. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/technology-in-the-world-of-translation/ Wed, 13 Sep 2017 12:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/technology-in-the-world-of-translation/ Speaker Transcript Renato I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael And I’m Michael Stevens. Renato Today we’re having a conversation about translation technology. Michael And does it matter? Does technology matter in translation? Renato Absolutely, and we need to separate in this conversation the concept of translation management and translation memory, the concept of managing the language part of the process and managing the translation process itself. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/building-a-global-infrastructure/ Wed, 30 Aug 2017 12:04:20 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/building-a-global-infrastructure/ Speaker Transcript Michael I am Michael Stevens, and today on Globally Speaking, we’ve started with a special guest as our announcer. Would you like to introduce yourself? Aidyn Sure. Hi, I’m Aidyn Stevens. Michael Aidyn Stevens is daughter of myself, Michael Stevens. And Aidyn, what do you know about starting a global program, getting something off the ground internationally at a company? episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/endangered-alphabets/ Wed, 16 Aug 2017 12:05:52 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/endangered-alphabets/ Speaker Transcript Michael I’m Michael Stevens. Renato I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael And today on Globally Speaking we are talking about endangered alphabets. Renato Yes, it’s very interesting because we hear a lot about endangered languages, but not so much about endangered alphabets. Michael Yeah, alphabets. The work that’s being done in this area is really interesting because it combines a bunch of different things, it’s not just language. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/tim-brookes/ Tue, 15 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/tim-brookes/ Tim Brooks has written sixteen books, specializing in a combination of personal experience and accurate research. He’s been a commentator/essayist for National Public Radio since 1989, and he’s also been published in the New York Times Magazine, the Atlantic Monthly, Harper’s, National Geographic and dozens of other publications. All this experience and all these interests culminated in the creation of the Endangered Alphabets Project, an attempt to address the issue of global cultural endangerment by carving artwork (and creating educational materials) in nearly-extinct writing systems. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/pricing-addressing-the-elephant-in-the-room/ Wed, 02 Aug 2017 12:21:44 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/pricing-addressing-the-elephant-in-the-room/ Speaker Transcript Michael Wow, so we’re getting some help now on our introductions to our podcasts, Renato. Michael So who was this guest that we had who is learning so much about pricing in localization? Renato Well, that happens to be Luca Beninatto, my son. Michael Ahh, so he’s a podcaster in making. Renato Yes, and he’s a frequent listener—involuntary frequent listener. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/anne-marie-colliander-lind/ Tue, 01 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/anne-marie-colliander-lind/ Anne-Marie Colliander Lind is a recognized force in the European language industry landscape. She has spent more than 20 years helping multinational organizations solve their language issues by serving in executive sales and management positions at leading service, technology and market research companies. Currently, Anne-Marie is the CEO of Inkrea.se, a management consulting company based in Sweden that assists companies in their growth and development strategies. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/the-rise-of-interpretainment/ Wed, 05 Jul 2017 12:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/the-rise-of-interpretainment/ Speaker Transcript [TONY ROBBINS MOTIVATIONAL SPEECH SEGMENT] Renato I am Renato Beninatto. Michael And I am Michael Stevens. And Renato, I know you know him, and I know our listeners who know Tony Robbins can recognize his voice. He’s best known for infomercials, statements like “it’s not the size of the fight in the dog, it’s the size of the dog in the…. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/maria-paula-carvalho/ Tue, 04 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/maria-paula-carvalho/ Maria Paula Carvalho is an experienced conference interpreter with a demonstrated history of working in the translation industry. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/localizing-for-the-netflix-effect/ Wed, 21 Jun 2017 14:22:23 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/localizing-for-the-netflix-effect/ Speaker Transcript Renato Netflix has embarked on the most aggressive localization effort in history. In 2016, Netflix launched a service to 130 countries simultaneously. Everywhere in the world. This is unprecedented. Really! It’s one thing to localize a website or an app, even for a service that is available virtually on any device that has an internet connection. It’s another thing to translate and subtitle or dub millions of hours of TV shows and movies, including original series, documentaries and feature films. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/katell-jentreau/ Tue, 20 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/katell-jentreau/ Katell Jentreau is Regional Globalization Manager (Latam & APAC at Netflix. She is a localization and globalization professional with 10+ years of experience working for global leaders in localization products and services (SDL International) and media and web development products (Yahoo! Inc.). guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/translation-and-the-ebola-crisis-how-we-can-help/ Wed, 07 Jun 2017 13:27:18 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/translation-and-the-ebola-crisis-how-we-can-help/ Speaker Transcript Michael I’m Michael Stevens, and today on Globally Speaking, we started the episode with a song, Effrakata by Koffi Olomidé, one of the most prominent musicians to sing in Lingala. This is a major language spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo or DRC. In a previous episode, we interviewed Lori Thicke, the founder of Translators without Borders, and there she told us how this organization got started. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/ellie-kemp/ Tue, 06 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/ellie-kemp/ Ellie originally trained and worked as a professional translator, before moving into the humanitarian field during the Kosovo crisis in 1999. In a quarter-century of experience in humanitarian action and international development she has spent 12 years leading programs, teams and advocacy campaigns in Africa, Central Asia and the Balkans and another five advising various international aid organizations. She joined Translators without Borders (now CLEAR Global) in 2017 to lead its crisis response program and then its research, evidence and advocacy, before taking the lead on strategic partnerships in 2024. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/lori-thicke/ Tue, 06 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/lori-thicke/ Lori Thicke is the founder and CEO of Lexcelera, a language service provider based in Paris with offices in London, Vancouver, Singapore and Buenos Aires. She is also the founder of Translators without Borders (TWB), the world’s largest community of humanitarian translators. Lori has a master’s degree from the University of British Columbia. A frequent speaker and blogger, she is passionate about language and technology for global access to knowledge. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/music-and-localization-fine-tuning-the-universal-language/ Wed, 24 May 2017 12:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/music-and-localization-fine-tuning-the-universal-language/ Speaker Transcript Renato This is Renato Beninatto. Dougal This is Dougal Cullen. Michael And this is Michael Stevens from Globally Speaking. And you may have noticed, we have a guest with us today. Renato With more than six million copies sold in 2017, Halo became the second best-selling game on the X-Box. The only one that has sold more than that was Halo2 which was its sequel. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/marty-odonnell/ Tue, 23 May 2017 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/marty-odonnell/ Martin O’Donnell is an American composer known for his work on video game developer Bungie’s series, such as Myth, Oni, Halo, and Destiny. O’Donnell collaborated with his musical colleague Michael Salvatori for many of the scores; he has also directed voice talent and sound design for the Halo trilogy. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/the-four-ps-of-global-content-marketing/ Wed, 10 May 2017 10:00:00 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/the-four-ps-of-global-content-marketing/ Speaker Transcript Renato I am Renato Beninatto. Michael And I’m Michael Stevens. And today we have an interesting conversation, Renato, don’t we? Renato Yes, it’s a topic that is very close to us; it’s the whole concept of taking content to global markets. Michael So, we’ve got a great guest. She’s the author of the book Global Content Marketing. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/pam-didner/ Tue, 09 May 2017 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/pam-didner/ Pam Didner is helping B2B marketing teams increase sales velocity through content marketing, sales enablement, and account-based marketing. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/localizing-the-revolution-in-global-travel-the-airbnb-way/ Wed, 26 Apr 2017 12:01:34 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/localizing-the-revolution-in-global-travel-the-airbnb-way/ Speaker Transcript Renato I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael And I’m Michael Stevens, and today on Globally Speaking… Renato We’re talking with one of the hottest properties on the internet. One of the brands that completely revolutionized travel. Michael Yes, business travel, personal travel, you name it, it’s changed. And, actually Renato, I think you had your first experience on this platform with me? episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/dan-hill/ Tue, 25 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/dan-hill/ Dan Hill is the Director of Product and Growth at Airbnb—a pioneering platform that allows travelers to book stays and travel services with local people, instead of hotels or other traditional accommodations. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/speaking-of-multilingual/ Wed, 12 Apr 2017 12:01:32 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/speaking-of-multilingual/ Speaker Transcript Michael Very seldom can you find current news, interesting articles–or even relevant discussions–about the language industry. In fact, one of the main reasons we launched Globally Speaking is because, until recently, there’s been virtually no media resource that covers in-depth localization issues. But over the years there has been one exception. MultiLingual Magazine has been around for over two-and-a-half decades. And for the most part, it’s been the only localization trade publication in the industry. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/donna-parrish/ Tue, 11 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/donna-parrish/ Donna Parrish is co-organizer of the LocWorld conferences and publisher of the magazine MultiLingual. Prior to her work at MultiLingual Computing, Inc., she was a computer programmer for 25 years. Donna holds a degree in mathematics from Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/localization-in-the-world-of-gaming/ Wed, 29 Mar 2017 12:01:24 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/localization-in-the-world-of-gaming/ Speaker Transcript Renato I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael And I’m Michael Stevens. And today on Globally Speaking, we’re talking about games. Renato Yes. And big people games. Michael Big people games and a little bit about kid games. Do you play any games, Renato? Renato You know, I’m not. I’m the father of a gamer, but I’m a typical old guy. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/andy-johnson/ Tue, 28 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/andy-johnson/ Andy Johnson is the Principal Program Manager at NSI, Inc. He has worked in the field of gaming localization since 1991. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/regulation-process-and-profit-a-look-at-localization-in-life-sciences/ Wed, 15 Mar 2017 20:00:24 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/regulation-process-and-profit-a-look-at-localization-in-life-sciences/ Speaker Transcript Renato Hi, I am Renato Beninatto. Michael And I am Michael Stevens. Michael Localization of Life Sciences is a hot topic. One that I haven’t had a lot of exposure to but hear about often. In the last couple months we’ve seen that companies in this space have been acquired at high premiums. Renato Well that’s true. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/jeff-gerhardt/ Wed, 15 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/jeff-gerhardt/ With nearly 20 years of experience in the Life Sciences space, Jeff Gerhardt is the founder and principal of Centix Life Technologies, and was formerly a director of Global Labeling at Edwards Life Sciences. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/the-challenge-of-neural-mt-part-iii/ Wed, 01 Mar 2017 12:52:23 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/the-challenge-of-neural-mt-part-iii/ Speaker Transcript Renato I am Renato Beninatto. Michael And I am Michael Stevens. Renato, I know one of your pet peeves is the automatic response that translators and LSPs have when there is the topic of Machine Translation brought up. You get really angry when these people say that they don’t use the technology because of confidentiality. Renato Don’t get me started, Michael. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/the-challenge-of-neural-mt-part-ii/ Wed, 15 Feb 2017 13:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/the-challenge-of-neural-mt-part-ii/ Speaker Transcript Renato I am Renato Beninatto. Michael And I am Michael Stevens. In Part 1 of this series, we looked at the general concept of Neural Machine Translation. We discussed the difference between rules-based machine translation, phrase-based statistical machine translation, and how neural MT takes this approach to another level. Alon My name is Alon Lavie, I am a senior manager for client-side at Amazon and currently lead the Amazon machine translation research and development group located, primarily, here in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/alon-lavie/ Tue, 14 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/alon-lavie/ Alon Lavie is Senior Manager at Amazon and head of the Amazon Machine Translation Research and Development Group. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/chris-wendt/ Tue, 14 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/chris-wendt/ Chris Wendt is responsible for the planning and design of Microsoft’s machine translation services: Microsoft Translator, Bing Translator, Skype Translator and translation features in Office, Internet Explorer and Bing, as well as the subscription service available to the public. He guided the incubation of the original internal research project in the NLP group to one of the two most widely used automatic translation services on the web. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/diane-oreilly/ Tue, 14 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/diane-oreilly/ Diane O’Reilly is head of Global Sales and Marketing for Iconic Translation Machines. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/jost-zetzsche/ Tue, 14 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/jost-zetzsche/ Jost Zetzsche is an independent translator, localization consultant and writer. He is the author of “A Translator’s Tool Box for the 21st Century” and “Translation Matters.” (www.internationalwriters.com) and co-author of “Found in Translation: How Language Shapes Our Lives and Transforms the World”. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/marco-trombetti/ Tue, 14 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/marco-trombetti/ Marco Trombetti is tech entrepreneur in the language industry and co-founder, Pi Campus. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/mike-dillinger/ Tue, 14 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/mike-dillinger/ Mike Dillinger is former President of the Association for Machine Translation for the Americas, and Manager, Taxonomy Team and Machine Translation at LinkedIn. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/olga-beregovaya/ Tue, 14 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/olga-beregovaya/ Olga Beregovaya is Vice President, Technology Solutions at Welocalize, and President of the Association for Machine Translation in the Americas. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/the-challenge-of-neural-mt-part-i/ Wed, 01 Feb 2017 13:18:42 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/the-challenge-of-neural-mt-part-i/ Speaker Transcript Renato I am Renato Beninatto. Michael And I am Michael Stevens. The New York Times, the Economist, two of the most prestigious publications in the world have recently published extensive articles, not just short articles but extensive ones about artificial intelligence or AI for sort. And neural machine translation, Renato, why is this important? Renato You know, I frequently share content in social media with this hashtag that translation is only news when it’s bad because that’s what really happens. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/2017-translation-industry-forecast-part-two-deux-dos-zwei-er/ Wed, 18 Jan 2017 12:55:33 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/2017-translation-industry-forecast-part-two-deux-dos-zwei-er/ Speaker Transcript Renato I am Renato Beninatto. Michael And I’m Michael Stevens, and today on Globally Speaking we’re looking at the misses from our predictions for 2017. Renato Yes, it’s interesting because our podcast, the episode about our predictions for 2017 was one of the most downloaded in our history, and we had a lot of feedback, thankfully most of it positive, and some criticism over things that we missed and that we didn’t cover. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/how-to-compete-against-global-brands/ Wed, 04 Jan 2017 12:35:19 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/how-to-compete-against-global-brands/ Speaker Transcript Michael I am Michael Stevens. Renato And I’m Renato Beninatto. Today we have a very interesting guest, Kathrin Bussmann, a fellow podcaster who is passionate about international marketing. Unfortunately, due to some scheduling conflicts I wasn’t able to participate in the interview but I’m sure you’re going to love this conversation that she had with Michael. Kathrin Hi I’m Kathrin Bussmann. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/kathrin-bussmann/ Tue, 03 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/kathrin-bussmann/ Kathrin Bussmann is the head of Verbaccino, an international marketing consultancy that helps businesses leverage today’s global, social, multilingual marketplace. She is also the creator and host of The Worldly Marketer Podcast, a weekly audio show that explores how even small brands can go global. Born in Quebec of German immigrant parents, Kathrin grew up speaking German, French and English. She holds degrees in communications studies and linguistics from the University of Ottawa, and a PhD in linguistics from Humboldt Universität in Berlin. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/private-equity-firms-buying-lsps/ Thu, 15 Dec 2016 23:09:22 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/private-equity-firms-buying-lsps/ Speaker Transcript Renato I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael And I’m Michael Stevens, and today we’re looking at something that just was announced recently that’s a pretty big deal in our industry, Renato, why don’t you give people a summary of that? Renato The big news is that Lionbridge, the only publicly traded company, well, the major publicly traded company in the United States in the language translation business, was acquired by HIG Capital, a private equity firm, another private equity coming into the language business. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/whats-in-store-for-lsps-in-2017/ Wed, 07 Dec 2016 16:27:14 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/whats-in-store-for-lsps-in-2017/ Speaker Transcript Renato Hi, I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael And I’m Michael Stevens. Renato Today we have a show about predictions and what is in store for us in 2017. Michael So, we’re putting on our Nostradamus hat and we’re looking into this next year. So, let’s do it. Renato So, here’s what I have in mind that we’re going to talk today. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/unpacking-localization-strategies-for-a-global-hospitality-brand/ Wed, 23 Nov 2016 18:08:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/unpacking-localization-strategies-for-a-global-hospitality-brand/ Speaker Transcript Renato I am Renato Beninatto Michael And I’m Michael Stevens Renato Michael – what’s on our itinerary today? Michael So today our journey takes us on the challenges and lessons learned in localizing a global hospitality brand. I think you’re going to enjoy it. Renato So let our guest introduce herself. Sonia I’m Sonia Zamborsky and I have the very long and involved title of Director of Product Field Support and Communications for Digital Globalization for Marriott International. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/sonia-zamborsky/ Tue, 22 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/sonia-zamborsky/ Sonia Zamborsky is the Director of Product Field Support and Communications, Digital Globalization for Marriott International. She has worked with Marriott for more than 10 years, helping the company build strong relationships with travelers across the globe. She’s also an “intrepid world traveler with a passion for cross-cultural understanding and an innate talent for seeing the ‘big picture.’ guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/localizing-marketing-content-beyond-borders/ Wed, 09 Nov 2016 17:02:21 +0100https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/localizing-marketing-content-beyond-borders/ Speaker Transcript Renato Hi, I am Renato Beninatto. Michael And I am Michael Stevens. Renato Today, in our program, we’re interviewing one of the founders of Velocity Partners, one of the leading B2B content marketing agencies in the world. Michael And we know they are leading because they were recently just awarded the Content Marketing Agency of the Year by the CMI, the Content Marketing Institute. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/doug-kessler/ Mon, 07 Nov 2016 23:00:00 +0000https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/doug-kessler/ Doug is the co-founder and creative director of Velocity Partners, a London-based B2B content marketing agency. The Content Marketing Institute recently named Velocity the “Content Marketing Agency of the Year”. Doug has more than 30 years of experience in the industry, and he started his career at Ogilvy & Mather, New York. Soap and fabric softener bored him, so he jumped ship to specialise in B2B. Doug is a content marketing junkie and a copywriter at heart, but with a secret jones for analytics. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/top-localization-dos-donts/ Wed, 26 Oct 2016 13:00:30 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/top-localization-dos-donts/ Speaker Transcript Renato Hi, this is Renato Beninatto. Michael This is Michael Stevens, and you’re listening to Globally Speaking. Renato Today, we’re going to talk about tips. We’re always asked, when I go to universities, when I talk to clients, I’m often asked, “what are things that I should be doing and keeping in mind?” One of the things that, actually, I don’t like very much is they ask about things that they shouldn’t be doing. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/mean-truly-global/ Wed, 12 Oct 2016 11:50:41 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/mean-truly-global/ Speaker Transcript Renato Hi, I am Renato Beninatto. Michael And I’m Michael Stevens. Renato Today we have an excellent guest to our show and we’re going to talk about globalization from an enterprise perspective with somebody that has worked in several major technology companies in Silicon Valley. Michael Yes, and our listeners may benefit, we covered a little bit in the interview but globalization is a word that’s thrown around. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/anna-schlegel/ Tue, 11 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/anna-schlegel/ Anna is the senior director of globalization and information engineering for San Francisco-based NetApp. She is also the author of Truly Global: The Theory and Practice of Bringing Your Company to International Markets, and co-founder of the organization, “Women in Localization”. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/makes-world-class-global-marketing-professional/ Wed, 28 Sep 2016 14:53:41 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/makes-world-class-global-marketing-professional/ Speaker Transcript Michael I’m Michael Stevens. Renato And I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael And this is Globally Speaking and, today, we have an interview, we’re going to be talking about global digital marketing. Renato And our guest is Nitish Singh but, let him introduce himself. Nitish I am Professor Nitish Singh. I am a professor of international business. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/dr-nitish-singh/ Tue, 27 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/dr-nitish-singh/ An associate professor at St. Louis University, Dr. Singh explains the educational divide between digital marketing and localization. He also discusses whether certification is necessary or real-world experience is enough to bridge the gap between global marketers and LSPs. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/what-about-sales/ Wed, 14 Sep 2016 11:52:29 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/what-about-sales/ Speaker Transcript Renato Hi, this is Renato Beninatto. Michael And this is Michael Stevens and you’re listening to Globally Speaking. Renato Today, we’re going to talk about sales. Michael Sales, you and I have been known to sell a few things in our career. Renato Yes. It’s one of those topics that in every conference that you go there’s always a track around sales, about growth and about how to make your company successful. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/translation-saves-lives-vision-translators-without-borders/ Wed, 31 Aug 2016 12:13:42 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/translation-saves-lives-vision-translators-without-borders/ Speaker Transcript Michael Welcome to Globally Speaking. Renato This is Renato Beninatto. Michael And this is Michael Stevens, and today we’ve got a special guest on our show. Renato Lori Thick is the founder of Translators without Borders, one of the most fantastic non-profit organisations in our industry. Michael Yes it’s one that the entire industry seem to… well most of the entire industry seem to get behind, excited and really become quite a phenomenon with a lot of supporting coming. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/dont-journalists-use-professional-translators-conversation-lane-greene/ Wed, 17 Aug 2016 11:46:42 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/dont-journalists-use-professional-translators-conversation-lane-greene/ Speaker Transcript Renato Hi, this is Renato Beninatto. Michael And this is Michael Stevens. Renato Today we have a very special guest with us. Michael Yes, one of the more esteemed guests we’ve had; a writer for The Economist. Renato Well, it’s not every day that you get a famous journalist, an accomplished writer and, all in all, a very smart guy to talk to us. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/lane-greene/ Tue, 16 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/lane-greene/ Lane Greene is an editor for The Economist, one of the world’s foremost publications of business, economics, political and world news. For 16 years, Greene has written primarily about professional services, and is The Economist’s leading writer on language-related issues, including the bi-weekly “Johnson” language column. He is also the author of You Are What You Speak, a book about the politics of language. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/an-in-depth-unconference-report/ Wed, 03 Aug 2016 12:01:15 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/an-in-depth-unconference-report/ Speaker Transcript Renato I am Renato Beninatto. Michael And I’m Michael Stevens. Renato Today, we’re going to talk about unconferences, in general, and especially in the language industry. Michael So, we are talking about conferences? Renato No, “un-conferences.’ Michael Unconferences, okay, because conferences are expensive, they take a long time to get to, it’s hard to convince managers for the budget, often. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/mirko-plitt/ Tue, 02 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/mirko-plitt/ Mirko Plitt is a senior language technology manager with exceptional track record in delivering innovation in large software companies, tech startups, language service providers, and in humanitarian aid and crisis response. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/global-branding-hard-worth/ Wed, 20 Jul 2016 11:30:08 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/global-branding-hard-worth/ Speaker Transcript Renato Hi. I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael And I’m Michael Stevens. Renato Michael, let’s talk about brands. Michael Let’s talk about brands. We mentioned it in the opening of the show and most people just nod and smile when they hear the word brand but I’ve been wondering, do we really know what a brand is and what we’re talking about here. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/how-localization-skyrockets-growth/ Wed, 06 Jul 2016 12:22:24 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/how-localization-skyrockets-growth/ Speaker Transcript Renato Hi. I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael I’m Michael Stevens. Renato Today we have a very special guest with us, we’re going to talk about a fascinating company form Australia. Michael We’re talking about rockets, or something, right? Sky-rocketing growth, something like that? Renato Well, the interesting thing about our guest today is it’s a company that went from 0-10 million users in no time, almost as fast as Facebook. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/georgia-vidler/ Tue, 05 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/georgia-vidler/ Georgia Vidler Georgia Vidler is the coordinator of internationalization at Canva, Australia’s fastest-growing tech startup. With the help of her team, Georgia is working to put the power of creation into the hands of billions of people this year by localizing Canva into at least 20 languages. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/crowdsourcing-convenience-confusion/ Wed, 22 Jun 2016 11:52:28 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/crowdsourcing-convenience-confusion/ Speaker Transcript Renato Hi, this is Renato Beninatto. Michael And this is Michael Stevens. Renato Welcome to Globally Speaking. Today we’re going to talk about an old topic that is a favourite in our industry. How did we call this program? Michael I refer to it as Crowdsourced Confusion. Renato Yeah, everybody loves to talk about crowdsourcing. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/top-hospitality-brands-engage-local-travelers-global-scale/ Wed, 08 Jun 2016 12:05:10 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/top-hospitality-brands-engage-local-travelers-global-scale/ Speaker Transcript Renato I am Renato Beninatto Michael And I am Michael Stevens Renato And this is Globally Speaking, and today we’re going to talk about how top hospitality brands engage with local travelers on a global scale. This is a topic that’s very dear to us, isn’t it Michael? Michael It is because we keep these companies in business. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/john-jimenez/ Tue, 07 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/john-jimenez/ John Jimenez has served as the Portfolio Director of e-Commerce for Interstate Hotels and Resorts since September of 2013, after serving two years as the company’s marketing manager. He has more than ten years of marketing experience and has shared his knowledge of the industry with young minds, working as an adjunct professor at both Crossroads College and Inver Hills Community College in Minnesota. Jimenez holds an MBA in Business from Augsburg College. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/why-is-monterey-called-the-language-capital-of-the-world/ Wed, 25 May 2016 14:19:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/why-is-monterey-called-the-language-capital-of-the-world/ Speaker Transcript Michael Welcome to Globally Speaking. I’m Michael Stevens. Renato I’m Renato Beninatto. Michael We’re sitting here in the beautiful Monterey California. Life does not get much better than this. Renato it’s true. And we have an important guest today. Michael We do. We are privileged to be speaking with Dino Pick today. Dino has an illustrious background. episodes https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/dino-pick/ Tue, 24 May 2016 00:00:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/guests/dino-pick/ Col. Danial D. Pick served as the Commandant of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center from 2010-2014. He became a Middle East Foreign Area Officer in 1996 and served multiple tours in the region. A graduate of the DLIFLC Basic Arabic course, he speaks Arabic, Persian-Farsi, Persian-Dari and Assyrian. He served as the director of the Army’s Foreign Area Officer program at the Presidio prior to taking the position of DLIFLC Commandant. guests https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/will-i-have-a-job/ Wed, 11 May 2016 20:29:00 +0200https://www.globallyspeakingradio.com/episodes/will-i-have-a-job/ Speaker Transcript Renato I am Renato Beninatto. Michael And I am Michael Stevens. Renato Today we’re going to talk about “am I going to have a job tomorrow?” Michael That’s really relevant considering we’re sitting in Monterey at our annual business meeting with a bunch of co-workers. We’re actually recording in front of a live studio audience, Renato, so this actually makes me a little nervous, the fact that we’re talking about whether we’re going to have jobs tomorrow. episodes