Many companies claim to be customer-centric, but too often that promise stops at English. Surveys and focus groups are run in the US or UK and treated as if they represent the entire customer base, leaving most global customers unheard. In this post, I share a practical framework 5 audit questions to help leaders test if their strategy is truly customer-centric or just a slogan.
Choosing a TMS is not an IT vs Localization decision. Localization understands the business problem and the workflow; IT understands the technical ecosystem. The best result comes when both work together, with clear roles, shared criteria and a selection process that looks beyond the vendor demo.
Words have the power to shape perceptions and influence actions, which is why reframing is such a powerful tool. In localization, we can reframe our role from simply translating to driving alignment across the company. By ensuring content is consistent, culturally relevant, and strategically aligned with business goals, localization professionals play a key role in helping businesses grow globally. This post explores how we create that alignment and why our work is much more than just translation.
AI is making it easier for teams to create multilingual content without going through Localization. That sounds very similar to a problem IT has been dealing with for years: shadow IT. In this post, I look at what Localization can learn from that experience and how we can keep visibility, quality and control without slowing the business down
What if asking AI the same question in English, Hindi, or Arabic leads to different levels of critical feedback? Anthropic’s latest research raises fascinating questions about culture, AI behavior, and why Localization expertise may become increasingly relevant beyond translation.
Localization Managers are often expected to keep many stakeholders happy: leadership, content teams, linguists, product teams, regional teams, finance, and procurement. But maybe happiness is not the real goal. In this post, I reflect on why stakeholder alignment matters more, and how Localization can make expectations, hidden work, ownership, and trade-offs more visible
AI can help create the first translation faster, but the work does not always disappear. Sometimes it simply moves to someone else’s calendar. In this post, I reflect on the hidden cost of asking bilingual employees to review AI output without a clear process, role, or quality ownership
June is strategy season for many corporate teams. And for Localization, this usually means uncomfortable questions about budget, AI, workflows, markets, metrics, and business value. Before jumping into new tools or complex plans, maybe it is worth going back to the basics
AI promises faster localization, and that message is attractive. But in many teams, the real issue is not speed. The work gets delivered. The harder question is how much hidden coordination, unclear ownership, and workflow complexity it takes to get there.
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Imagine a world where the most crucial aspect of an RFP is not the price, flexibility, or technology offered by a language service provider (LSP), but rather the shared values and ethical standards they uphold. In such a world, what specific areas could we consider when evaluating an LSP in terms of culture and ethics?
In this post, I delved into culture and ethics, exploring the facets we can include in an RFP to investigate these areas thoroughly.
Quality, speed, and cost metrics are valid to know if my "localization house is in order," but they are not telling us anything about content effectiveness. This article teaches you how to measure content effectiveness.
While it is true that there is no magic formula to obtain a promotion and continue advancing in our Localization career, as each company, sector, and individual is different, it is equally true that certain patterns can help us become candidates for promotions when the opportunity arises.
What areas should a localization team consider to collaborate efficiently with a game publisher operating on a GaaS model?
This blog post covers the main elements you cannot ignore when considering Localization as part of GaaS
This blog post covers the essential elements that should not be missing in a localization strategy. As in minimalism in some cases, less is more regarding localization and content strategies
Have you ever thought about how much work goes into developing a video game? It's not just about creating a fun and visually appealing experience - there's a whole world of complexity beneath the surface. And if you want to reach a global audience, the challenge only multiplies.
Perhaps one day, ChatGPT will learn to localize and make us irrelevant 😛, but until then, I've compiled a list of 12 essential steps to help expand the reach of your video game. Localization is no easy feat, but with these steps, you'll be well on your way to breaking into new international markets and reaching millions of players worldwide.
Consistently posting about our accomplishments on platforms like LinkedIn can quickly become tiresome for others. At the same time, not giving visibility to what we do or achieve can cause our work to go unnoticed, causing us to miss out on certain professional opportunities to advance our careers further.
Localization teams within a company have contact with many stakeholders and initiatives related to localized content, customer support, entering new markets, and more. Such exposure means that if you are curious, you likely have more ideas related to Localization than you have time to pursue. And that's where the dilemma arises - how do you know if your Localization idea is worth investing time and effort into? Of all the ideas that come to mind, how do you select the best ones to pursue?
When it comes to offering a customer-centric experience, language, culture, localized pricing, and payment options play a crucial role. Companies aiming to reach a diverse audience can leverage hyper localization as a powerful tool.
Creating quality online content adapted to different markets is more important than ever. Our world revolves around content. These days, buying decisions are often based not only on experiences with products, but with information about products. Naturally, with the growing importance of content, a lot of attention is being paid to content strategy. This is a good thing. Companies need to stop throwing content out to the world without a good reason. They need to manage content strategically.
But what about global content? What about all the content that your company produces for people in other parts of the world?
When over 80% of people say they are more likely to purchase a service they understand in their native language there should not be doubts about the importance of Localization .... however, there are still doubts about the role of Localization and the benefits it might bring to the companies. Please check out my latest post to know which is my Top 5 of Localizations stats that I use to influence decision makers!
Several factors affect the duration of localization for a digital product, including translators' availability and the technology setup level. This blog post explores the various elements that impact the amount of time needed for product localization.
We live in a time when a lot is happening! From pandemics to wars and layoffs almost every day in the technology sector to AI tools that improve week by week, it can be difficult to navigate the ever-evolving landscape. That's why this post is about how to create a Localization Personal Development Plan.
It is difficult to know when to give up versus when to keep trying, but thinking about whether we have a failure in our Localization vision, our Localization strategy, or our Localization tactics can be very helpful in determining what we should do. Hopefully, the framework explained in this post will help you navigate the difficult decision of deciding when to quit and when to stick with it.
It's a matter of time; sooner or later, we will have a boss we label incompetent. And that's a pretty uncomfortable situation to be in. It's a situation that will add a lot of stress to our day-to-day lives.
In fact, there are legitimate health risks employees face when dealing with bad bosses on a day-to-day basis. Fortunately, there are coping strategies that we can put in place to make the situation more bearable.
How does a transcreation professional work?
My favorite discipline within the Globalization industry is transcreation. And in this post, apart from explaining what it is, I focus more on explaining the process and how a transcreation professional works.
I also touch in this article on an often confusing aspect: the difference between marketing translation and transcreation.
Transitioning from one job to another can be an enriching experience, or it can be a nightmare.
I have detected in my different movements, and after seeing many colleagues making transitions, that there are a series of usually effective tips.
T-shaped mindsets help us hone our adaptability and adjust to new trends and technologies. And that flexibility is what can future-proof our Localization career and remain relevant, living in cohesion with machine learning, machine translation, or the rise of artificial intelligence.
Sometimes we think we have a localization strategy, but in reality, we have goals.
This post will help you understand the difference between localization strategy and goals and give you some hints to help you create your strategy or goals.
There are many articles about best practices on how to prepare an RFP, but information about how to evaluate them is scarce. This blog post gives a client-side perspective on what areas are important.
A multi-market expansion strategy for any product is most effective if the various Globalization (i.e.Localization, Internationalization) activities are understood as a cycle that runs parallel to the multiple phases of software development; This cycle repeats during the various product upgrades. It is not an activity that is executed as if it were a process once the home market version (usually in English) is finalized. It is not a transaction that simply sends files to a professional localizer shortly before the global release. No; Globalization is not a process. Globalization is a cycle that runs multiple times. It is a cycle that runs in parallel with the product research, design, and development phases.