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The terms localization and translation are thrown around quite a lot within their industry, both individual and together; sometimes they’re used as a joint phrase, other times people may foolishly use them interchangeably. That opening sentence may seem simple enough, but even there we pose ourselves with a legitimate question of: what industry? Is it […]

The new standard, along with the customer-oriented process approach previously integrated into ISO and the PDCA cycle, introduced a number of relatively new concepts, such as risk management, knowledge management, change management, and strategic management.

MT is an area of the localization and translation industry that many companies have yet to crack, but so far, we’re on the verge of looking at ways in which it can assist or even help us fully in our translation efforts. Machine translation is quite self-explanatory, it entails the process of translating words from one language to another via the sole means of a computer system or artificial intelligence. Some may see this concept and be instantly turned away by the potential ideas of errors, misunderstandings and miscommunications created due to the translation process moving entirely through that of a computer. However, nowadays the idea of MT is more than plausible, especially when we consider that of human post-editing (MTPE), whereby professionally trained linguists or translators, analyse the MT data output, fixing any inaccuracies by correcting and resolving any linguistic or semantic errors.

Janus Worldwide is delighted to announce that it has been ranked among the 75 largest LSPs in the Nimdzi 100 Ranking. The ranking was prepared by Nimdzi, a company that specializes in localization and language services market research and provides consulting services to market players. Companies are rated based on prior-year profits. Janus Worldwide came in at number 62 with profits of USD 20 million.

Translation and localization services come in various shapes and sizes, ranging in their uses from industry to industry and being utilized by companies all around the world. The energy industry is no different, it requires localization just as much, if not more so than any other, as it’s the industry our entire world relies upon. Under these industries, or perhaps around it, are oil and gas, and looking further, we have renewable energy. Regardless of specifics, this article is here to tell you all about localization in the energy industries, how it helps, why it helps, and where exactly it fits in, today, tomorrow and ten years down the line.