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.
Ontario, May 22nd – Shaw Almex, the global Industrial Presses & Conveyor Belt Vulcanizers manufacturer partnered with Janus Worldwide to deliver end-to-end localization of its Operating Manuals, Promotional Materials, Product Brochures, Catalogues and MSDS sheets into multiple languages, ensuring that its international customers get the same seamless experience whatever the language.
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.
Janus Worldwide recently participated in the 36th International LocWorld Conference, which was held in Tokyo from April 3 to 5, 2018.
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.
The localization and translation industries are ones which rely on efficiency, streamlining, and progression. The need for speed today for many different types of businesses is crucial and without all these factors, the industries and people within them would truly be stuck and would not progress anywhere beyond books and human interpreters.
The times of learning in a classroom and teaching new employees the ropes face-to-face has long passed, as the learning industries have changed for the better and in a more efficient manner, allowing more and more people to understand industries digitally, in their native languages. Whereas before you’d have a training manual for the equipment in English, and that was it – now, thousands of companies around the world are growing, and offering new, improved ways of learning the job electronically.
Due to its modern-day roots being woven into the very fabric of technology, and the virtual landscape of the internet, the localization industry is one that is ever-evolving, extremely fast-moving, and growing at a ridiculous speed. Now, anyone could say this about any industry, right?