Once a year, Industry professionals get together for the Globalization and Localization Association Conference (GALA), one of the largest conferences in the industry with over 400 attendees. This year, the conference took place in New York. On the second evening, as the conference reached its peak, GALA hosted its much anticipated Film Fest in the Academy Awards tradition. This event has become a fun conference ritual and is attended by many translation and localization enthusiasts. And we are proud to announce that our team won an award...
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The Globalization and Localization Association conference in New York is only a few days away and in anticipation of this year's new Film Fest contest, BeatBabel is reminiscing on last year's video, The Interview. While you wait for our new video entry, we revisited our 2015 video, adding a few bloopers for your enjoyment. Stay tuned for our 2016 video!
Read MoreLocalization Unconference 2016 - Toronto
This year was the third annual unconference in Toronto, organized by Oleksandr Pysaryuk (Achievers), Jenny Reid (Blackberry) and Richard Sikes (LocFlow Tech). The localization unconference was originally created by Scott Schwalbach (the man with the pink shirt, just ask him why…) and Teresa Marshall. The concept is simple and as the name indicates, a modern alternative to the traditional and formal conference format. One day, many topics, conversations and discussion around themes that are selected by vote. Always surprising and sometimes heated debates…
Read MoreA Team of Rivals...
I love February, the underdog of months... The shortest month of all, not quite spring, yet no longer the dead of winter, it is forever underrated. February is after all the month of celebration. As some of our colleagues are cheering to the year of the Fire Monkey with lion dances and firecrackers, others are dancing samba in the streets of Brazil, while the Dutch and Germans leave their inhibitions at home as they take over the streets, the French are eating crêpes and the Italians hide their troubles behind intriguing old masks.
Read MoreTea in the Sahara, and elsewhere. Or why I hate German "Frühstücksbretter"...
I have enjoyed several types of breakfast while travelling around the world over the years and learnt to adapt to the foods I was offered – for the most part :-). Tea always seems to be the common denominator of my travels - outside of Southern Europe! I tried about every type of tea for breakfast while travelling in Asia, where coffee is just simply not an option...
Read MoreWhat is it that you do?
Our industry may need a new name... Some of the gurus in our industry and some of my coworkers might object but localization remains a fairly unknown industry. The reason I say this is because most people, let me rephrase, 95% of the people out there just have no clue about what we do...
Read MoreThree Great Events this Fall...
Summer is coming to an end and to see it off, part of the BeatBabel team will be attending three innovative content strategy and localization industry events in San Jose, Santa Clara and Stuttgart.
Read MoreBeatBabel's Guide to Complaining about the Heat
This past June was the hottest in the world since records began. It was time for BeatBabel to jump in with the real solutions. Everybody knows the only way to cool down is complaining about the heat! Do it in style with our multilingual guide.
Read MoreLet's (not) call the whole thing off
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers teach us a valuable lesson in localization practices and the importance of client review, with their song "let's call the whole thing off".
Read MoreIs Learning a Foreign Language still an Option?
Does language learning have a chance these days? I'm not talking about what schools may offer, what school districts may require, what carreer improvements and salary boosts may result. I am talking about the chances "language learning" has, in order for it to be relevant to all of us.
Read MoreGALA Filmfest
As every year, an important, exciting and fun part of the annual GALA conference is the Filmfest, featuring 60 second clips by GALA members. Voting takes place by all attendees during the conference, and the winner wins ....
Read MoreGALA 2015 Seville: Not just another GALA for BeatBabel!
The yearly conference is less than a week away, and there is an undeniable air of excited anticipation. We are always thrilled to attend the GALA conferences, but this year is even more special for us, for several reasons.
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