Welcome back to The Translation Company Talk, where we dive deep into the world of language services and explore its impact on our global society. Today, we have a truly inspiring guest joining us. Lucio Bagnulo is our guest and he is the Deputy Director and Head of Translation and Language Strategy at Amnesty International. Lucio brings a wealth of experience to the table, having dedicated his career to bridging communication gaps in humanitarian and human rights crises. In this episode, we’ll ...
Jan 15, 2025•53 min•Ep. 100
Translation Company Talk brings you another episode with an exciting topic to discuss. We hear from Anna Wyndham, Head of Research at Slator, about the current state of language industry. She reviews the findings of the ALC Industry Survey conducted this past summer. Among the topics we discuss, she provides insights about the demand for language services in general, the impact of AI and LLMs on language service providers, breakdown of demand for translation vs interpreting services, new and eme...
Jan 09, 2025•35 min•Ep. 99
The Translation Company Talk podcast brings you another exciting and highly anticipated conversation. Today we hear from Vincent Henderson, VP of AI Technologies at Lionbridge, about the impact of AI on language services and language service providers. Vincent is a visionary in the field and has extensive experience in the localization and publishing industry, and covers this topic based on today’s realities of our industry. He also shares what kind of evolution is at play, how AI is disrupting ...
Nov 25, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 98
In this episode of the Translation Company Talk podcast, we speak with Silja Korkko from Semantix about RFPs and proposals for LSPs. While most of us are used to traditional sales methods, the structured government and enterprise procurement heavily relies on the concept of outreach through RFPs, RFI, RFQ, RSOs and other forms solicitation mechanisms. Silja is an experienced language industry veteran and an experienced bid manager with extensive experience and impressive credentials. She shares ...
Nov 11, 2024•47 min•Ep. 97
In this episode of The Translation Company Talk, we welcome back Jordan Evans, CEO of Language Network and Managing Partner of HireGlobo, an industry expert with deep insights into scaling Language Service Providers (LSPs) and building global teams. We dive into how LSPs are scaling up today, touching on virtual teams' structure, business enablement, and the challenges faced with managing hybrid teams across global locations. Jordan also discusses the technological hurdles that come with operati...
Oct 28, 2024•52 min•Ep. 96
Translation Company Talk brings you another exciting conversation. Today we hear from Sakshi Vaidya about professionalization of linguist business practices. While our linguist colleagues are amazing at what they do as translators, interpreters, language trainers and so on, this interview is about they handle their independent contractor businesses. In this interview we cover a variety of topics such as marketing of linguist profiles, finance, customer service, use of technology and working with...
Oct 15, 2024•50 min•Ep. 95
The Translation Company Talk podcast brings you another exciting episode. Shamus Sayed, Vice President of IU breaks down the complexity of RFPs and how LSPs can leverage this procurement tool to acquire government and enterprise level business. Shamus is a visionary and industry leader and has extensive experience in delivering large scale linguistic services for the government sector across several jurisdictions. He discuss topics such as how to analyze RFPs, preparing proposal responses, forma...
Jul 24, 2024•32 min•Ep. 94
Welcome to another episode of the Translation Company Talk podcast. In this episode we hear from Linda R. Zamora, President & CEO of Iberican Language Services, Inc. about how LSPs deliver interpreting services for law firms. She is speaking about her experience in the State of California. We cover a variety of topics in this conversation, including the nature of language requirements by law firms and legal sector in general, type of translators that are good fit for this type of service, ho...
Jun 24, 2024•35 min•Season 5Ep. 8
Translation Company Talk podcast brings you another exciting and interesting interview. We hear from Manon Debuire from Lightspeed about the unique and diverse localization market in Canada and what it means for companies that plan to set up shop or start localization in this market. Among many interesting things, she covers the Canadian market linguistic regulation, cultural makeup, immigration and demographic trends, economics and much more. Manon provides a simple and easy to understand inter...
May 28, 2024•33 min•Ep. 93
The Translation Company Talk podcast brings you another exciting and interesting interview. Today we hear from Teresa Toronjo from Malt about how the results of an enterprise localization audit can be applied to improve process, resources and the results of localization efforts. This conversation is the second part of Teresa’s talk on localization audit in which she introduced us to this concept and how it is implemented. Among the many interesting things that we discuss, Teresa covers a 360 deg...
Mar 20, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 92
The Translation Company Talk brings you another exciting interview about the translation and localization industry. Today we hear from Charles Campbell, CEO of TBO, about Vamos Juntos. This highly anticipated LSP conference and retreat, in beautiful Lima is the topic of our discussion today. Charles talks about the Juntos organization as an umbrella association for LSPs in South America and the Caribbean islands, the benefits for its members, the role of such associations in supporting and foste...
Feb 21, 2024•34 min•Ep. 91
The Translation Company Talk brings you another exciting and fun conversation. Today we hear from Marina Ilari from Terra Translations about video game localization. She is a linguist, entrepreneur and, naturally, a gamer. She is very opinionated about how video games should be localized and offers some deep insights about this fun part of our industry. Among the many topics that we discuss, she talks about what is unique about video game localization, the ecosystem of video games and who are th...
Jan 30, 2024•25 min•Ep. 90
The Translation Company Talk podcast brings you another exciting episode. Today we hear from Beatriz Rodriguez Corbelle from RWS about effective vendor management in LSP organizations. As a seasoned industry veteran and leaders, she speaks candidly about her own experience in the vendor management business function and offers some really good advice. Beatriz talks about a number of interesting topics including the overall state of MLV supply chains, managing freelancers and independent contracto...
Jan 25, 2024•42 min•Ep. 89
In this episode of the Translation Company Talk podcast, we hear from Simon Mitton from TravelPerk about how localization impacts customer engagement. A season industry veteran, Simon speaks about his experience in the industry and how it has evolved with evolution of technology. Among other subjects we discuss how enterprises deliver a good customer experience through localization that keeps customers engaged, the difference in impact of localized vs natively developed content on customer exper...
Jan 22, 2024•39 min•Ep. 88
Welcome to another exciting episode of the Translation Company Talk podcast. We hear from Linda I. Saucedo from Publicis Sapient about medical content translation, which is a highly regulated and specialized sector of language services delivery for our industry. Medical translation is different from standard language translation because people’s lives and health are at stake, translators must possess the right knowledge, intuition and medical pedigree to effectively communicate content in this d...
Jan 16, 2024•37 min•Ep. 87
The Translation Company Talk podcast is pleased to bring you another exciting episode, with our guest Teresa Toronjo from Malt. Teresa is an expert localization manager with deep experience in developing structure around localization activities in enterprises. She talks about enterprise localization audits, sharing both her experiences and tips related to best practices. Among the topics discussed today, you will hear about what a localization audit is, key components of an audit, ownership and ...
Dec 04, 2023•51 min•Ep. 86
Translation Company Talk podcast brings you an exciting interview with Paula Hunter, who has great experience in enterprise localization and beyond. She is here to discuss localization career paths. Localization is a powerful field which enables people working in this industry to learn so many skills and build knowledge about diverse areas of business. Paula talks about the current state of career development and enterprise localization for localization managers, how to acquire the skills needed...
Sep 26, 2023•43 min•Ep. 85
The Translation Company Talk podcast brings you another exciting interview. Today we hear from Shamus Sayed about the importance of business acumen for leadership of language service provider companies. A business is only successful if its leader has a vision to grow and that can be developed and translated into actionable targets once the leader knows every aspect of their business. It pays off to learn about the business, developing the necessary acumen and traits, and to be on top of things. ...
Jul 17, 2023•52 min•Ep. 84
Translation Company Talk podcast brings you another exciting interview with Adelina Cristovao. We hear from her about agile localization practices for the modern enterprise. Online platforms that offer services such as food delivery, ride-sharing, and other task-based services constantly have to keep content fresh and up to date in order to keep their users informed, and educated, and make them feel safe. Adelina talks about how agility is architected for localization at enterprise level, how co...
Jun 14, 2023•35 min•Ep. 83
Translation Company Talk podcast brings you an exciting interview with Carol Velandia. We hear from her about language access for minority and under-served communities. It is the most fundamental challenge and the reason for the existence of the translation and interpreting services. Carol talks about how language access creates challenges for diverse communities and immigrants, how to address the problem of language access to these groups that seems to be a persistent problem, the direct impact...
Apr 25, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 82
Translation Company Talk podcast brings you another insightful interview with guest Florian Faes from Slator. In today's episode we are going to talk about the outlook for localization industry this year. The language industry is a growing and evolving services sector and oftentimes ignored. Our industry helps other industries manage and mitigate risk at times of economic difficulties by enabling them to grow business across borders. Florian talks about events, evolutions and changes that have t...
Apr 20, 2023•47 min•Ep. 81
Translation Company Talk podcast brings you an exciting interview with Javier Diaz Fernandez Carvajal. We hear from him about social media and influencer marketing for LSPs. Language services companies are highly active on social media and digital channels, but we will learn what works and how to capitalize and monetize on these platforms. No company can claim successful marketing today if they are not leveraging the power of social media. Javi, as he prefers to be called, talks about digital an...
Apr 18, 2023•45 min•Ep. 80
Translation Company Talk podcast brings you another exciting interview with an industry leader. In today's episode we discuss something that we haven't touched upon before. We are going to speak with Mary Kazamias, Chief Executive Officer of TRSB, about the unique nature of language services market in Canada. Mary offers her insights and knowledge about type of opportunities for localization in Canada that are unique, how the Canadian market is different compared to operating in other countries ...
Apr 11, 2023•38 min•Ep. 79
Translation Company Talk podcast brings you another exciting interview. In today's episode hear from John Fennelly, CEO of Lionbridge, about macro-economic trends and the business case for localization, in particular how current macro-economic trends dictate that enterprises can leverage globalization in new markets to remain competitive and profitable. Among many topics, we cover the super MLV perspective on economy, leveraging localization to weather the downturn, enterprise localization strat...
Apr 03, 2023•43 min•Ep. 78
Translation Company Talk podcast brings you another exciting interview with our guest, Kristin Gutierrez. In today's episode we cover effective enterprise-level localization sales. Unlike a transactional sale, a B2B long-term based business relationship is complex and takes a lot of experience and expertise to develop. Kristin talks about how sales and business development in particular evolved in the language industry over the years, how to sell to enterprises effectively, the difference betwee...
Mar 28, 2023•52 min•Ep. 77
Welcome to our latest episode of the Translation Company Talk podcast. Today we are going to take an in-depth look at the South American and Caribbean language services market. To talk about this important topic, we have invited Charles Campbell, president of the Translation Back Office. Charles discusses issues related to basic challenges faced by LSPs in the region, collective efforts in the the Association of Language Services of Latin America and the Caribbean or Juntos as it is known, the u...
Mar 22, 2023•57 min•Ep. 76
Happy International Women's Day 2023! Translation Company Talk podcast brings you another insightful interview. Today our guest is Adelina Cristovao. In today's episode we talk about localization in the Enterprise Sector in Germany. Over the past century Germany has driven localization to new levels due to its unique language, culture and geography. Adelina talks about what makes the German market unique for localization, how localization is done in Germany, the ratio of exports versus imports r...
Mar 08, 2023•38 min•Ep. 75
Happy New Year! Translation Company Talk presents your new year’s gift in the form of a masterclass by Jessica Rathke from FluentSales on setting prices and reviewing the pricing models for translation services. If you are an executive in an LSP who is constantly trying to justify prices and increasing costs, competition, and other price related challenges, you don’t want to miss this interview. We hear from Jessica about a variety of topics under the banner of pricing and pricing models such as...
Dec 31, 2022•57 min•Season 3Ep. 24
Translation Company Talk podcast brings you another exciting interview with Stephen Lank. In today's episode we are going to talk about mentorship in the localization industry. The translation and localization industry has evolved and grown both in size and in scope. New people constantly join this industry either as first career or have somehow ended in this industry due to evolution of their jobs and need guidance and direction to succeed and to maintain the professional profile of language in...
Dec 30, 2022•54 min•Ep. 74
Translation Company Talk podcast brings you another exciting interview, and today we meet with Wayne Bourland. We talk to him about managing localization vendors at scale. This topic is of particular interest for enterprises that must manage localization vendors in to become more efficient. It is also an important glimpse into the enterprise buyer mindset, mega MLVs may find this interview extremely enlightening and helpful. Wayne discusses various topics in this interview including picking the ...
Dec 23, 2022•38 min•Ep. 73
