In his speech of “The new globalist: A new vision for the localization industry,” Gabriel Fairman told us about why the language service industry is ripe for change and what we can do to change how things are done in our line of work.

 

Gabriel started his speech with a critical view of the localization industry. He stated that when we tackle the problems in localization with the existing tools and solutions, it is hard for us to see things with a fresh set of eyes. That is why we have to constantly challenge the assumptions in the language service industry rather than being bounded by traditional fashions.

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In Renato Beninatto’s insightful speech on the current landscape and future trends of language service industry, he illustrated how localizers can benefit from the advancement of technology and the opportunities generated from the shift of paradigm.

 

Renato started his speech with a remark on the language service industry: He stated that language service industry is essentially an industry that lives in fear of going out of business, especially after the rise of machine translation.

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