As professional translators, most of us know by now that words don’t always tell the whole story, especially online. In digital media, content isn’t just written or spoken – it’s visual, interactive, and highly contextual. A meme isn’t funny just because of the caption. A brand slogan isn’t persuasive just because the grammar checks out. And a line in a cartoon doesn’t land unless the tone, culture, and context match.

Welcome to the world of multimodal localisation – where meaning lives not just in language, but in images, sound, layout, gestures, humour, and user expectations. And where a “faithful” translation can sometimes do more harm than good.

Jasmina Đorđević

On October 24, 2024, we are hosting the second event of the new ProZ.com/TV series Language Talks. This insightful event will explore the challenges and best practices of talent acquisition and project management with experts from prominent language service providers and others.

Tanya Quintieri | Head of Websites & Brand Creation at ProZ*360

On October 24, 2024, we are hosting the second event of the new ProZ.com/TV series Language Talks. This insightful event will explore the challenges and best practices of talent acquisition and project management with experts from prominent language service providers (LSPs)

Tanya Quintieri | Head of Websites & Brand Creation at ProZ*360

On August 15th, the webinar "Legal Documents and Official Translation: Get Started in this Rewarding Market" was successfully conducted by Jasmina Djordjevic, offering a thorough exploration of essential principles in translating official documents. The session provided valuable insights into handling challenges such as unclear or incorrect text, appropriate use of translator notes, and translating personal identity documents, contracts, and certificates.

Helen Shepelenko | Head of Training, Tools and Events at ProZ

MCIS Language Solutions is celebrating 35 years of excellence in providing translation, interpretation, and training services. The MCIS and ProZ.com partnership has expanded global training opportunities in recent years. Here at ProZ.com we are happy to congratulate MCIS on this milestone and wish our colleagues at MCIS many more years of success! 

Helen Shepelenko | Head of Training, Tools and Events at ProZ

Translators and Executives Need to Talk.

Last week, Bureau Works published some serious data about our context-sensitive translation technology. It was a rigorous study that evaluated over 4 million translated segments. Our engineering team works closely with our data scientists to produce good data that will be helpful in advancing our industry. They are scientists through and through, dissecting the data we collect for deep and nuanced insights.

I, on the other hand, am more of a data backhoe. I roll into a mine of potential information, scoop out a rough chunk, and see what I find inside. I do this by asking questions on LinkedIn. They are opinion questions, but opinions and emotions are their own type of data. They are data on where we are as a community, and they tell us what we need to develop in the relational part of the localization business.

Gabriel Fairman

Left to right: Tanya Quintieri, Greta Craxi, Cintia Kanowitz

Discover key takeaways from Language Talks, featuring top localization managers Greta Craxi and Cintia Kanowitz on managing freelancers, ensuring quality, and the role of AI in localization. Watch the recording for free for 48 hours after the event!

Tanya Quintieri | Head of Websites & Brand Creation at ProZ*360

On June 27, we are hosting the inaugural event of the new ProZ.com/TV series Language Talks. This insightful event will explore the challenges and best practices of managing localization projects, with a special focus on working with freelance translators.

Tanya Quintieri | Head of Websites & Brand Creation at ProZ*360

On June 27, we are hosting the inaugural event of the new ProZ.com/TV series Language Talks. This insightful event will explore the challenges and best practices of managing localization projects, with a special focus on working with freelance translators.

Tanya Quintieri | Head of Websites & Brand Creation at ProZ*360

Explore the fusion of cultures: Join the online workshop on translating video games from Chinese into Italian! Dive into the intricacies of language adaptation, cultural nuances, and the art of preserving gaming experiences across borders. Uncover the secrets behind bringing Chinese gaming magic to an Italian audience. 

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Helen Shepelenko | Head of Training, Tools and Events at ProZ

by Cintia de Melo Dias Kanowitz

This is a guest post from one of ProZ.com's advertising partners, Middlebury Institute of International Studies

Middlebury Institute of International Studies

This is a guest post from one of ProZ.com's advertising partners, Middlebury Institute of International Studies

By: Kyle Chow

What’s obvious to translators isn’t always so obvious to clients. I’ve found this to be especially true when encountering the impact of major design differences between the same online content in different languages. Helping our clients figure out how to navigate the design differences between cultures is one of the most valuable services we as translators can offer. 

Middlebury Institute of International Studies

This is a guest post from one of ProZ.com's advertising partners, Middlebury Institute of International Studies

By: Emily Cipriani

Laptop with refreshable braille display [Photo by Elizabeth Woolner on Unsplash]

What is web accessibility—and how can you best incorporate it into your translation or localization content work?

Web accessibility is an inclusive practice that ensures that websites, tools, and technologies are designed and developed so that people with disabilities can use them. My recent project with Olivia Plowman, my colleague in the MA in Translation and Localization Management program at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, investigated web accessibility from a localizer’s perspective. 

Here’s what you need to know. 

Middlebury Institute of International Studies

This is a guest post from one of ProZ.com's advertising partners, Middlebury Institute of International Studies

By: Emily Cipriani

Middlebury Institute of International Studies