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Welcome to the final edition of the Globally Speaking Newsletter for 2024! 🎄✨ As the holiday season brings its magic, we’re thrilled to wrap up the year with stories, innovations, and insights that inspire! Here’s what's in store for this month: 🎙️ Podcast Highlight: Hyatt Hotels, Unboxed, and RWS team up to craft a global learning strategy. Tune in to hear their journey and insights into the essential role of building meaningful professional connections. ✨ Innovations: We are excited to announce the latest in Trados’ series of AI-powered advancements: Generative Subtitles, an innovative feature for seamless video subtitling and localization. 🌍 Grow global: We help Kingfisher streamline its localization strategy for greater efficiency and cost savings. 🎥 Tech talk: Watch the webinar series 'AI: Beyond the hype' for free on-demand. 🎄 Holiday Fun: Try our multilingual word search! For every click, we’ll donate $1 to CLEAR Global. Thank you for a fantastic 2024 – here’s to an even brighter 2025!

ELEVATE returns in May 2025 and it might just be our biggest event yet! ✨ Our call for papers are open until 19th January, and we’d love for you to be a speaker at the industry’s largest online conference. For this year's event, we are organizing the sessions across three exciting themes: 🔵Day 1: Innovate - Dive into hands-on product training, live demos, and practical how-to sessions designed to sharpen your skills and unlock new possibilities. 🔵Day 2: Motivate - Stay ahead of the curve with in-depth discussions on industry trends and transformative innovations shaping the future of translation. 🔵Day 3: Educate - Focused sessions tailored for students and lecturers, offering specialized content to inspire and prepare the next generation of translation professionals. When submitting your proposal please select the theme that best aligns with your presentation. 👉 Find out more and submit your proposals here: https://hubs.ly/Q031Tx8X0 #ELEVATE2025 #Innovate #Motivate #Educate

According to our new study, 62% of consumers are excited by the emergence of Gen AI - but 81% want transparency around its use and say it's important that AI-generated content produced by companies are clearly labelled. What's in store for businesses and consumers of #AI for 2025? Here are our predictions, by Vasagi Kothandapani, President of Enterprise Services, RWS. Our takeaway? With all the hype surrounding AI replacing humans, it's important to remember that AI is designed to enhance human capabilities. The biggest performance gains are seen when humans and AI collaborate. Read more here: https://hubs.ly/Q031RfR30 #AI2025 #AI #GenAI #FutureTrends VMblog

Level up your AI skills with this webinar series organized by Globalization and Localization Association (GALA), EUATC (official) and Marina Pantcheva, PhD, Director of Linguistic AI Services at RWS. 💡 Session #1: Dive deep into how Large Language Models work, their strengths, and capabilities. 💡 Session #2: Master prompt design with expanded content on troubleshooting prompts and strategies for solving problems with prompts. 💡 Session #3: Learn to evaluate LLM output with real-life methods and measures. 📅 Don’t miss the first session tomorrow: https://hubs.ly/Q031KJSx0 This webinar isn’t just for linguists - it's for anyone who wants to gain knowledge about AI. #AI #Webinar #PromptEngineering #LifeatRWS #LLMs

Video content can connect, inspire and move your global audience – so don’t let language barriers stand in the way. In this blog post by Jonny Stringer for Globalization and Localization Association (GALA), discover how, with voiseed, we are using AI voices and human expertise to redefine video localization for eLearning, corporate comms and accessibility. 🎙️ Realistic voices capturing emotion, nuance, and accent. 🎙️ Faster, cost-effective workflows without sacrificing quality. 🎙️ Tailored voices for brand consistency and accessibility. "AI-powered synthetic voices opens up incredible possibilities for video localization and accessibility. But localization specialists play a crucial role in ensuring that the translated content is accurate, culturally relevant, and emotionally impactful." Voiseed CEO, Andrea Ballista Read more: https://hubs.ly/Q031Fswq0 #Localization #AI #SyntheticVoices #VideoContent #Innovation

Say goodbye to the "iron triangle" of quality, speed, and cost. Cutting-edge tools like LLMs, machine translation, and our revolutionary Evolve solution are redefining the future of localization – so you no longer need to compromise with two of three. 🤝 Imagine being able to translate any content, in any language, quickly and cost-effectively, without sacrificing quality. 🤝 Boost efficiency by up to 65%, streamline workflows, and redefine localization ROI. In this blog post by Lenny Grinberg, discover the future of localization. The perfect blend of human expertise + AI innovation: https://hubs.ly/Q031tHJ80 #Localization #AI #Translation #Innovation #L10n #Evolve

A warm welcome to Benjamin FAES, who joins us today as our new Chief Executive Officer! A highly experienced business leader, Ben has spent more than 25 years in digital transformation and leadership roles across the technology and media sectors. These include AOL, where he was Managing Director for France, Alphabet where he pioneered the monetization of YouTube across Europe and Google where he was Managing Director of Google Cloud for Southern Europe and Emerging Markets. Most recently, Ben was UK CEO of Webhelp and, following the acquisition of Webhelp by Concentrix, he led the transformation and technology team at Concentrix Catalyst. "The industry is clearly undergoing significant change, and RWS is successfully adapting by prioritizing new growth opportunities and enhancing its impressive technology and AI capabilities. I’m excited to collaborate with our talented teams and lead us through the next phase of growth and innovation." Read more in our announcement: https://hubs.ly/Q031dWRZ0 #LifeAtRWS #BenFaes #RWS #CEO #unlockingglobalunderstanding

🎄🎁 We’re thrilled to share some incredible news! Thanks to our festive word search and your visits to our site, we’re donating $1,200 to CLEAR Global (Translators Without Borders). Have you ever wondered how we help CLEAR Global empower people to access vital information and ensure their voices are heard - no matter what language they speak? 🌎🎙️ Catch this Globally Speaking episode to learn more about the impact we’re making together. Let’s continue breaking language barriers and making a difference! https://hubs.ly/Q0313rtT0 #GloballySpeakingPodcast #Localization #L10n #TranslatorsWithoutBorders #ClearGlobal

Back in 2023, we introduced the term ‘Language Specialists’ as a replacement for ‘Translators’. Fast-forward 18 months, and it's inspiring to see #localization experts not just embracing the new term but also highlighting the pivotal role Language Specialists play in shaping the future of #global content. 💡 Dive back into Maria Schnell's blog post for insights on this transformation: https://lnkd.in/dPAD_P2R

In this episode of the Globally Speaking Podcast on the future of human-machine collaboration, Emma Fisher, Vice President of Global Marketing at RWS, sits down with Melanie Peterson of #TrainAI at RWS, to discuss the essential role of the human touch in AI development. Melanie underscores the necessity of subject matter experts in ensuring AI models are unbiased, accurate, ethical, and diverse. Discover the risks of relying solely on AI-generated, along with real-world examples of what happens when humans are excluded from the process. Listen to the episode for tips on how to develop and deploy AI with care - ensuring that it serves humanity effectively and responsibly: https://hubs.ly/Q030H_9s0 Discover more about #GenuineIntelligence, the Future of Human-Machine Collaboration: https://hubs.ly/Q030H-B-0