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GALA 2024: Unspoken Barriers to GenAI Adoption

Localization Engineering Manager Thomas Mosley represented ITC at the GALA 2024 conference, hosted April 21-23 in Valencia, Spain. Read on for his insights on how generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is impacting the globalization and localization industry. The GALA 2024 conference was inspiring and informative. I gained valuable perspectives from industry leaders, tech providers, and other language service providers, while also stepping back and reflecting on where the language industry stands and where we are heading. Here are a few of my key takeaways. First, I noticed some confusion over what

June 5, 2024 No Comments

Interpretation

Interpretation for everything, everywhere, all at once

Need on-demand interpretation so everyone gets the right information in their language? ITC Global is your partner for consecutive over-the-phone and video-remote interpretation available 24/7/365 in 300+ languages (including American Sign Language for VRI). Plus, our OPI and VRI services are HIPAA compliant, so you can trust all communications remain confidential. We also offer a full suite of onsite and virtual interpretation services for any event, no matter where you find yourself. Not sure what kind of interpretation is best for your situation or event? Check out our infographic below.

May 14, 2024 No Comments

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The Ethical Quandaries of Translation: Navigating Source Text Faithfulness and Cultural Sensitivity

The complex art of translation, which involves transposing a message from one language into another, poses critical ethical questions. Translators have to navigate being faithful to the source text while transmitting the meaning of a message in a way that fits a specific cultural context. In this article, we’ll explore the ethical challenges that surface when translating a text, highlighting the issues translators face in their quest to make a text accessible to everyone while remaining true to the source. Why Staying Faithful to the Source is an Ongoing Challenge

May 14, 2024 No Comments

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2024 Olympic Games in Paris Celebrate Sports and Linguistic Diversity

Linguistic diversity at the Olympic Games is a fundamental aspect of this global event, which brings together athletes, officials and the media, as well as more than 11 million tourists from around the world, highlighting the global community’s linguistic richness while celebrating excellence in sports. During July and August 2024, Paris will transform into a majestic theater for the 206 nations gathering to celebrate athleticism. Media coverage plays an essential role in building bridges between the different languages and cultures represented. More than 26,000 written press, TV and radio journalists will

May 14, 2024 No Comments

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What is the future of the translation industry?

One might think that the future of the translation industry is uncertain. The rise of new technologies like artificial intelligence, the global economic slowdown, and the omnipresence of English in our daily lives are all factors that could threaten the translation industry. But whether it’s international commerce or leisure activities, translation continues to bridge the gap between languages, enabling individuals and organizations to connect and understand each other. In this article, we’ll explore the importance of the translation industry and how it continues to evolve in response to the ever-changing

February 27, 2024 No Comments

About ITC

ITC Global Partners with Easygenerator to Localize E-learning and Knowledge Sharing

ITC Global is pleased to announce we are partnering with Easygenerator to help global businesses deliver localized e-learning with a user-friendly authoring tool. Easygenerator customers can now access ITC Global’s localization and translation services to speak their learners’ language through professional human and AI-generated translation, audio and video localization, multilingual graphic design and more. And ITC Global clients benefit from a more agile tool to create e-learning courses using this award-winning platform. Translating and localizing e-learning materials makes them easier to understand and more relevant, which has several benefits for

February 23, 2024 No Comments

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Quick Guide to Machine Translation and Post-Editing and Why Google Translate is Just the Tip of the Iceberg

Machine translation is a hot topic these days. It’s often equated with the well-known Google Translate tool, but the reality is much more complex. So, what is machine translation and how does it work? Does a human participate in the process? Is post-editing the same as revision? In this article, we’ll look at the basics and benefits of machine translation and post-editing, as well as how they’re used. What is machine translation? People are often confused about machine translation (MT). Let’s start with a clear, but comprehensive review of the

May 17, 2023 No Comments

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What’s the Difference Between Translation, Localization, and Transcreation?

The language service sector is vast and complex. Professionals in this industry provide more than just translation services. You’ve probably heard the terms localization and transcreation. But do you know the difference between them? Let’s take a deeper look. What do translation, localization, and transcreation involve? We need to define what we mean by translation, localization and transcreation before looking at how they differ. What is translation? Translation involves translating a document from a source language (U.S. English, for example) to a target language (French from France, for example). The

April 5, 2023 No Comments

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ITC Global Recognized Among Largest Language Service Providers in the World and in North America (2022)

The independent market research firm CSA Research recognized ITC Global as a leader in the multibillion-dollar global translation, interpretation, and localization industry. People worldwide prefer consuming information in their own language. Meeting this expectation − and sometimes the legal requirements to do so – fuels an indispensable multi-billion global industry that provides translation, interpreting, and localization. According to the Global Market Study 2022, an annual survey of the language services and technology market, CSA Research named ITC Global one of the providers leading the delivery of language services globally, ranking

February 2, 2023 No Comments

Audiovisual

Improving translation quality for Netflix content

The American streaming platform Netflix is a leading player in content globalization. Netflix has been investing in production, acquiring licenses for numerous national and international shows and movies, as well as providing various dubbing and subtitling options for multilingual content. In doing so, the company has transformed cultural industries with its global growth and development of streaming technology, enabling creators to reach wider audiences worldwide. Despite Netflix’s efforts, there is still an opportunity to improve the translation and localization of content and be as accurate as possible to the culture

January 7, 2022 No Comments

Translation

Happy International Translation Day!

The time of year has come to celebrate our favourite subject: Translation. Each year, translators and linguists from all over the world celebrate International Translation Day on September 30. According to the UN website, “International Translation Day is meant as an opportunity to pay tribute to the work of language professionals, which plays an important role in bringing nations together, facilitating dialogue, understanding and cooperation, contributing to development and strengthening world peace and security.” History Celebrations of International Translation Day “have been promoted by [the] International Federation of Translators (FIT)

September 30, 2021 No Comments

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ITC Global is HIPAA compliant

In this digital era, HIPAA is the most important medical acronym in the health information privacy field. ITC Translation USA, Inc. staff are trained, tested and certified on this important legislation and we provide 100% compliant services that fulfil the requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). What is HIPAA? The U.S. Congress adopted HIPAA in 1996 to ensure that patients’ digital health information is protected and kept private. HIPAA states that patients have rights to their health information and only they can decide how much access

July 15, 2021 No Comments

Audiovisual

Which Video Conferencing Platform Is Right for Your Company?

With the global pandemic and many more people working from home, companies have been forced to reinvent how they do business, both with external and internal audiences. Video conferencing has obviously become an essential tool for things like new employee onboarding, customer webinars or eLearning. As with any purchase, companies need to do some research to find out which tools will be best for sharing their content and catching their audience’s attention. Here are some things to keep in mind when choosing which video conferencing software will work best for

February 23, 2021 No Comments

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[United States] Virginia’s COVID-19 Vaccine Info Error Shows Dangers of Machine Translation

Around the world, many scientists, researchers, doctors and other specialists have been focused on one thing: developing a vaccine for COVID-19. And thanks to revolutionary medical and scientific progress, a vaccine has now been created. Is the vaccine required? No, but it is certainly necessary. This is an essential detail, but many Spanish-speaking people in Virginia didn’t get this message clearly because of a machine translation error that potentially caused confusion and spread misinformation. On the frequently asked questions page of the Virginia Department of Health agency’s website, one question

January 26, 2021 No Comments