A follow-up to “Factors in Language Selection,” this webinar provides insights from CSA Research’s analysis of 2.4 million webpages on 1,348 global brand websites about how enterprises structure their localization efforts. Most brands translate only a small portion of their online content into any given language. This presentation examines how much they translate and into which languages. Attendees will learn how enterprises segment their content and decide what to translate. They will also d...

People worldwide prefer consuming information in their own language. Meeting this expectation − and sometimes the legal requirements to do so – fuels an indispensable global industry that in 2019 will generate US$49.60 billion in revenue and will continue growing due to the global digital transformation (GDX). Don DePalma presents the results of CSA Research’s 15th global market study, including an overview of the global market, including 2019 revenue and forecasts; 3) market data about langu...

Executives interviewed by CSA Research believe strongly that supporting international markets is essential for achieving major growth targets over the next few years. However, until all their teams globalize their business processes, our research shows that they – and their functional managers – will find it difficult to “be global” by serving local audiences in a consistent, streamlined and cost-efficient manner. Delivering a winning customer experience across markets involves so much more ...

When enterprises decide what languages to add to their international portfolios, they face competing demands and pressures. Some opt for regional language strategies, while others aim for large economic opportunities across the world. They face competitive pressures from other players in their industry segment. Business-to-business and business-to-consumer companies have different requirements. Some markets require greater depth than others. All these factors complicate decisions and often leave...

Artificial intelligence has become the new buzzword in the language services industry, with numerous technology vendors and LSPs proclaiming that their AI efforts will revolutionize the field. It affects organizations on different fronts: the language side with neural machine translation, the production side with expert systems that handle project functions, and the business side through advanced automation in sales and marketing tools. Providers are scrambling to keep up with the fast pace of d...

All localization directors and strategic planners need the best data they can get their hands on to convince their managers and executives of the value of investing in the right languages at the right time for the right audiences – whether at home or in markets around the world. Join us: 1) to be introduced to six essential data categories that you can use to convince executives to boost language investment; and 2) for advice on how to prepare to present an effective investment proposal. This ...

The nature of enterprise content is changing dramatically. In this presentation, CSA Research Senior Analyst Dr. Arle Lommel will examine how four shifts in content production and consumption will affect translation and localization: 1)Semantically enriched content, 2) Machine-generated content, 3) Conversational content, and 4) Speech-enabled and headless devices. This presentation will discuss how these trends are affecting both content creation and localization processes. It will also address...

All localization directors and strategic planners need the best data they can get their hands on to convince their managers and executives of the value of investing in the right languages at the right time for the right audiences – whether at home or in markets around the world. Join us: 1) to be introduced to six essential data categories that you can use to convince executives to boost language investment; and 2) for advice on how to prepare to present an effective investment proposal. Thi...

All localization directors and strategic planners need the best data they can get their hands on to convince their managers and executives of the value of investing in the right languages at the right time for the right audiences – whether at home or in markets around the world. Join us: 1) to be introduced to six essential data categories that you can use to convince executives to boost language investment; and 2) for advice on how to prepare to present an effective investment proposal. Thi...

In this two-day summit with CEOs of council members, we will tackle the topics of translation technology interconnectivity and machine learning.