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Team Translation: Helping The Freelancer Be More Competitive, Uwe Muegge Sep 2014

Team Translation: Helping The Freelancer Be More Competitive, Uwe Muegge

Uwe Muegge

Cloud-based computing has made it easier and cheaper than ever for freelance translation professionals to collaborate on large and small translation projects. This presentation identifies the major issues freelancers who work alone face, offers a definition of cloud computing, and outlines the benefits freelancers can expect from cloud-based translation management systems. Also, readers will be introduced to solutions to the consistency challenge translators face in a collaborative translation environment


Get Your Linkedin Inmap While You Still Can, Uwe Muegge Aug 2014

Get Your Linkedin Inmap While You Still Can, Uwe Muegge

Uwe Muegge

A few days ago, I received an e-mail from LinkedIn letting me know that the social network will discontinue its InMaps network visualization service on September 1, 2014. According to their e-mail, LinkedIn is retiring InMaps "so we can focus on bringing you even better ways to visualize your professional network." Okay, so there will be a successor to InMaps, but will this new network visualization service be available to all LinkedIn users for free like LinkedIn InMaps are?


Cloud-Based Tools Are Leveling The Playing Field In Localization Training, Uwe Muegge Jun 2014

Cloud-Based Tools Are Leveling The Playing Field In Localization Training, Uwe Muegge

Uwe Muegge

Until recently, teaching a translation technology course required that either the student or the institution make a substantial financial investment in software licenses and expensive hardware. Today, cloud-based technology lets institutions add basic localization courses to their curriculum without investing heavily in infrastructure first.


How I Teach Localization: Not Like Old-School Translation, Uwe Muegge Feb 2014

How I Teach Localization: Not Like Old-School Translation, Uwe Muegge

Uwe Muegge

Teaching students how to transfer meaning from one language to another is not enough to prepare linguists for careers in technology-driven translation and localization. A new brand of industry-specific courses blends live instruction with cloud-based tools and social media.