I have enjoyed several types of breakfast while travelling around the world over the years and learnt to adapt to the foods I was offered – for the most part :-). Tea always seems to be the common denominator of my travels - outside of Southern Europe! I tried about every type of tea for breakfast while travelling in Asia, where coffee is just simply not an option...
Read MoreWhat is it that you do?
Our industry may need a new name... Some of the gurus in our industry and some of my coworkers might object but localization remains a fairly unknown industry. The reason I say this is because most people, let me rephrase, 95% of the people out there just have no clue about what we do...
Read MoreThree Great Events this Fall...
Summer is coming to an end and to see it off, part of the BeatBabel team will be attending three innovative content strategy and localization industry events in San Jose, Santa Clara and Stuttgart.
Read MoreBeatBabel's Guide to Complaining about the Heat
This past June was the hottest in the world since records began. It was time for BeatBabel to jump in with the real solutions. Everybody knows the only way to cool down is complaining about the heat! Do it in style with our multilingual guide.
Read MoreLet's (not) call the whole thing off
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers teach us a valuable lesson in localization practices and the importance of client review, with their song "let's call the whole thing off".
Read MoreIs Learning a Foreign Language still an Option?
Does language learning have a chance these days? I'm not talking about what schools may offer, what school districts may require, what carreer improvements and salary boosts may result. I am talking about the chances "language learning" has, in order for it to be relevant to all of us.
Read MoreGALA Filmfest
As every year, an important, exciting and fun part of the annual GALA conference is the Filmfest, featuring 60 second clips by GALA members. Voting takes place by all attendees during the conference, and the winner wins ....
Read MoreGALA 2015 Seville: Not just another GALA for BeatBabel!
The yearly conference is less than a week away, and there is an undeniable air of excited anticipation. We are always thrilled to attend the GALA conferences, but this year is even more special for us, for several reasons.
Read MoreSecuring the BeatBabel website
As a translation company, we get to see confidential material all the time. And we need to make sure it stays confidential. Exchanging files via email attachments or FTP does not fulfill these requirements for us. You can call us paranoid or overcautious but we don't want to see a client's international marketing campaign materials made public because of a leak in our process.
Read MoreAnnouncing: New BeatBabel website & location
A new virtual presence and office location for the awesome BeatBabel team.Read More
Dog cage and Execute
The Chinese B2B giant Alibaba goes global financially, not so much linguistically
In the famous folk tale Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, two words, Open Sesame, open the doors to a secret cave hollowed by the hand of man and full of rich bales of merchandise, including silk, gold and silver. Last week, the homonymous B2B giant opened its doors through one of the most anticipated IPOs of the year; however, to the surprise of its international users, the cave of wonders was full of trinkets.
Read MoreTo Vote or not to Vote
The growing responsibility of language professionals as revealed by the Spanish translation of the European elections campaign, which protects abstainers
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