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In this episode we are talking about what influences the translation industry and what freelance translators can do to adapt. I am pleased to welcome a marketing specialist and VP for a leading translation productivity software company, SDL Language Technologies.
Important things covered in this episode:
- What factors are influencing the translation industry most today
- How translators can adapt to these factors
- What SDL is trying to do – the mission
- Translator education through SDL
- Customer experience
- Features in SDL Studio that can help translators with marketing and productivity
Useful links from this episode :
- Translationzone: www.translationzone.com– our main site for Translators and LSPs.
- The Studio Page http://www.translationzone.com/products/sdl-trados-studio/
- Customer community: https://community.sdl.com/products-solutions/solutions/customer_experience_cloud/language/translationproductivity/
- SDL’s Youtube channel www.youtube.com/sdltrados
- SDL on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sdltrados?_rdr=p6)SDL on Twitter https://twitter.com/sdltrados
- Massimo on twitter https://twitter.com/ghislandi
It was been a pleasure to discuss the translation industry with Massimo and learn what SDL is doing to help us translators. What do you think? I would love to hear your comments on the influences in our industry and if you are a Studio user, what your favorite feature is. Please share in the comments.
Massimo Ghislandi is VP of Translation Productivity Software for SDL Language Technologies. A native of Italy, he is a business administration graduate from Bocconi University, Milano, and a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (MCIM). With over fifteen years of business-to-business sales and marketing experience, Massimo has held positions within product marketing management and marketing communications departments at various large international corporations including Avery Dennison and ITT Industries. He is now managing the world-wide sales and marketing activities for SDL Language Technologies where he has gained invaluable expertise on translation and terminology technology as well as managing global content.
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