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Translation & Localization1 hour ago

Challenges of localization: 8 program problems behind slipped launches

Two weeks before a launch in four new markets, 40% of your strings come back late. Nobody can say which vendor holds them, which version they were translated from, or whether the ones already returned reflect last month's copy changes.

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Translation & Localizationnew1 hour ago

Localization outsourcing vs. in-house: How to choose (or blend) the right model

Your team has enough budget to hire three in-house linguists or contract an external vendor. Both options get argued as if the answer has to be one model for every language, market, and content type, with someone eventually picking a side based on gut feel or what a peer company did.

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