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NEXT IMUG EVENT - THURSDAY, 2009.2.19
Emerging Localization Technologies: Crowdsourcing and Machine Translation

(Note: Our original speaker for February, Dr. Chung, had to cancel, due to an illness in the family.)

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DETAILS:

Date: February 19, 2009, 7-9 PM

Topic: Emerging Localization Technologies: Crowdsourcing and Machine Translation

Speaker: Anna Schlegel, Acclaro

Localization is adding to its more traditional ways. How can companies like Facebook, Google, Adobe, and Sun among others divulge information as fast as possible, to as many audiences as possible? Learn what these new technologies are: Crowdsourcing, and Machine Translation.

Anna Schlegel is Director, Localization at Acclaro. Anna brings more than fifteen years of experience in senior management specializing in globalization strategy, localization infrastructure and translation management. Anna has been Director of Globalization at VMware, VeriSign, and managed localization and web globalization teams at Xerox and Cisco.

Anna is currently working at Acclaro an international translation and localization firm that helps the world's leading brands succeed across cultures. With its global headquarters in New York and offices in San Francisco, Boston, Buenos Aires and Paris, the agency translates websites, marketing campaigns, documents and software to give clients an authentic voice in key language markets. Since its founding in 2002, Acclaro has grown rapidly while maintaining a customized, personal approach. Acclaro's global team of technical and linguistic experts has served as a trusted partner to industry leaders and global businesses.

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