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  The Reality of Translation Project Management Every project manager in localization knows the feeling: five deadlines converging, three back-to-back client calls, and a translator waiting on a critical term clarification. Most PMs know exactly what good preparation looks like: defining terminology, setting tone and voice guidelines, and assessing document complexity before assigning tasks. They also know these steps prevent downstream issues, yet the pace of daily work leaves little room to do them properly. Urgent tasks always seem to take priority. Over time, that constant pressure turns preparation into an afterthought, and teams end up reacting to problems instead of preventing them. When everything feels urgent, preventive measures get postponed. What should happen first (careful planning) gets squeezed out by what screams loudest (deadline). The Preparation Gap Nobody Discusses Enterprise clients receive thorough upfront preparation: glossaries developed, style guides craft...

  The  Slator Translation as a Feature (TaaF) Report  provides a snapshot of how AI translation is becoming an integral feature in enterprise technology.  The report features 20 one-page case studies that demonstrate how translation is now being built into software applications using large language models (LLMs). Each case study is presented as a visually engaging infographic. Slator’s research shows that translation as a feature is becoming ubiquitous in a range of software applications. Enterprises are leveraging this technology across different industries and case studies instead of or in collaboration with existing translation solutions. The case studies are companies whose primary core activity is not focused on language services and exclude the well-known big tech players. We cover software solutions used in both regulated and non-regulated industries, spanning from content or design authoring tools, to project management productivity solutions or document mana...

  By Georg Ell, CEO of  Phrase For years, localization has been seen as the final “translation” step in a content pipeline. It was the last mile converting words from one language to another, often under tight deadlines and limited budgets. It wasn’t seen as strategic, but as an overhead, a necessary but cumbersome task, a cost centre. But as AI, machine learning, and automation reshape how content is created and delivered, this narrow view has become not just outdated, but counterproductive. It limits the potential of the very teams driving global business forward. It’s time we stop thinking in terms of translation and localization and start talking about multilingual content automation. Multilingual Content Is a Strategy, Not a Step. What used to be a technical task confined to a single department – or outsourced to local team members or professional agencies – has become a strategic capability that spans the entire enterprise. The work of localizing content is no longer abo...

On October 14, 2025, Congresswoman Nanette Diaz Barragán introduced a resolution before the US House of Representatives titled “Recognizing the importance of Spanish-language media in the United States” ( H.Res. 804 ). Including Barragán, a Democrat from California, the resolution has a total of 26 cosponsors with 24 Democrats and two Republicans. Simple resolutions  in Congress are not the same as bills. Generally, to become a law, a bill must pass in the House of Representatives and the Senate, then be signed by the president.  Whereas, a simple resolution in either the House of Representatives or the Senate does not become an enforced law, and does not require approval from the other house of Congress or the president.  Instead,  a simple resolution  addresses an internal concern within either house of Congress, or can be used to “express the sentiments of a single house,” or to give advice about some executive action. This resolution comes roughly seven mont...