Call for papers

Competition for talent - new ways for LSCs and freelancers to connect​

• Good talent is scarce. How do you, as an LSC, stand out from the crowd and become an attractive client? 

• Keeping engagement. Alternative deals with dedicated freelance talents (retainer arrangements, etc) to make them motivated and available. Use cases, aspects to consider, pros and cons.

• Using social networks to advertise the LSC brand for FRL recruitment…

Getting out of the VM’s comfort zone

• How to create an efficient team of linguists when an LSC is launching a new language pair or service (e.g. subtitling, remote interpreting, transcreation, etc.)

• Differences between recruiting translators and non-translator language talent (sourcing copywriters, SEO experts, post editors, etc.)

• Peculiarities of finding non-linguistic talents (technicians, QA experts, engineers, voice-over artists, video experts, testers, subject matter experts, etc.)

• Crowdsourcing - the specialties of non-professional talent recruitment (e.g. data annotation, validation, etc.)

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Tech enabled VM (tools, workflows, processes, data, metrics)

Automation in supply chain management (pros and cons):

• Automations in recruitment

• Automations in job allocation

• Communication paths - AI chatbots?

Data driven approach in:

• translation quality monitoring

• cost control

• throughput monitoring

• talent pool management

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Fair rates

• What IS fairness in our industry and how to build it in our VM practices?

• Fairness and sustainability in the GILT-industry

• Price-setting: what to factor in on the buy- and the supply side? 

• Pandemia, war, inflation: have the disruptive economic and geopolitical events had an effect on the market rates? 

• Alternative payment schemes and compensation methods

• Data-driven negotiation methodologies

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Money talks - VM motivation & remuneration

• VM compensation package models, salaries, commissions and the like

• VM evolution and career opportunities

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The buy-side perspective

• Localization technology strategy to automate and streamline operations: how to build one, calculate ROI and acquire buy-in from other departments and executives

• Crafting made-to-measure LSC partnerships: benefits and risks of a direct linguist model through bespoke vendor relations  (direct connection between linguists and the end client)

• Linguist coaching and nurturing: how to educate translators to become experts in  the client's products and stay motivated through challenging content launches

• Localization isn't a product or feature, it's every product and every feature. The importance of integrating localization from the early stages of the product development process

• Localization quality assurance: defining and optimizing translation quality management. Does a more advanced LQA process equal high quality translated output?