Global Talk

Karen Mardahl has sent these links to Chinese and Japanese podcasts available for learning those languages.

http://www.chinesepod.com/ and http://japanesepod101.com/

These were found on a blog by a Chinese to English translator, which may be of interest for other posts too.

STC ITC SIG localization lead Aki Ito completes his term as chair of GALA on December 31.

The members of the 2007 GALA Board and their positions are:

Chair
Stephen Ryan, Moravia Worldwide

Vice Chair
Kim Harris, text & form

Treasurer
Christiane Bernier, Lionbridge

Secretary
Matthias Caesar, Locatech

Member-at-Large
Arancha Caballero, TSG (Translation Services Glotas)

Aki continues his work as a liaison between STC and GALA.

European Commission Conference: Scientific Publishing in the European Research Area. Brussels, 15-16 February 2007

This conference is a joint initiative of the Research and Information Society Directorate Generals.

The goal is to bring together all stakeholders concerned with access, dissemination and preservation issues in connection with scientific publication and data in an effort to provide policy options for scientific publishing under FP7 and in the European Research Area.

Attendance is free of charge, but registration is required and places are limited.

June 2007, Daniel Hotel. Herzliya. STC Israel 2007 Convention: The Proactive Technical Communicator: Multiple Disciplines, Multiple Approaches.

Call for Proposals: Title and abstract due 1 January 2007

The 2007 World Congress in Computer Science,
Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing
WORLDCOMP’07
24 Joint Conferences
June 25-28, 2007, Las Vegas, USA

A link to each conference’s URL can be found at
http://www.worldacademyofscience.org/worldcomp07) The conferences are: (more…)

12-15 March 2007. http://www.lisa.org/events/2007beijing/?from=posting

China Focus, The Globalization of China 2.0, is shaping up to be the most exciting Asian event yet, with significant collaboration with Chinese and western industry and standards bodies, and an emphasis on the business and legal issues facing companies localizing for China as well as Chinese companies looking to reach out to the rest of the world. There will be workshops covering Outsourcing QA, Managing Intellectual Property in China, Managing Globalization Projects among other topics designed for companies new to globalization and localization.

A consortium is forming to encourage quality research, publication and creation of an international network of academics who exchange ideas in related fields of design. You can read about the consortium in Design Matters.

Galaxy, the quarterly GALA newsletter, has three feature articles on maturity levels in localization, in the fourth quarter 2006 issue: http://www.gala-global.org/newsletters/newsletter_5927.html

California State University, Chico Continuing Education, Globalization and Localization Association (GALA), and The Localization Institute
2007 Localization Certification Program. Forty-five hours of self-paced, online instruction; a three-day intensive workshop; and a localization certification exam. 

 Two workshops for 2007: European Localization Certification Program, April 25-27, 2007, Marseille, France and North American Localization Certification, June 12-14, 2007, California State University, Chico, USA. The Chico site will also host Advanced Training in Localization Project Management June 15-16, 2007.

To enroll or learn more, please visit http://rce.csuchico.edu/localize or call CSU, Chico Continuing Education at +1-530-898-6105.

Please welcome the 55 new members shown as joining the International SIG this month. We wish the 30 members shown as departing well. The International SIG now has 1253 members.