5 QUESTIONS, 5 DEFINITIONS FOR THE LOCALIZATION INDUSTRY IN 500 WORDS OR LESS

Virginia Minhondo (COO) & Angélica Pérez (CFO) delsurtranslations www.delsurtranslations.com.ar

Rosario Traducciones y Servicios S.A. invites Industry Associations, Companies and Translator Boards to take part in this short survey. The goal is to portray and explore main players, features, changes and challenges of the localization industry worldwide.We suggest answering these 5 questions with 500 words or less.

Who are you?

Delsurtranslations is a Spanish provider based in Argentina only serving MLVs.

5 words that best describe you.

Translation.

Localization.

Linguistic services.

Argentina.

Spanish.

What do you do? 

We are a translations company providing services to other translations companies worldwide.

5 features and/or services that best identify you.

Translation, localization, editing, proofreading, post-editing.

In your opinion, which were the most important changes in the industry in the past 5 years?

Technology, and most precisely, automation, machine translation and web-based systems.

In your opinion, which would be the main challenges for the next 5 years?

The improvement of machine translation. Tackling with user-generated content.

Name 5 elements that all professional translators should take into account. (For Translator Boards)

Constant training, deadlines, technology, specialization, accountability.

Name 5 elements needed to run a localization company. (For Companies).

Patience, business skills, sales team, loyal employees, seamless operations.

Name 5 elements needed to differentiate in the localization market. (For Industry Associations)

Boobs, butts, sense of humor, capacity to drink a lot of alcohol, dancing skills.

BONUS: Which are your plans to rule the world?

Have bigger boobs.