Welocalize Discusses Innovation and the Future of Localization at 2015 TAUS Events in North America


FREDERICK, MD--(Marketwired - Oct 1, 2015) - Welocalize, global leader in innovative translation and localization solutions, will lead industry discussions at the TAUS Roundtable taking place in Washington DC, October 6, and the TAUS Annual Conference 2015, in San Jose, October 12-13.

"We're delighted to welcome senior members of the Welocalize leadership team to the TAUS Roundtable in Washington and the TAUS Annual Conference in Silicon Valley," said Jaap van der Meer, director and founder of TAUS. "The success of TAUS events are based on insights and input from buyers of language services and expert contributions from key global players in the translation and localization industry, like Welocalize. At this year's TAUS events in North America, we are looking at how we can harness translation data and use innovative technology to predict future workflows, as well as discussing other key TAUS topics like MT, quality and the latest innovations, including the TAUS Quality Dashboard."

At the TAUS Roundtable in Washington DC, Welocalize CEO and TAUS Advisory Board Member Smith Yewell will present "How to Predict the Future," where he will outline new ways of using data and predictive analytics for rethinking how localization programs are implemented, quantified and justified today.

"The future of our industry lies in the ability to align localization programs to measurable business outcomes, which we can achieve by using big data and translation automation technology to predict and quantify results," said Smith Yewell, Welocalize CEO. "We will be sharing our experience and findings at the upcoming TAUS events to help shape the future of localization."

Olga Beregovaya, VP of Technology Solutions at Welocalize, will be moderating "Let Google and Microsoft Run with It: The Many Uses of MT," at the TAUS Annual Conference 2015 in Silicon Valley, October 12-13. Her panel session focuses on how machine translation opens up many new markets and brings content to a wider global audience.

Welocalize's VP of Software Development, Doug Knoll, will also be contributing to industry discussions at the TAUS Annual Conference as a panelist for "Datafication of Translation."

Olga Beregovaya will be presenting Welocalize StyleScorer at the TAUS Insider Innovation Contest. StyleScorer is an innovative technology, part of the Welocalize weMT suite of language automation tools that provides linguistic style analysis to help streamline translation review software.

As part of the TAUS Annual Conference, Smith Yewell will be demonstrating his musical talents as a member of the TAUS HAUS Band, performing at the TAUS Rock 'n Roll Dinner, taking place on Monday, October 12 at 6:30PM at The Continental Bar in San Jose.

For more information about TAUS Roundtable visit: https://events.taus.net/events/conferences/taus-roundtable-washington-dc. For more information about the TAUS Annual Conference visit: https://events.taus.net/events/conferences/taus-annual-conference-2015

About Welocalize - Welocalize, Inc., founded in 1997, offers innovative translation and localization solutions helping global brands to grow and reach audiences around the world in more than 157 languages. Our solutions include global localization management, translation, supply chain management, people sourcing, language services and automation tools including MT, testing and staffing solutions and enterprise translation management technologies. With more than 600 employees worldwide, Welocalize maintains offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan and China. www.welocalize.com

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