Field Notes
AI and Localization in Progress. Things are changing fast for people in the localization world. This podcast from features short 15-minute conversations with industry thought leaders to keep you up to date on the latest innovations, experiments, and challenges.
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Field Notes
Latest Episodes
Economies of Scale vs Assurance
AI has made translation dramatically cheaper, yet a lot of localization leaders still feel like budgets are tightening and quality pressure is rising at the same time. We dig into why that paradox is real and how it shows up inside modern local...
The Governance Problem
AI translation has never looked better on the surface, yet plenty of teams still can’t make it work reliably in production. We dig into the uncomfortable reason: large language models are probabilistic systems, so the failure modes shift from o...
Why SMEs Are The Real Bottleneck (Not Resources. Not AI)
Translation is getting faster every month, yet localization risk keeps rising. That’s not a paradox, it’s a signal that the bottleneck has moved. Stephanie from Argos sits down with Erik, an independent advisor at Vogt Strategy, to name the rea...
The Real Price of Localization Quality
“Quality” in translation sounds like a simple promise until you ask one uncomfortable question: what happens if it’s wrong? Stephanie and Erik unpack why so many localization pricing conversations get stuck on a single, vague standard, and how ...
Metadata: The Hidden MVP to AI Localization Success
Metadata sounds like the boring part of localization until you realize it can be the difference between a scalable operation and a constant fire drill. We get specific about what’s at stake when a major share of a multi-billion-dollar industry ...
