Tag: Translation
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Localization survival guide for PMs: why localization matters to project, product and program managers
Sunny greetings, dear reader! This is a mini-series for all the managers out there. It can also be helpful for globalization experience teams to recommend to their managers so everyone is working with a common baseline.
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Global design – the final frame: imagery insights to nail your design
Sunny greetings, dear reader! We are approaching the end. Not the end of the world. But the end of our fun design mini series. Today we clear up some more details when it comes to imagery and your design.
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Global design – flags aren’t neutral, formats aren’t simple
Sunny greetings, dear reader! Global design is full of hidden traps – some political, some purely cultural. It’s about avoiding hidden landmines. Flags that seem harmless can spark political debates.
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Global design – when icons misbehave and sentences rebel
Sunny greetings, dear reader! Icons often look like the safest choice in global design, but cultural context can quickly turn them into a liability, while English sentence structures crumble in Korean or Arabic.
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Global design – from colors to calendars: surviving global UI
Sunny greetings, dear reader! Designing for a global audience is not just about how things look. It’s about how they’re understood. Red might scream “error” in one country and “good luck” in another. A date that seems clear to you can trigger missed meetings halfway around the world.
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Global design – when layouts flip and fonts fight back
Sunny greetings, dear reader! Designing for the world means planning for every script and layout. Switch to Arabic, Hebrew, Chinese or Vietnamese and layouts mirror, arrows misbehave, fonts break and accents get clipped. Let’s dive into the hidden challenges of global UI.
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Global design – where sleek UIs meet linguistic reality
Sunny greetings, dear reader! Think your UI is ready for the world? Think again. The cleanest layout can fall apart under the weight of longer words. Localization is where your sleek design meets reality and sometimes it gasps, flips or completely misreads the room.
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Marketing and the factors to measure international success
We talked about transcreation, globalization and international markets, and now we arrive at the grand finale: measuring success.
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GILT Ninjas celebrates 1 year of Ninja-powered insights!
It’s hard to believe that a year has flown by since we started this journey to write posts about globalization, internationalization, localization and translation (GILT). Over the past 12 months we dived into a variety of topics to help you navigate the world of GILT.
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Automating translations using Json scripts
One of the biggest advantages of Large Language Models (LLMs) is their ability to translate content while considering its context. Today, I’m sharing how to automate the translation process using OpenAI and a simple JSON script.