Kirsty Taylor: Looking Forward To My First Localization World

October 6-8, 2010 I’ll be in Seattle for my first ever localization conference — Localization World. I’m really looking forward to it (cliche, but it’s true!). Earlier this year, I was given responsibility for coordinating my company’s translation and localization projects. I have so much to learn. At the conference, I’m hoping to meet other in-house translation coordinators, as well as localization vendors, to learn what products and services they offer to help an organization like mine localize software in up to 16 languages. To get ready for the conference, …

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SDL DITA Fest 2010: DITA and The New Future of Customer Experience – October 13, 2010, Santa Clara, CA

The third annual SDL DITA Fest 2010: DITA and The New Future of Customer Experience, takes place October 13, 2010 in Santa Clara, CA. This free, one-day educational event is designed to teach content professionals how organizations around the globe are using the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) to structure, organize, and semantically-enhance the content they create to run their businesses. This year’s event focuses on demonstrating how DITA can enhance and improve the customer experience and how using the topic-based content standard helps organizations become able to deliver the …

[Jobs] Taxonomists Needed for Major Retail 7 Month Engagement

Earley & Associates is recruiting a team of information science professionals to join an exciting, 7‐month Product Taxonomy / Master Data Management engagement for a major retail corporation. They are seeking 8‐9 consultants with a variety of skills and expertise levels, among them: Senior Taxonomists with online retail, product merchandising and/or MDM experience Entry‐to‐Mid‐Level Taxonomists with a combination of MLIS and/or significant consulting experience Project Management with medium to large team leadership of Information Architecture (IA), taxonomy, product data quality and/or MDM engagements in large corporate settings This fast‐ramp project …

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