Actually, we would be toasting with champagne at the tcworld conference right now!  To what? To the 15th anniversary of berns language consulting! That makes me take a stroll down memory lane: Has it really been 15 years since I started my own business? Absolutely! And I would have to lie if there weren’t moments when I cursed it.

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Today in our ‘blc stories’ it’s all about machine translation (MT) – we’ve all heard about it, of course. But ever since the quality of machine translation has improved significantly with neural MT, it’s spreading like this unspeakable virus. And if you don’t know how to use MT properly, it might even end badly.

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In these difficult days, we hear more and more people calling for home office that really works. Not to boast (OK maybe just a little bit): blc has already been working ‘hybrid’ for years! What that means? Two days home office per week for everyone who wants it. How this came about, why it works very well (contrary to my first expectations) and which tools make life easier in home office and office office? Read my blog!

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Those were my thoughts when I flew to Singapore for the 2-day TAUS Asia Congress. I wanted to have confirmed (or refuted) what was reported in the domestic media. How this turned out? Find out in this blog. Read more →

The TAUS (Translation Automation User Society) Global Content Summit was once more held in Dublin chez Microsoft. Well protected from the first storm runners, I was able to spend a day exchanging inspiring thoughts with language process and technology experts from LSPs, technology providers and industry giants.

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It was truly hot – the European Trados User Group 2019 in Düsseldorf. And we as hosts are very happy and even a bit proud that ETUG 2019 was good –  some tend to say very good … 🙂 But one step at a time.

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The whole blc-team is looking forward to welcome all attendees of European Trados User Group (ETUG) Conference to Düsseldorf on 27th May 2019. And of course, we’re well prepared. 🙂

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It was in one word – supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! 64 SDL power users and colleagues from 10 countries met at the ETUG (European Trados User Group) in Düsseldorf and talked about (almost) nothing but SDL tools, apps, workflows, road maps, use cases and innovations for two days. Read more →

On 11 April 2018 Microsoft Dublin hosted the TAUS* QE Summit for the 6th time and Vincent Gadani was our perfect host. The day was full and very energetic with plenty of subjects touching not only on quality but also on more general, visionary subjects. We had four main topics with panels throughout the day and a break-out session at the end. The break-out session was intended for the identification of items/issues for TAUS to work on until the next meeting, or “homework”, as Jaap van der Meer called it. In this blog I’d like to share my most important takeaways with you. Read more →

What challenges will the translation industry face in the next five years, and what should TAUS focus on? These are two of the main questions dealt with at the TAUS Industry Summit in Amsterdam. blc’s CEO Kerstin Berns attended the summit to discuss these issues with major international organizations, including Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Daimler, and Lionsbridge.

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