Achieving True Localization in the AI Era with Mirko Plitt

This week, Javi welcomes his good friend Mirko Plitt to the show. Mirko is a computational linguist by trade, but has filled a vast number of roles across the localization industry and in NGOs.

Currently working for the WHO, Mirko is looking to fulfill the dream of localization: Bringing important and impactful content to global audiences in the most relevant way.

Tune in to hear him and Javi discuss:

• Working with the WHO
• Early Machine Translation Development
• The "dodgy business" of early MT
• The difficulty of working internationally
• Translators without borders
• "How Many Languages Do You Speak?"- The toxic question
• The growth of machine translation
• Big Data and Old Algorithms
• "We used to laugh at computational linguists"
• High Stakes Localization with the WHO
• The promise of the localization industry- not JUST translating
• Appreciating when people are better than you at something
• Fostering independence through support
• The cost of ignoring human value
• Replacing ambition with motivation

And much more!

Click play to hear a great conversation between Mirko and Javi!

You can learn more about Mirko Plitt here .

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