ULG’s Language Solutions Blog

Workforce Diversification Gives Manufacturers a Competitive Advantage

The manufacturing industry is facing a serious labor shortage that will likely worsen. But, recruiting and retaining talent from diverse populations can fill available positions and give manufacturers...

How to Plan for Translation Service Costs in Your Annual Budgeting

Developing a robust translation program is the key to supporting your limited English proficiency (LEP) customers as well as achieving global market success. These services help corporations and healt...

What Role Does Language Access Play in The Manufacturing Industry?

    Manufacturing is an industry that is constantly changing in terms of the technology used, the industrial and consumer products created, and the countries where the factories are managed. A recent ...

Machine Translation Breach Highlights Risks Associated With Online Tools

The dangers of using free, online Machine Translation (MT) tools recently became a painful reality for Statoil, the Norwegian oil manufacturer. Employees there found that internal memos and correspond...

Lao: How to translate an untranslatable language

  In the country of Laos, made up of many ethnic groups, the population speaks about 86 different languages! The lingua franca there is Laotian, also known as Lao or Thai Noi (“lao language”). It is t...

Studies Show Bilingual Speakers Have Superior "Attentional Control"

  Thinking about learning another language? New research suggests it’s a good idea. The journal Bilingualism: Language and Cognition recently published a study which uncovered that bilingual people ha...

Using MT and Human Translation within eDiscovery

This article was originally published in September 2016 and has been updated. The process of one person translating from one language into another, especially when it involves corporate and legal docu...

Starbucks Deserves A Gold Card For Localization

  Operating in 72 countries and territories with more than 20,000 locations, Starbucks has unprecedented global brand recognition. The white cup with the green logo and brown sleeve is on the forefron...

Globalization and 3D Printing

      According to Thomas Friedman’s book, The World is Flat, in the last century, our world "flattened" before our eyes and is now a level playing field, where all competitors have an equal opportuni...