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Decoding Japan: Navigating Japan's Market Adoption
A practical guide to understanding Japan’s unique business culture, localization standards, and what it takes to build software that thrives in the Japanese market.
Priscilla Knoble
4 days ago5 min read
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Bridging the Global Readiness Gap in the Age of Agentic AI
As AI evolves, many companies still struggle with global readiness. Talia Zur Baruch stresses cross-functional teamwork, global mindset, and practical training to close the gap.
Talia Baruch
May 293 min read
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AI Chatbots? Fun Toys, But How Can They Help me in Localization?
AI chatbots seem magical, but can they localize alone? Dr. Rafał Jaworski shows how pairing AI agents with human experts enables better translation, quality checks, and workflows.
Dr. Rafał Jaworski
May 292 min read
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Insights from the LocLearn™ Upskill Course on Multilingual NLP
Students used NLP tools like Google Colab to clean and organize multilingual data, no coding background needed. The course showed how quality language data boosts AI and chatbots.
Kristen Keegan Ingalz
May 292 min read
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The Geo-Cultural Adaptation of Game Design for Global Adoption
Games reflect local values and player identities. Talia Zur Baruch shares how adapting characters with a four-element persona framework creates authentic games that connect globally.
Talia Baruch
Apr 233 min read
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Level Up Your Game Culturalization! With Insights from Kate Edwards
GlobalSaké interns interview Kate Edwards on how cultural adaptation drives global gaming success. Read the full conversation for her key insights.
Ruiyi Zhang
Apr 2310 min read
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Harmonizing Multilingual AI & Human Voices: The Art of Technology
GlobalSaké Founder Talia Zur Baruch explores how architecture, travel, and AI voice tech reflect the link between culture and design, blending creativity and technology for global storytelling.
Talia Baruch
Mar 272 min read
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Imagine if the Little Mermaid had an AI Voice
Yuting Zhang, a GlobalSaké NextGen Roundtable Member, explores the power of AI voice technology through the story of The Little Mermaid.
Yuting Zhang
Mar 253 min read
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Internationalization and Date Formats
Kyle Chow, Technical Localization Specialist at Nintendo, explains how inconsistent date formats can hurt user experience and why internationalization must be built in from the start for global usability.
Kyle Chow
Feb 272 min read
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Roots & Wings
In this reflective kickoff to 2025, Talia Zur Baruch explores how open-source AI like DeepSeek is revolutionizing multilingual localization, challenging legacy systems, and reshaping global product strategies through Human-AI collaboration.
Talia Baruch
Jan 303 min read
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Lessons Learned from Starting Our Language Industry Careers: Part 2
In Part 2 of this series on starting a language industry career, Kyle shares takeaways from his first job after MIIS, including setting realistic expectations, learning from setbacks, and staying focused on growth.
Kyle Chow
Nov 14, 20243 min read
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Lessons Learned from Starting Our Language Industry Careers: Part 1
In Part 1 of this series, MIIS alum Lai shares honest lessons from her job hunt in the changing language industry, offering advice on pacing your search and building meaningful connections.
Yuxuan Lai
Oct 15, 20242 min read
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Interpreting at the Olympics Over the Years
From hectic commutes to remote hubs, this article explores how interpreting at the Olympics has evolved, showing how interpreters and new technologies bridge global language gaps.
Kyle Chow
Sep 12, 20243 min read
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Halloween Around The World
The spooky season is in place now! While enjoying the costume parties and trick-or-treats with friends and family, take a glance at how...
Yuxuan Lai
Oct 30, 20232 min read
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GlobalSaké Q2 Recap
GlobalSaké is a collective community of global tech leaders (80% client-side, 20% LSP) driving multilingual, multi-geo solutions for the...
Talia Baruch
Aug 1, 20222 min read
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How do we fuel the next generation of global leaders with skills of the future?
Each in his own opinion Exceeding stiff and strong, Though each was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong! These are the last...
Talia Baruch
May 2, 20223 min read
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Global-Ready Strategy in Product, Platform & People
When you develop & design your product—Who are you optimizing it for? What value are you positioning it for? How do you define success?...
Talia Baruch
Feb 13, 20204 min read
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User-first vs US-first: Why superpower products take a fall on the global stage
Remember that first time your child steps out the door of your family home, the familiar, fitted, safe space, on to the real world...
Talia Baruch
Jan 18, 20183 min read
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User Interaction: When your Product doesn’t act like a Tourist
We’ve all been there. Traveling to a new land, wishing we didn’t have TOURIST labeled all over our foreign forehead. Wishing we not only...
Talia Baruch
Apr 27, 20175 min read
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International UX: how to make your product make sense worldwide
Designing a one-size-fits-all product experience does not fit global consumption. Users in different countries have a different brand...
Talia Baruch
Jul 14, 20154 min read
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