Auto industry suggests trade agreements for exports
ISLAMABAD: Major automotive industry players in Pakistan have announced plans to start exporting locally assembled and manufactured vehicles. Industry sources claim that trade agreements with importing countries are needed to boost vehicle exports. Export is also a requirement under the auto policy 2021-2026 Stakeholders of the auto industry, including major players such as Indus […]
Saudi Arabia and Spain Discuss Opportunities to Localize the Drone, Ships and Cars Industry
Saudi Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar Al-Khorayef have discussed mutual opportunities with leaders of major Spanish companies to localize advanced industries, which are a key focus of Saudi Arabia’s National Industrial Strategy. These industries include the localization of heavy-payload drone manufacturing and its components, automobile design and engineering, shipbuilding, and the preservation of […]
National Pharmaceutical Industry after the Government’s Adoption of Pharmaceutical Localization in Iraq » Iraqi News Agency
Baghdad-INA 18 pharmaceutical plants are currently under construction, reaching various stages of completion, with some at 98%. A statement by the Prime Minister’s Media Office received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA) stated,”76 new requests from the private sector to establish new pharmaceutical plants for medicines and medical supplies, utilizing modern technology.” By the end of 2022, there […]
Egypt, France sign MoU on roadmap for locomotive industry localization
CAIRO – 1 May 2024: Minister of Transport Kamel al-Wazir and French Minister of Economy and Finance Bruno Le Maire signed Wednesday an MoU on a roadmap for the localization of the locomotive industry and the creation of Greater Cairo’s Sixth Metro Line. In respect of the localization of the locomotive […]
President Sisi urges increased industry localization to cut dollar-heavy import expenditures-SIS – Egypt SIS
President Sisi urges increased industry localization to cut dollar-heavy import expenditures-SIS Egypt SIS Source link
Venture Capital Firms Pile Into AI Transcription as Gladia Raises USD 16M in Series A – slator.com
AI transcription start-up, Gladia, has announced that it has raised USD 16m in a Series A funding round. The Paris-based company was founded in 2022 with the mission to deliver real-time speech-to-text solutions that are fast, accurate, and affordable — a feat that Gladia described as challenging for the industry. The funding round, which closed […]
Language Industry Investor Map – Slator
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‘Yakuza’ Franchise Producer Masayoshi Yokoyama Pushes Back Against Criticism Of ‘Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth’ English Localization: “There Is No Difference Between The Japanese And International Versions”
Ichiban (Nazuhiro Nakaya) awaits an answer from Saeko (Sumire Uesaka) regarding his marriage proposal in Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth (2024), RGG Studios In offering a local and industry-related take on the currently ongoing round of Japanese-to-English media localization discourse, long-time Yakuza franchise producer and writer Masayoshi Yokoyama says that the recent outrage directed towards […]
Interview: Fan And Professional Translators Speak Out On Western Localization Issues And The Current State Of The English Manga Industry
Source: My Dress-Up Darling Chapter 3 (2018), Square Enix. The recent saga of Seven Seas’ intentional mistranslation of I Think I Turned My Childhood Friend Into a Girl has brought more attention than ever to the growing trend of Western localizers erasing a Japanese artist’s original work in favor of pushing their own personal social […]
Alibaba Launches ‘Completely Revamped’ Translation Infrastructure – slator.com
Hangzhou (China)-based e-commerce and tech conglomerate Alibaba has announced that it has released a proprietary large language model (LLM) that is “better than products offered by Google, DeepL, and ChatGPT.” Shots fired. The proprietary LLM — known as “Marco MT” — is to be deployed across Alibaba’s existing translation offering launched last year to small […]