AALC attends CNET Conference Dinner in Paris

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AALC President, Tea Dietterich, attended the conference dinner of the French Chamber of Translation Companies (CNET) in Paris in March just before heading to the GALA Conference in Seville.  It was a memorable evening with lively exchange between French and other European LSPs.  The AALC also regularly attends the Dutch Association of Language Companies events, as well as GALA and ELIA conferences.  These events offer good opportunities to see how other national associations of language companies work, what their priorities and goals are and where the industry is heading in terms of standards, technology, industrial labours laws and other important aspects.

For more information on the CNET conference, please click here: http://www.cnetfrance.org/conf2015/cnet_conf_photo2015.pdf

 

AALC IPP = AALC Internship Partnership Program

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Internships

LOTE Marketing has since inception actively offered internships to graduates in a variety of roles that have included marketing research, desktop publishing and graphic design.  As a result, we have also offered full time employment as vacancies have arisen.  We endorse the employment of graduates and commend interns to companies that may be interested.

 

Geoff Meakin, Director, LOTE Marketing P/L

AALC President & GALA Board Member, Tea Dietterich, attends GALA Conference 2015 in Seville

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2M CEO Tea Dietterich at GALA Conference in Seville

AALC President and GALA Board Member Tea Dietterich has just returned from the Annual GALA Conference 2015 in Seville. The Annual GALA Language of Business conferences are advanced educational and networking events where localization leaders collectively discuss, share, and debate best practices and emerging trends in translation, localization, and language technologies. The Globalization and Localization Association (GALA) is the world’s leading trade association for the language industry. As a non-profit organization, they provide resources, education, advocacy, and research for thousands of global companies.

Tea has been attending the GALA conferences since 2013, her first one was GALA Monaco 2013.  Tea has started to work closely with GALA and its member companies ever since, introduced language technology to Australia and broadened her horizon on collaborative industry approaches.

GALA Sevilla offered a welcoming and inclusive community atmosphere for localization professionals to learn, share and network.  It was yet again a valuable time to make connections, collaborate, and use collective intelligence to drive the future of the language enterprise says Tea Dietterich.

It was also Tea’s first conference as GALA board member and she enjoyed the responsibility of board meetings, explaining GALA’s mission to other members being part of the GALA member meetings and already starting to prepare for the year ahead.

The most important aspect is to find inspiration and motivation amongst her peers. Energised and refreshed, Tea has come back with new ideas for AALC members and has also created awareness of AALC member companies worldwide.  AALC member companies can provide language services to clients internationally and AALC presence at international localization events is imperative to put Australia and NZ on the map.  Providing translations and other language services is not enough anymore today. It’s about finding the right language solutions for our corporate clients in a collaborative approach as AALC members prefer to be rather the language partner than just the provider.

 

2015 message from the AALC Board

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Dear AALC Members,

We trust that you have all had a good start into the New Year and we look forward to seeing many of you throughout 2015.  It’s important to us to engage and empower the membership.

We know that member companies who are actively involved with the association derive more value from their membership, and we would like to take this opportunity to encourage you to involve even more of your colleagues in accessing our programming including our webinars and events.

The industry stakeholders have by now well and truly embraced AALC as important members of the industry.  The AALC receives regular invitations to industry round tables and events, has an AALC representative at the NAATI PRG, the NAATI RAC and the NAATI Trainers’ Symposium as well as having been invited to the government organized “Translating and Interpreting Sector Roundtable Discussion November 2014”, and a range of other industry workshops.  The AALC will have a presence in Canberra on Friday, 27 February, at the upcoming Government Forum for the DHS Creative & Design Panel Members’ and continue to engage other LSPs and general industry stakeholders.  We are a growing organisation that can really make a difference in how to shape our industry so we welcome your opinions and feedback and above all, your participation.

The AALC had a trade exhibitor table at the 2014 National AUSIT Conference last year in Brisbane and had a slot in the program for an AALC panel informing the audience about the AALC and listening to concerns.  It was a full house.  Events in Melbourne and Sydney last year saw Tool vendors and Tertiary Institutions embracing AALC, as well as conference interpreting equipment suppliers and international business service suppliers.

In New Zealand in 2014, AALC gave an introduction talk at the NZSTI annual conference and conducted a round table discussion between AALC members attending the event.

2015 will see continued NZ activity with an AALC event at the NZTC 30th Birthday evening in Wellington on Friday 26 June. The AALC will also have a presence at the NZSTI Conference in Wellington.  We will suggest having an AALC panel on the Saturday or Sunday conference days, 27/28 June, as we did at the AUSIT Conference.  Last but not least, we plan an AALC Trans-Tasman Function at the end of July, possibly in Christchurch.

We take this opportunity to invite you to visit the AALC website www.aalc.org.au and use the marketplace section with offers from our associate members, the resources area for those who missed the webinars last year. These are recorded and at your disposal. If you require your log in to be sent to you again, please contact our Administration Officer Julie Barry on info@aalc.org.au

We look forward to seeing you in 2015 or talking with you online soon!

Best regards,

AALC Board of Directors

Tea Dietterich, President
 Jerzy Brodzki, VP – AUS
 Hagen Issell, VP – NZ
 Dominic Carter, Secretary & Treasurer
 Geoff Meakin, Communication Officer
 Georgiana Poulter, Board Member

AALC survey, January 2015

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What would you like the AALC to do for you?  What matters to language service providers in Australia & New Zealand?

The AALC is continually seeking ways in which to represent it’s members in matters relating to the industry and it is for this reason that we  are calling on our members, as well as all other language service providers, to help us find out what matters to you and what you would like to see taking place within the industry.

Recently, a survey link was forwarded to all AALC members requesting their feedback.  If you are not yet an AALC member but wish to have your say, we would welcome your valuable input.

To take part in the short survey and to receive the survey link please e-mail info@aalc.org.au

The Australasian Association of Language Companies (AALC) Inc. is an organisation formed to promote the interests of language service providers in Australia and New Zealand.  The AALC speaks with authority and credibility on behalf of its members on policy and commercial issues.