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AI and Localization in Progress. Things are changing fast for people in the localization world. This podcast from features short 15-minute conversations with industry thought leaders to keep you up to date on the latest innovations, experiments, and challenges.
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Economies of Scale vs Assurance
AI has made translation dramatically cheaper, yet a lot of localization leaders still feel like budgets are tightening and quality pressure is rising at the same time. We dig into why that paradox is…
The Governance Problem
AI translation has never looked better on the surface, yet plenty of teams still can’t make it work reliably in production. We dig into the uncomfortable reason: large language models are…
Why SMEs Are The Real Bottleneck (Not Resources. Not AI)
Translation is getting faster every month, yet localization risk keeps rising. That’s not a paradox, it’s a signal that the bottleneck has moved. Stephanie from Argos sits down with Erik, an…
The Real Price of Localization Quality
“Quality” in translation sounds like a simple promise until you ask one uncomfortable question: what happens if it’s wrong? Stephanie and Erik unpack why so many localization pricing conversations…
Metadata: The Hidden MVP to AI Localization Success
Metadata sounds like the boring part of localization until you realize it can be the difference between a scalable operation and a constant fire drill. We get specific about what’s at stake when a…
Ask Better Questions And Build Viable Solutions
Localization is changing so fast that our old labels might not survive it. Stephanie sits down with Erik Vogt to unpack “solutions design,” the strategic discipline of turning a real business problem…
Connectors
“Just connect the systems” is the phrase that launches a thousand painful integration projects. We sit down to get honest about why connectors in localization and content operations are rarely plug…
Generative AI For Global Marketing With Real Brand Control
AI can crank out marketing copy at a speed that feels like science fiction. The problem is that your audience still has the same 24 hours in a day, and their patience for generic content is getting…
From Idea to AI
A CEO says “add AI,” a team nods, and suddenly everyone is shopping for tools instead of solving a problem. We dig into why that move derails so many AI initiatives and how to convert a fuzzy mandate…
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AI LQA Reality Check
AI LQA sounds like the shortcut every localization team wants, but the real story is more nuanced and a lot more useful. We sit down with Erik Vogt to define AI-driven linguistic quality assurance…
Are Fuzzy Matches Dead?
Fuzzy matches have been treated like a law of physics in localization: higher similarity means lower effort, so the discount grid must be fair. But when we look closely, that assumption starts to…
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Field Notes has published 12 episodes since May 2026, covering topics in Business.
Field Notes is currently highly active with new episodes every few days. Average episode length is 13m.