May 15, 2020: Translation industry, To be, or not to be
??Robin Ayoub
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Happy Friday everyone, in Canada this weekend is a long weekend so we get Monday off, why you might ask? well, we call it Victoria day in recognition of the Queen of who still Canada's recognized monarch. You see, the monarchy of Canada is at the core of Canada's constitutional federal structure and Westminster-style parliamentary democracy. The monarchy is the foundation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of both federal and provincial jurisdictions.
This week I have been getting various signals which to me a bit alarming re the health of the Localization industry globally. 2 Webinars which for those who attended (Taus and CSA Research) can easily conclude that the localization industry globally as retracted by a large percentage. There many questions facing us as we deal globally with this situation, is this retraction temporary? does it cause of backlog which means a V shaped recovery as we exit the pandemic stage? Would localization companies post COVID will be business as usual? as we think about these topics we are flooded with various information that some are encouraging some not so much, here is my news summary from this week.
Another important point of view from CSA which could be helpful to some entrepreneur
And from Slator her is this week's summary
Business agility to ensure divisibility
From the team at Nimdzi they release the top 100 companies
Congratulation to Lionbridge on bringing home the gold winner of the AVA Digital award