Localization World Founders Launch Localization Latin America Conference to Educate Companies Focused on Spanish Language Audiences

Localization Latin America will be inaugurated next week by the team that organizes the localization industry’s leading global event, Localization World.

Localization Latin America is a new, cutting-edge international conference dedicated to the business of localization in and for Latin American and other Spanish and Portuguese speaking markets. The event will take place November 17-20, 2008 at the Abasto Plaza Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The conference features workshops, seminars and roundtables on business topics and the “how-to” of various support tools that help companies to familiarize and translate Websites, communications and products or services for the business markets of South and Central America, Spanish-speaking markets in the USA, and Spanish and Portuguese language markets in other parts of the world. Programs will be conducted in English and Spanish. There will also be an exhibit hall featuring various products from tool and service vendors.

Full program details are available at www.localizationlatinamerica.com/index.php. To register see: www.localizationworld.com/lla/order.php. Participants may register for the full program including pre-conference sessions or for only part of the conference. The conference is appropriate for product managers with responsibility for Spanish-speaking markets, including:

* Buyers of localization services
* Localization engineers and testers
* Buyers of related technologies
* Localization project managers
* Service and tool providers
* Managers of localization companies
* Managers of government agencies dealing with multilingual issues
* Educators interested in helping to train translators and interpreters equipped to handle new tools and technology
* Translators and editors

Localization Latin America follows closely after the group’s major event in October, Localization World Madison 2008, where hundreds of globalization and translation professionals from more than 30 countries converged for an educational forum and tradeshow in the US. International speakers at that event included executives from Facebook, Sun Microsystems, Oracle, IBM, and Google, among others.

Localization is a vital function in vertical industries around the world, including high tech, health care, publishing, software and others. All Localization World events feature comprehensive topics as well as networking opportunities for both beginners and experienced professionals involved in adapting products, services, or communications to an international language or culture. Programs and exhibits are directed to both the customer and service sides.

Event sponsors for Localization Latin America include: IDEA FACTORY Languages, Inc., as platinum sponsor, and Translated in Argentina, Ushuaia Solutions, and Julia Figueroa Spanish Translation and Localization Solutions as bronze sponsors, with Moravia Worldwide and SpanSource as hosts of the closing reception.

Note to reporters: Press passes are available with official press credentials by contacting Lexy Yates at +1-858-724-2500. “

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