The Localization Industry is Dead. Long Live Localization!

by Jaap van der Meer

03/06/2025

Discover how AI and innovation are transforming the localization industry and challenging traditional methods.

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Jaap van der Meer

Jaap van der Meer founded TAUS in 2004. He is a language industry pioneer and visionary, who started his first translation company, INK, in The Netherlands in 1980. Jaap is a regular speaker at conferences and author of many articles about technologies, translation and globalization trends.

Food for Thought

Looking Back on 20 Years of TAUS. Where did we go wrong?

by Jaap van der Meer

21/11/2024

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of TAUS this month caused the team to look back at the predictions and outcomes so far. What have we achieved? What went wrong?

Food for Thought

From Words to Algorithms: a Career Journey to Language Engineering

by Dace Dzeguze

27/11/2023

Explore the fascinating journey of Lisa Vasileva, a Machine Learning Engineer at TAUS, as she transitions from a professional translator to the field of Natural Language Processing (NLP).

Food for Thought

Reconfiguring the Translation Ecosystem in the 2020s

by Jaap van der Meer

01/10/2021

The factors that impact the reconfiguration of the translation industry in the 2020s and emerging pricing and licensing models: The Owned, Public, Private, Hosted and Shared.