15 Translation and Localization Events for Language Professionals in 2022

Some translation and localization events are starting to return. Many hybrid localization events have made the best of what they can, and a few others have just continued online.

We have compiled a list of translation and localization events with all the important information you need about them. If you are unable to attend in-person conferences due to concerns about the COVID epidemic, try to attend online localization events. They help you find facts about translation, interpretation, global marketing, internationalization, media localization, language technology and more. 

In today’s post, we’ll be discussing major online translation and localization events scheduled for 2022.

1. LocFromHome

• • Who should join? Global content buyers and owners, language service providers, technology suppliers, translators, government agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), academia, and analysts
  • Dates: March 3
  • Type: Online
  • Entry fee: Free
  • Organizer: Smartcat

2. SlatorCon Remote 

• • Who should join? Technology leaders, LSP CEOs and management and end-client buyers.
  • Dates: March 16
  • Type: Online
  • Entry Fee: 56$-120$
  • Organizer: Slator

3. LocWorldWide46 Africa

• • Who should join? Localization professionals, linguists, translators, product managers, marketers
  • Dates: March 7-9
  • Type: Online
  • Entry fee: $249-$349
  • Organizer: LocWorld

4. CIOL Conference 2022

• • Who should join? Translation companies, localization professionals
  • Dates: March 11-12
  • Type: In-person
  • Location: London, UK
  • Entry fee: £32-180
  • Event’s organizer: Chartered Institute of Linguists  (CIOL)

5. TAUS Massively Multilingual Conference & Expo 2022

• • Who should join? Buyers and owners of global content, technology and solution providers, global content and language service providers, government bodies and NGOs, translators, consultants, analysts, academia, press
  • Dates: March 15–17
  • Type: In-person
  • Location: San Jose, CA, USA
  • Entry fee: €1500
  • Organizer: TAUS

6. Together 2022

• • Who should join? Language companies, translators
  • Dates: March 23–25
  • Type: Online
  • Entry fee: €175-225
  • Organizer: ELIA

7. GALA 2022 – San Diego

• • Who should join? Translators, language companies
  • Dates: April 24–27
  • Type: Hybrid
  • Location: San Diego, USA
  • Entry fee: Not Specified
  • Organizer: GALA Global 

8. Wordfast Forward 2022

• • Who should join? Language companies and translators
  • Dates: May 26-28
  • Type: In-person
  • Location: Montenegro, Herceg-Novi
  • Entry fee: €330-€360
  • Organizer: Wordfast

9. EAMT 2022

• • Who should join? Language Companies, Translators
  • Dates: June 1-3
  • Type: In-person
  • Location: Ghent, Belgium
  • Entry fee: Not Specified
  • Organizer: EAMT

10. LocWorld47 Berlin

• • Who should join? Localization professionals, linguists, translators, product managers, marketers
  • Dates: July 11–13
  • Type: In-person
  • Location: Berlin, Germany
  • Entry fee: Not Specified
  • Organizer: LocWorld

11. Translation Forum Russia 2022

• • Who should join? Freelancers, language companies
  • Dates: August 19-21
  • Type: In-person
  • Location: Ekaterinburg, Russia
  • Entry fee: 140$-250$
  • Organizer: The Association of Interpreters’ Business-Bureau

12. AMTA 2022 Orlando

• • Who should join? Machine translation professionals, technology providers, researchers,  students, academia
  • Dates: September 12-16
  • Type: Hybrid
  • Location: USA, Orlando, Florida
  • Entry Fee: Not specified
  • Organizer: AMTA

13. KTLC 2022

• • Who should join? Translation agencies, freelancers, academia, corporations
  • Dates: September 29 – October 1
  • Type: In-person
  • Location: Warsaw, Poland
  • Entry fee: Not Specified
  • Organizer: TLC Conferences

14. ATA 63nd Annual Conference

• • Who should join? Translators, language companies
  • Dates: October 12-15
  • Type: In-person
  • Location: Los Angeles, USA
  • Entry fee: Not Specified
  • Organizer: American Translators Association  (ATA) 

15. Is Machine Translation Ready for Marketing Teams?

• • Dates: Feb 15
  • Type: Translation & Localization, Global Marketing, Machine Translation
  • Location: Online

To Sum Up

Such localization events will help bring together language professionals from around the world. We hope the above events will keep you up to date with all the latest trends and knowledge in the localization industry.

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