In the Localization Business Round Table at Localization World today, Kathleen Bostick, VP Global Marketing at Lionbridge, shared how she (@KathleenBostick) and Lionbridge are using Twitter and other social networking technologies.
Whom do you think are the most interesting 'tweeters' in the translation industry?
In addition to Kathleen, here are a few active tweeters I recommend following:
@CSA_Research
@multilingualmag
@GALA_Global
@renatobeninatto
@kvashee
@localization
@donnaparrish
Whom do you recommend? Please add them to the comments below.
If you are going to LocWorld, you can follow the conference here: @LocWorld and by searching for #LocWorld
I'm not yet a twitter addict, but you can follow me here: @AdamWooten
Update 10/26/2009: this is the Social Media Revolution video that Kathleen showed to open her presentation on Social Media:
Update 10/28/09: Kathleen also posted about this round talbe and shared some twitter resources on the Lionbridge Translation Blog: 'Social Media in the Translation Industry: the Buzz at LocWorld'
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Who Are the Best Translation Industry Professionals to Follow on Twitter?
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I would recommend all people I follow! Specially @DaniloNogueira @translationguy @xosecastro @cetrainc @ollicarreira @tomellett @matthewbennett @rubendelafuente @sarahdillon @Textklick @philippahammond @NTceline @serenadorey @bonjill @pikorua
@bonnjill ! Jill R. Sommer
To Pamela's excellent suggestions I would add @NadVega, @angeldominguez, and @DenaShunra.
Thank you for the recommendations!
Follow me if you wish @diegobartolome
@wordtrust
Tweets about translation and localization news, tips etc.
You can follow me at @davegrun, I try and post interesting translation industry news. For example a blog post I wrote today on blog.gts-translation.com on the newly released Microsoft Language portal, see http://tinyurl.com/ygla9t2.
You can also follow @GTS_Jobs where we post translation assignments for our company.
My friend @mstevensrev
Thanks Adam for starting this list.
I'd also recommend @globalmisfit, @MichaelAPSmith,@Lionbridge.Also it's worth checking out Lionbridge's Translation Blog for a variety of content http://bit.ly/6Fj7S for a variety of info.
@anglais is for people who want to follow the discussions between our translators and editors. It's a sort of "tip a day" for professional English translators who work from French.
Don't forget @Muddyisms for industry news with a focus on international business stories
Would add @marylaplante, @lciarlone, @gilbane, and @gilbaneboston for the global content management perspective. Content globalization blog at http://gilbane.com/globalization/
thanks adam
I agree with many of the choices above but here are some of my favorites.
I would recommend the following as people who provide different and interesting perspectives and great SNR (Signal to Noise Ratio):
http://www.twitter.com/donosborn
http://www.twitter.com/sabineeller
http://www.twitter.com/robvandenberg
http://www.twitter.com/BobD_Austin
http://www.twitter.com/shioyama
http://www.twitter.com/alisontoon
http://www.twitter.com/rubendelafuente
http://www.twitter.com/hansfens
http://www.twitter.com/iveclop
http://www.twitter.com/georgeweyman
http://www.twitter.com/icotext
http://www.twitter.com/TheAgis
http://www.twitter.com/ParaicS
http://www.twitter.com/stevek
http://www.twitter.com/meedan
http://www.twitter.com/ryancoleman
http://www.twitter.com/cetrainc
http://www.twitter.com/j9angler
http://www.twitter.com/textexin
http://www.twitter.com/roomynaqvy
http://www.twitter.com/InEveryLanguage
http://www.twitter.com/fabcid
Follow all of the above, but also: http://www.twitter.com/muddyisms
http://www.twitter.com/BobD_Austin
http://www.twitter.com/BeatBabel
http://www.twitter.com/transationhub
Adam, I also have receive requests for the Social Media uTube link - http://bit.ly/4bx1Nr . Thanks for posting.
Thanks, Kathleen! I was hoping you would post that.
Hi!
I tweet (normally in Spanish) about localization and translation technology issues: http://twitter.com/pmstrad
Another colleague I would recommend to follow is @esanchezleon (http://twitter.com/esanchezleon).
I also blog about localization, translation and translation technology: http://algomasquetraducir.com.
Thanks for the mention, @pcruzp ! (That's Pamela Cruz's Twitter, by the way)
Besides being a translator, I am also a graphic designer and DTP expert. I tweet in English and Spanish.
@AngelDominguez
http://twitter.com/angeldominguez
Regards from Spain,
Ángel.
ForeignExchange Translations' Twitter feed is at @fxtrans. Tweet, tweet!
I tweet about language teaching and learning as well as translation. My language direction is German to English and I prefer environmental work.
@niccrosslingo
www.twitter.com/niccrosslingo
www.crosslingo.devhub.com
Nic
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