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"1 Minute with Joe" Fireside Chat with Karen Ng Part 2

In a brief Fireside Chat, Karen Ng reflected on the company’s evolution from pioneering Japanese and Korean language projects to tackling broader multilingual offerings. She highlighted the steep learning curve of building the entire technical and operational infrastructure from the ground up, a foundation that now supports a more streamlined workflow for future language expansions. Ng explained that the newly established workflow has shifted the team’s focus toward market-driven opportunities, particularly European languages that clients are increasingly requesting. The discussion emphasized a disciplined approach: evaluating market potential, technical difficulty, and the ability to deliver high‑quality, fluent translations before committing resources. Key remarks included, “We need to build everything from scratch,” underscoring the early challenges, and “Assess the market opportunity, the degree of difficulty, can we do it at high quality and fluency,” which captures the strategic decision‑making framework guiding new language launches. The implications are clear: leveraging the robust infrastructure and workflow positions the firm to capture a growing multilingual translation market, potentially unlocking new revenue streams and strengthening its competitive edge in Europe and beyond.