This week’s CSOFT Story comes to us from Sam Huang, CSOFT’s Chief Architect and Director of Technology Development. In this post, we find out about Sam’s passions as well as just how exactly he’s able to maintain the serene calm and positive attitude he’s known for. Read below to learn more!

With the gloomy weather of the winter now firmly in our rearview mirror, T for Translation celebrates the long-awaited Beijing sun by featuring another of our shining stars: Marisa Bowers, Senior Director of Global Account Management. Here, she discusses how she maintains her laser-sharp focus on results, as well as the challenges of being a roaming client-interaction doyen!

This week at T for Translation, we zoom halfway around the world – much like a bird a plane a copyright-protected superhero from our fondly remembered childhoods – to hear from Jesse He in the latest episode of CSOFT Stories. Read on to find out more about Jesse’s super abilities.

With the sun shining out here as Beijing springs into warmer weather, we thought it appropriate to feature our lovely Chiara for this week’s CSOFT Story. With her ebullient personality and beaming smile brightening up the CSOFT office, Italian native Chiara Conte has much to say regarding the future of translation, personal growth, and keeping a sunny disposition as the pressure begins to mount. Read on for more!

With all the hustle and bustle going on here at T for Translation, we’d like to take a second to share another CSOFT Story. This week we hear from CSOFT’s Senior Director of Global Delivery, Sherry Wu, who, as it turns out, happens to be an expert in the field of multi-hat wearing. Check out her interview below!

So, blue sky days aren’t all that prevalent here in Beijing. However, a silver lining to the nigh-on perpetual “cloud” hanging over the city is that when blue skies do occur, we’re all that much more appreciative of them. So much so that it’s actually quite difficult to have a bad day – the world just seems like a brighter and happier place. One person with whom this particularly resonates is Justin Wang, our latest interviewee in the series of CSOFT Stories. Dive on in to this week’s post and see what Justin has to say below.

Who’s ready for spring? It might be a little early to break out the picnic baskets and sunhats, but we at T for Translation are getting excited about this week’s rising temperatures. Just like this week’s weather, CSOFT is only getting warmed up. And no one better to tell us than CSOFT’s Vice President of Global Operations, Jason Xue. So strap in for this week’s installment of CSOFT Stories, as we gain further insights from CSOFT’s leadership.

This year marks CSOFT’s 10^th year anniversary. What does that mean to you?

It’s been 10 years since we started in 2003. For me, after 10 years of growth we’re clearly not a small company anymore. We are one of the top 30 language service providers in the world – this is a tremendous accomplishment, but for us, we believe there’s still a lot of room to grow. Our people, innovation, the spirit of CSOFT… we are full of energy, full of ideas, and we’re excited; we’re more than ready to keep building.

There are many new and exciting things to look forward to in 2013 – having a new lease on life after we survived the Mayan ‘doomsday’ prophecies, Game of Thrones Season 3 returning to HBO, and more snake references than you can shake a stick at. Hearing it officially from T for Translation, make sure you add another to the list: CSOFT turns 10!

As we begin preparations to celebrate this incredible milestone, it seems prudent to also take some time to reflect. In this vein, T for Translation will be interviewing team members to get some insight on the past, present, and future of CSOFT. Dubbed “CSOFT Stories,” this campaign seeks to share some of the mysteries and tales of CSOFT’s early days, as well as hear from the next generation of leaders. See below for insights and thoughts from Matt Arney, CSOFT’s VP of Localization, as he kicks us off!

Michael Anobile is a founding member and former Director of LISA (Localization Industry Standards Association) with over 35 years of experience in international marketing communications. After relocating his family to Switzerland in 1980 to become European Training Manager for Exxon Office Systems, he subsequently held a number of European and Swiss senior management and marketing positions in the field of language-technology and global business development.

A few weeks ago, CSOFT held its 9^th Annual World Summit, inviting guest speakers, industry experts and localization professionals from all over the world to engage in a series of presentations and discussions with the aim of mutual learning and sharing of industry knowledge. We were fortunate enough to have Michael Anobile present on “The History, Evolution, and Future of the Localization Business.” Michael graciously agreed to answer questions on some of the more poignant matters from his presentation, so check out the interview between Ross (CSOFT Marketing Writer) and Michael below, and prepare to be educated! 

Last week, we offered our congratulations to Dmitry Kornyukhov, the winner of TermWiki.com’s most recent contest. Aside from rallying up his fans, working on translation projects, and helping build TermWiki’s database of terms, Dmitry was also kind enough to spend some time with us answering a few questions for our curious readers. Read on for some insightful thoughts from our TermWiki iPad 2 winner, Dmitry Kornyukhov!