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A magazine brimming with the very "WOVN-ness" that aspires to "Localize the Internet." Care for a taste of WOVN culture?

WOVN MAGAZINE en

A magazine brimming with the very "WOVN-ness" that aspires to "Localize the Internet." Care for a taste of WOVN culture?

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How a man who received a failing grade in middle school English became a translator

It was another cloudy day in London. Maybe there would be sunny spells and patchy drizzle later in the day. I was sitting on the top deck of a London bus gazing at nothing in particular on my way back from the museum. Intense light sometime

    • Finding a New Routine in Cairo, Egypt

      When I was a graduate student in Linguistics, I spent about two years studying Arabic. During that time, my advisor recommended that I study abroad over the summer session in order to improve my Arabic and also to become familiar with a reg

      • 【Questions from 3 new grads】Why is WOVN hiring new grads now?

        WOVN is entering its ninth fiscal year in 2022, and is now hiring new graduates. WOVN had focused on mid-career recruitment so far. Why did the company decide to hire new graduates now? Three new graduates interviewed Takaharu Hayashi, the

        • Succeeding with speedy strategies. Tackling the challenges of a startup as a consultant. Naoka Uchida.

          In Vital WOVNeer, we introduce active WOVN members. Today, we interviewed Naoka Uchida, who leverages her execution and on-site management skills to lead BizDev projects. Her attitude of viewing each job as a new challenge helps boost compa

          Questions for 3 New Grads - What were your reasons for joining WOVN?

          WOVN is entering its ninth fiscal year in 2022, and is hiring new graduates in preparation for further business growth. What kind of people are the new grads that join startups? We interviewed 3 new grads as they finish their first quarter

          Questions for 3 New Grads - What were your reasons for joining WOVN?

          Translation bridges words and cultures. The difficulty of translating “I love you.”

          Here’s a phrase in English. How would you all translate it? I love you. This is a really simple phrase that we learn in middle school. Based on the meanings of the individual words and the subject-verb relationship, it literally translate

          Translation bridges words and cultures. The difficulty of translating “I love you.”

          Translating song lyrics for musical movies is not for the faint of heart

          When I watch foreign films, I’m the type who always prefers subtitles. I stay away from dubbed versions. When I was living with my parents, I’d do just about anything to avoid watching dubbed films with them. Why? Because the voices bothere

          Translating song lyrics for musical movies is not for the faint of heart

          Online shop is in Hindi!? A great April Fool’s Day prank

          WOVN's April Fool’s Day prank started with a Slack post from the Localization team. At WOVN, we have an online shop exclusively for members, and the post told people to check out the new spring-themed items being added. (All the items on W

          Online shop is in Hindi!? A great April Fool’s Day prank

          [#Hello WOVN Nayuta] I joined WOVN to learn more about the world

          Nice to meet you. My name is Nayuta and I’m on the Customer Success team. As I write this post, I’m helping with WOVN.io and WOVN.app integrations, handling inquiries from customers, and holding online and WOVN basics seminars for new membe

          [#Hello WOVN Nayuta] I joined WOVN to learn more about the world

          All about the 2022 kick-off meeting from the management side, and why we decided to hold it in person

          In January, we held our yearly kick-off meeting at a rental meeting space in Tokyo Station. There were pros and cons to even holding this event. We’d like to share all about the experience from the management side. Redefining new workstyl

          All about the 2022 kick-off meeting from the management side, and why we decided to hold it in person

          We asked Mr. Hayashi about the values at WOVN.

          We interviewed Mr. Hayashi, asking about WOVN’s worldview about its mission, vision, and values and about how they came to be. Create a world where all people can access all data in their native language - What led you to aim for this wor

          We asked Mr. Hayashi about the values at WOVN.

          Merry Christmas !!

          Did you enjoy reading through the Advent Calendar article themed around “WOVN-ness?” I hope that the articles enlightened its readers with regard to WOVN and employees at the company. We have assembled a list of movies recommended to us by

          Merry Christmas !!

          WOVN Movie Club Recommendation Movie List 🎬

          It's the holiday season again ! 🎄 How do you plan to spend this holiday season ? Probably a lot of people decided to get together and stay inside to relax because of the cold winter weather. We had the opportunity to ask our WOVN Movie Clu

          WOVN Movie Club Recommendation Movie List 🎬

          A company and employees hidden in plain view

          My motivation for writing this article Goal I want to optimize the overall workflow to deliver value smoothly to the market. The challenge Since working from home allows fewer opportunities to contact people outside your team, it is har

          A company and employees hidden in plain view

          How does math come in handy? Math and business and WOVN

          This is T.T, and I’m writing for day twenty-four of the WOVN Advent Calendar. I majored in Math in university, and even now as a worker I often get asked how math helps society, so I thought I’d take this chance to explain a bit. Math ski

          How does math come in handy? Math and business and WOVN

          Bassist & Design

          Hello, it’s Kenji, and I’m the writer of the day 17th of WOVN Advent Calendar 2021. I’m not super active on music currently and not sure if I have to say this, but outside of my professional work, I’m a bassist, which means I’m in charge o

          Bassist & Design