Editor| IndoVox
Speaking Free!
August is a special month for India. It’s the month of patriotism, the celebration of independence and also reinforcing relationships through ‘friendship’ and ‘Rakhi’.
For the Indian language industry as well, it is a time for celebration stimulated by increasing awareness of the multilingual nature of India across the globe. More and more foreign entities – be it publishers, entertainers, gamers, trainers, educationists – are taking note of the language power and the needs of the Indian market.
The Slator.com interview of Mr. Sandip Nulkar, President, CITLoB is one more indication of the interest that international language consumers are taking in the Indian language industry.
The credit undoubtedly goes to the ‘nine of ten new Internet users’ from India who use the Internet in their native language. They are speaking, writing, shooting and dubbing freely in their language; celebrating the true free spirit of India!
How ready is the Indian translating industry to take on the new demands? Though bilingual skills may exist, perhaps sophistication in the areas of use of technology, standardization, and quality certification may bring the Indian LSPs at par with international players.
Sarika Gulyani, Director & Head-ICT, Digital Economy & FICCI-ILIA Division – our guest of the month shares her views and vision of the Indian language industry. Readers will enjoy the passion of her vision and ponder on the points she has raised.
Covid19 is here to stay – at least for a while, and we are coping with it. The language industry is one of the few businesses that can be carried out in the ‘WFH’ model. Advocate Shailendra Pathak shares the legal angle of working from home.
I hope you enjoy reading the issue.
Stay safe, stay healthy, stay positive!
Let’s celebrate the spirit of ‘unity in diversity’ of languages.
Vidula Tokekar
Editor
IndoVox
