Announcing the memoQ Trend Report 2018

Dear Colleagues and Friends, Predicting the future is never easy – it always comes just in parts. During the Space Age, mankind imagined a future. This imagined future was characterized by several new technologies like rocketry, robotics, computers, material science and other areas that seemed to be in rapid development. If we look at retro-futuristic images from this era, we can easily be fascinated and think about the contrasts of what we see and what we get today... With this in mind, let me present our team's first project in 2018: '[The memoQ Trend Report](. Be inspired by discussions, debates, opinions, and perspectives through seven trends that we consider have the potential to influence the translation technology industry. When creating this year's report, we knew that we would be 'wrong' about the final form and ultimate context of many technological developments. However, we could also be 'right' about pointing to certain technologies that have the potential to influence our disciplines, economies, and industries. We are certain that we live and work in a time where there are spellbinding shifts and disruptions. Some of the emerging technologies have the potential to connect people in new and meaningful ways, improve the efficiency of organizations dramatically, and manage assets in smarter ways. We wanted to create a trend report, which is not overly assertive and leaves room for uncertainty, doubts and even freedom for debate within our organization regarding the potential and merits of certain technologies. We wanted to show that there are great promises but potentially also great pitfalls. We wanted to avoid the trap of over-zealous technological evangelism while also retaining a keen eye and healthy curiosity about new technology. This project is a team effort from people within the memoQ team, but also translation technology experts from different organizations and backgrounds. We would like to thank to everyone who contributed to it! I hope you will find [this report]( enjoyable and useful. Brúnó Bitter, Head of Marketing at memoQ You are receiving this email because your ProZ.com profile is opted in to receive email communications from ProZ.com. To update your email preferences please visit [click here.]( ProZ.com headquarters P.O. Box 903 Syracuse, NY 13201 USA +1-315-463-7323