ZOO Digital has further strengthened its localization offering to the entertainment industry with a stream of new hires. Following increased demand for its cloud-based dubbing, subtitling and digital distribution services, the remote onboarding drive sees Team ZOO grow to over 100 staff in the UK despite national lockdown.

Translators are the absolute heartbeat of what we do at ZOO. Without their talent, knowledge and hard work, we wouldn't be able to localize movies and shows from all around the globe – ready to entertain and delight audiences everywhere. So we want to shine the spotlight on our awesome translation talent!

As we round out our latest week of social distancing, I thought I’d walk you through a day in the life of a Translation Coordinator, lockdown-style. As you may know, a TC's job is to manage the linguistic end of the subtitling process. This means knowing my translators, knowing my projects and knowing our client’s expectations, so I can ensure that at the end of the day the content we translate 'speak to' our target audiences.

ZOO has expanded its EMEA dubbing and media services with two experienced hires in new positions. Katie Young joins as Head of Dubbing and Media Services while Igor Kasyansky joins our London-based team as Dubbing Coordinator.

The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the traditional dubbing industry to its core. Recording studios around the world are in lockdown or operating under strict social distancing rules, leaving content owners without a contingency plan to continue the localization and distribution of their content.

As the COVID-19 crisis continues throughout the world and we’re all adapting to a ‘new normal’,  at ZOO we appreciate how fortunate we are to be fully operational via remote working during these unprecedented times. So we want to give back and support those key workers who are continuing to support the vulnerable and the communities within which we work.