<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Olga Stokowiec: essays</title><description>Essays on localization, AI and the craft of working across languages.</description><link>https://olgastokowiec.com/</link><language>en</language><item><title>What Do Buyers Want</title><link>https://olgastokowiec.com/writer/what-do-buyers-want/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://olgastokowiec.com/writer/what-do-buyers-want/</guid><description>Who are all these AI features really for?... I asked during my GALA Soapbox session earlier this year. I argued that the localization buyer landscape has split…</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What Do They Even Do? A Musician on Conductors (and Maybe Program Managers)</title><link>https://olgastokowiec.com/writer/conductors/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://olgastokowiec.com/writer/conductors/</guid><description>I’m back to the orchestra rehearsals! Which makes me really excited and also reminds me about the question I got asked most when I started playing in symphonic…</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pop-Localization: AI for the Many, Artisans for the Few</title><link>https://olgastokowiec.com/writer/pop-localization/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://olgastokowiec.com/writer/pop-localization/</guid><description>Predicting the future is hard. Show me one person from 2010 who correctly predicted what exactly the world would look like in 2025, what end-to-end technologies…</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>