Company History

Localization & Production Expertise

JBI was founded in 1977 by Jacques Boulanger, an advertising executive who focused the company on consulting and translations for marketing content and corporate communications. Soon thereafter, JBI began offering audio translation and voice-over services for marketing videos. It was a natural fit for the company, given the large pool of international voice talents in Los Angeles, as well as the availability of top-quality studio engineers and editors.

In 1996, Eliane Barth joined JBI as Director of Production. Under her leadership, the company became JBI Localization and opened its own broadcast-quality recording studio, equipped with ProTools and state-of-the-art hardware. She refocused JBI around multimedia, and audio & video localization in particular. JBI quickly became a leading provider of foreign-language voice-over, video dubbing and subtitling for video game developers, film studios and large corporations.

In 2001, JBI built a second voice-over studio and expanded its post-production services to meet client demand. It added audio description, on-screen titles and graphics replacement, and full-service e-Learning localization to its service roster. The company could now take on any video and multimedia elements – delivering fully-localized audio, video, and multimedia suites in over 50 languages.

In 2005, JBI Localization opened its subsidiary JBI Studios which focuses on voice-over, dubbing, and subtitling for entertainment content. The business also moved to its current facilities, complete with two recording studios with Source-Connect, a post-editing suite, and a soundstage, giving JBI the flexibility to accommodate large projects with crushing deadlines. The studio’s scalability, combined with its expertise in foreign languages and new media technology, allows it to serve small and large clients with complex multimedia localization requirements – in any language.

Some of Our Clients

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Professional Digital Studios in Los Angeles

Our facilities are set up specifically for high-quality, foreign-language professional voice recording, which is expected by our clients around the world. We offer two in-house recording studios, multi-platform in-house video editing suites, and a soundstage for green-screen video.

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The JBI Difference

  • Voice-over talents screened for native accent, tone, diction and overall professionalism.
  • A single project manager to oversee all aspects, from assets to delivery.
  • A native-speaking professional voice-over director to supervise each session.
  • A native-speaking QA editor to inspect all recordings for accuracy.
  • Rigorous post-production and file renaming processes.
  • Proprietary script formatting apps and pronunciation standards
  • Studios staffed by expert engineers, featuring ProTools HD & Source-Connect.