Senior managers join SOS International, Testronic Laboratories, Translation Probst, and Delingua Language Services. Continue reading
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The California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) is seeking public comment on a new interpreter fee regulation, which is also envisioned to streamline how interpreters are selected and paid for work in the medical-legal field. Not everyone is happy. Continue reading
SwissGlobal and XTM International appoint two new senior managers while Morningside Translations and ULG welcome new directors. Continue reading
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Two Paris-based language service providers won the bidding for medico-social interpreting and written translation services for the city government. Continue reading
A mobile ads marketplace in a linguistically diverse region has introduced a chat-reply messaging system that would soon be available in other languages. Continue reading
The Silicon Valley-based financial conversation platform Juntos uses a mobile communication tool to engage users in their own language to help them achieve financial goals. Continue reading
Non-staff interpreters working in US immigration courts received a favorable ruling from the National Labor Relations Board in their complaint against government services contractor SOS International (SOSi). Continue reading
Qatar’s literary award for translation is open for nominations until August 31. This year’s featured language is German, but prizes are also available for works translated from Arabic to Bosnian, Italian, Japanese, Russian, and Swahili (and vice versa). Continue reading
Linguistic Systems welcomes a new Vice President and Dotsub a new Head of European Business Development. Senior also managers join Supertext and Andovar. Continue reading
Netflix closes Hermes, its online subtitling and translation test and indexing system, and says it has ‘reached its capacity for each one of the language tests’. Continue reading
Serbian mobile game developer Nordeus sees demand for game localization rising as the global games market continues to grow. The volume will be there as well as the fun, says Localization Lead Jasmin Jelača. Continue reading
BTI Studios hires a veteran 20th Century Fox executive as its new EVP of OTT Operations. Eriksen Translations, Semantix, and Teneo Linguistics welcome new sales and marketing professionals on their team. Continue reading
British game developer Frontier Developments has always relied on language service providers (LSPs) to localize its games. Localization Manager Tamara Tirjak says the company is looking to expand the number of languages it supports. Continue reading
In a landmark hearing on January 31, 2018, the European Parliament acknowledged the need for the EU to work more actively for the safety and protection of translators and interpreters in conflict situations. Continue reading
Localization Director Estelle Bailly says good localization can encourage players to spend more time in free-to-play games and to monetize. The US game developer regularly outsources work to LSPs but says no to machine translation. Continue reading
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