Italian language industry association AITI conducted a survey of over 500 translators and interpreters, and published its findings on rates, income and technology use, and more. Continue reading
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Court orders UK language service provider Language Empire to pay damages for diverting significant sales away from its rival, thebigword, via copycat websites. Continue reading
Media localizer BTI Studios steps up pace of acquisitions, buys German dubbing studio Berliner Synchron in bid to boost presence in a market with a long history of dubbing. Continue reading
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A complaint against US interpretation provider Global Linguist Solutions alleges poor treatment of workers in Kuwait, while a former recruiter of interpreters is indicted by army prosecutors for foul play in money-making scheme. Continue reading
After a challenging 2016, UK-based Alpha CRC rebounds from losses to post modest profit for the full year 2017. Company says modern workflow tools and agile working may create a degraded environment for translators. Brexit not considered a serious risk. Continue reading
UK-based Capita Translation and Interpreting posted revenues of GBP 16.6m and an operating profit of GBP 1.55m for 2017. CEO forecasts double digit EBITDA margins in 2018. Continue reading
Montréal-based OXO Translations acquires Ccaps, a marketing and software language service provider with offices in Brazil and the US. Continue reading
Half-year revenues at Media localizer ZOO Digital up 17% driven by adoption of cloud-based dubbing and a sales mix shift to localization. Earnings declined due to heavy investment in order to capture future market share. Continue reading
As AI is booming, the world’s largest natural language processing conference doubled in size this year and attracted 2,500 researchers. Global tech companies came looking for fresh talent. And research teams from across the globe battled it out on shared machine translation tasks. Continue reading
The Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI), launched in August 2018 to track how employment activity is trending across the global language industry, dipped slightly to 100.85 in November 2018 vs 102.69 the previous month. Continue reading
California-based language service provider MediaLocate buys local rival JLS Language in acquisition designed to fuel growth, strengthen foothold in Silicon Valley and gain Japanese client base. Continue reading
Zurich-based remote interpretation startup Interprefy has raised CHF 0.5m in funding and is now valued at CHF 11.5m. Former CLS CEO departs board while CEO of partner company joins new non-exec director. Continue reading
U.S. interpretation provider Interpreters Unlimited expands into Colorado with acquisition of GlobeLink. Post-acquisition integration, recruiting qualified linguists, and legislation around contractors top the company’s list of challenges for the next two years. Continue reading
Media localizer BTI Studios acquires its long-time Dutch dubbing partner Creative Sounds in response to increased demand for Dutch dubbing and client preference for “owned and operated” studios. Continue reading
PE-backed Technicis acquires Finland’s AAC Global, pushes into lucrative Nordic market. Deal marks fourth acquisition in 2018, putting Technicis on track for nearly USD 140 million in 2018 pro-forma revenues. Continue reading
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