Since 2008 California and Arizona created more than 4,000 new jobs in the language services industry. Over the same period, New York and Virginia shed jobs. Average payroll per employee is down in New York, California, and Arizona but grew strongly in Texas and Florida. Continue reading
SDL CFO Dominic Lavelle takes temporary leave of absence to undergo treatment for a medical condition. Stepping into CFO role on an interim basis is former CFO of Fredhopper, a company which SDL sold in early 2017. Continue reading
Latest United States Census Bureau data reveals a big gap in total annual pay between the different US states. Data also reveals that California accounts for a quarter of total US language industry employees. Continue reading
Newly created company Valiant Integrated Services buys government services unit from outsourcing company ABM for USD 35.5m. The deal nets Valiant a number of large translation and interpretation contracts with the US Department of Defense. Continue reading
Online translation startup Motaword and localization platform Qordoba raise funds. Qordoba gets a USD 5m investment while Motaword’s EUR 0.5m round values the company at EUR 10m. Continue reading
We asked our readers and they said cold calling is still the most effective way to generate leads, think machine translation hasn’t really moved the needle yet, and 20% believe human translators will run at 1,300 words or more per hour by 2022. Continue reading
Korea pits professional translators against assortment of neural machine translation engines. Contest shows that — unlike in Go — in terms of translation accuracy, humans remain firmly in the lead. Continue reading
Delaware Supreme Court upholds decision to sell TransPerfect to highest bidder via auction. While co-CEO Liz Elting says she is extremely gratified, fellow co-CEO Phil Shawe vows to appeal to the US Supreme Court. Continue reading
Shares in game localization and technical services provider Keywords Studios continue their relentless rise on the back of stronger-than-expected results. CEO says 2017 will see a continuation of acquisitive growth strategy. Continue reading
Technology giant Microsoft releases 2GB of audio, transcription, and translation corpus. Says it wants to create “the gold standard” to evaluate speech language translation, but admits that using Skype Translator still has a clear negative impact on conversation. Continue reading
A carefully curated selection of 2016’s most salient quotes. We have the CEOs of Lionbridge, TransPerfect, Welocalize, and SDL. The buy-side with PayPal, Nielsen, Swiss Post, and major law firms. And technology from Google, Facebook, Baidu, WIPO, and much more. Continue reading
Number of employed translators and interpreters in Germany is up 6.4% in the first nine months of 2016. Revenue growth experiences slight bump in its long-term upward trajectory. Continue reading
The head of Canada’s Translation Bureau, Donna Achimov, steps down. The departure was announced a few days before the Minister of Public Services and Procurement released an official response to a comprehensive study of the Bureau’s mandate and activities. Continue reading
Finland’s AAC Global consolidates its position in the local market by buying TekMil. The deal marks the first transaction since AAC Global was acquired by private-equity firm Korona Invest. Continue reading
Following the playbook of the Crown Commercial Service and the Ministry of Justice, Britain’s NHS launches a tender for translation and interpretation services for the whole of England. Among the requirements: proof that interpreters are vaccinated against tuberculosis and other diseases. Continue reading
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