Gerard Castañeda
Research Associate for Slator.com. Runs, bikes, and climbs mountains for fun.
Canada Census Reveals Ever Growing Linguistic Diversity
Even as the rate of English-French bilingualism is at its highest since 2001, more Canadians are speaking an immigrant tongue at home. Asian languages are on the rise, according to data from the... Continue reading
Reader Polls: Amazon’s Ambitions, Tough LSP Markets, Translation Productivity Tools
Our readers on whether Amazon will emerge as Google’s fiercest rival in translation, the hardest industry for LSPs, how many translation productivity tools they use, and whether or not their... Continue reading
Remote Interpretation Startup SpeakUS Raises EUR 50k Angel Round
SpeakUS, a remote interpretation startup focusing on events, raises angel funding from an Irish state agency. It will use the fresh capital mostly for marketing. Continue reading
California and Arizona Are the US Language Industry’s Top Job Creators
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... Continue reading
SDL CFO Takes Temporary Leave of Absence
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... Continue reading
Language Industry Salaries in New York 56% Higher Than in California
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... Continue reading
ABM Sells US Government Services Unit, Incl. Language Business, for USD 35.5m
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... Continue reading
Qordoba Raises USD 5m, Motaword Gets EUR 0.5m
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
Reader Polls: Is 1,300 Words Per Hour Possible?
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... Continue reading
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