EU’s IATE database has been revamped for increased user-friendliness and responsive design, better technology under the hood for more powerful search and filtering options, enhanced data reliability, and open connectivity via APIs, among others. Continue reading
August 2018 sees ZOO Digital and XTM International welcome a new Executive Director of Sales for North America and Director of Business Development. Meanwhile, Lingo24 added a new Head of Consulting, Europe, and Locaria recently appointed a new Director Of Business Development. Continue reading
Japan’s largest language services provider posts double digit revenue growth on the back of 2017 acquisition and a rebound in its Conventions business. Continue reading
The US State Department is looking for 1,000 freelance linguists to renew the one-year contracts it first awarded in October 2017. Up to USD 20m has been earmarked in total with individual limit set at USD 150,000 annually. Continue reading
As Denmark centralizes interpretation across its judicial sector, Danish language service provider EasyTranslate beats out five rival bids to win one of Europe’s largest language services contracts in 2018. Continue reading
The readers have spoken on topics ranging from governments supporting linguist training and education, post-editing machine translation, current demand for Asian languages, and the 2019 outlook Continue reading
What’s behind the arcane research paper that Baidu helped spin into a machine translation breakthrough celebrated across the media? Continue reading
An inaugural survey from the Belgian Chamber of Translators and Interpreters revealed average rates for translators and interpreters in Belgium for agencies and direct clients, as well as language combinations, specializations, satisfaction rates, and technology use. Continue reading
Executives from Wordbee, GoPro, and Tencent discussed a number of key issues at SlatorCon San Francisco 2018 during the Technology Panel, and one takeaway was the limitations of neural machine translation. Continue reading
The startup panel at SlatorCon San Francisco had CEOs and Co-Founders from Boostlingo, Cadence Translate, and Wovn sharing exclusive data points, unique experiences, and hard-learned lessons. Continue reading
US court rulings are ruffling feathers, content effectiveness might be a better yardstick over linguistic quality, talent acquisition has gotten harder over the past 12 months, and no, most have not considered investing in publicly listed LSPs. Continue reading
As language data becomes increasingly prominent in the age of neural networks and machine learning, a number of use cases highlight the need for high quality training data, such as South Korea’s KT GiGA Genie. Continue reading
Neural machine translation is fluent to the point that Google’s ranking algorithm may rate machine translated content as legitimate content created by humans, hinting at complex implications for search engine optimization and digital marketing. Continue reading
August 2018 became the busiest month ever for neural machine translation research as more papers call for improved evaluation methods and big tech companies step up the number of submissions. Continue reading
It has been a busy summer 2018 for the US legal and healthcare interpretation industry with President Trump’s immigration policy boosting demand for rarer languages, states building out language services for voters, and local governments pushing back on interpreter pay demands. Continue reading
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