Activity was high among language service provider executives in the first half of 2018 as boardrooms and executive teams were reshuffled. Here are our top 10 picks from January to June 2018. Continue reading
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In Slator’s June 2018 newsletter polls, we explored reader input on Exfluency’s ICO succeeding or not, their work-life balance outlook, whether the language technology they are using works for them, and where they go to look for work. Continue reading
Language plays a ubiquitous role across India’s top ten digital trends, according to consulting firm KPMG. The rising numbers of Indian language internet users expect more and more vernacular content. Continue reading
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Police arrest man for possession of 14 pounds of illegal drugs, but the case does not hold up in court because Google Translate was used to ask the defendant for permission to search his vehicle. Continue reading
Some familiar names helped pushed May 2018 to the top of the charts in terms of neural machine translation research. Meanwhile, the hottest research trends appear to be the race to better quality and translating low-resource, non-Latin languages. Continue reading
EA Senior Localization Director Michaela Bartelt-Krantz discussed the game giant’s supply chain, partnership strategies, and her vision of the future of game localization at the recent SlatorCon London 2018. Continue reading
Richard Glasson, CEO of Hogarth Worldwide, talks about four key trends in the advertising industry, and his company’s strategic approach to helping clients navigate the complex requirements of modern multilingual content delivery. Continue reading
Systran’s Global CTO Jean Senellart discussed the direction the open source race for neural machine translation is taking and what it means, what’s its bottom-line, and what to expect in the future. Continue reading
Amazon’s third Amazon Research Awards picked 49 out of over 800 submissions and will be awarding research groups up to USD 80,000 each for their projects. Six submissions directly relate to natural language processing or neural machine translation. Continue reading
Holland-based Livewords picks up another small generalist language service provider in its home market. The deal marks second acquisition since rebranding from Concorde to Livewords. Continue reading
Honyaku Center registers a slight 3.9% increase year-on-year with total revenues of JPY 10.6bn (USD 96.2m), making this fiscal year a record for Japan’s largest LSP. Shares jump on the news, climbing to a two-year high. Continue reading
A 30-day promotion between partners eBay and Webinterpret that offered sellers automated localization on their listings has backfired with sellers complaining about being opted in without permission, even calling it an outright scam. Continue reading
Slator readers tell us what they think about buyers prohibiting subcontracting to other providers, the media and game localization boom, Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation rollout, and a resurgence in neural machine translation research and its ongoing implications. Continue reading
China’s game market is huge already, even while its regulations are prohibiting free flow of games into the Chinese market. Continue reading
Research into neural machine translation in 2018 is exploding, with April 2018 being the busiest month ever for NMT, as Big Tech companies from Google to Facebook to Amazon go full throttle on multiple areas of research. Continue reading
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