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Slator consultant and corporate communications professional who enjoys exploring Asian cities.
Recent podcast interview with audio team behind popular game franchise, Call of Duty, indicates why game localization continues to thrive through Covid-19. Continue reading
Travod appoints a Chief Commercial Officer; Word Class names a Sales Director; Linguacom hires a Head of Marketing; and Anzu Global adds a Globalization Account Manager. Continue reading
CEO Phil Shawe on TransPerfect’s record quarter, state of Travel & Hospitality demand, investing in AI, and why he is confident they have enough ‘dry powder’ to support M&A. Continue reading
As machine translation delivers 39% revenue growth in first 9 months of FY 2021, Japan’s Rozetta outgrows declining human-translation business in favor of MT SaaS. Continue reading
Why many LSPs were unable to pivot on their digital marketing efforts when Covid hit, according to Lionbridge’s Chief Marketing Officer, Jaime Punishill. Continue reading
While 2020 will go down in history as the year of Covid, it also saw six CEO appointments at language services and tech providers as well as several C-level and VP hires, as reported by Slator. Continue reading
From Deputy to full CEO of Acolad Group, Olivier Marcheteau on his main responsibilities over the next year and what drivers and trends he is “convinced of.” Continue reading
UK startup Papercup’s latest round brings total funds raised to USD 14m since 2017 launch. Future applications could include lip-syncing and real-time human conversations across many languages. Continue reading
Acolad Group President, Benjamin du Fraysseix, and CEO, Olivier Marcheteau, speak at SlatorCon Remote on what made the Acolad-AMPLEXOR merger a success. Continue reading
Amazon launches Live Translation for Alexa from English into six languages; says new feature builds on previous tech, such as Amazon Translate. Continue reading
This is what happens when the CEOs of Smartling, XTM, and memoQ exchange views about trends in the TMS space and the future of the language market. Continue reading
Some highlights from SlatorCon Remote December 2020 on topics such as M&A, medtech, machine translation, digital transformation, the future of TMS, and scaling linguistic services for online retail. Continue reading
AI21 Labs, maker of Wordtune, raises USD 25m in funding. Brings total funds raised to USD 34.5m, after previous 2019 seed round. Both rounds led by Israel-based VC, Pitango First. Continue reading
Tarjama hires a Head of Product; Effectiff Services names a Director of OPI/VRI Operations; and US Translation Company appoints a Director of Translation Solutions. Continue reading
Transcription and captioning provider Verbit raises a whopping USD 60 million in Series C from Sapphire to fund tech development but also growth via acquisition. Continue reading
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