Translation Laboratory has a new Managing Director, Commit Global Translations appoints a Chief Development Officer, and United Language Group and Paragon Language Services name new Business Development Managers Continue reading
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E-commerce platform GetYourGuide localizes 30,000 tours and activities into 14 languages in real-time. An early adopter of adaptive machine translation, the company works closely with professional translators for much of its content, but prefers machine translation for customer reviews. Continue reading
Dublin-based game localizer Keywords Studios acquires North Carolina’s XLOC for USD 0.9m. XLOC team will be folded into the company and its founders will stay on. Continue reading
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Selection process for Translation Bureau CEO opened to public; eventually homes in on career public executive from within own department. Stéphan Déry steps into his role as Translation Bureau CEO May 23, 2017. Continue reading
Dutch LSP Concorde continues to grow through small tuck-in acquisitions, buying small financial translation agency BB&TW and cloud translation platform LiveWords; puts 2016 group revenues at EUR 30m. Continue reading
We asked our readers and half say translation will still be paid for by word in 2022, the second quarter is best for business, an investment into RWS should be a winner for 2017, and trade shows are the best place to find freelancers. Continue reading
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) replaces former contractor Marsha Krupp Translation Group with CLS Lexi-tech in USD 25.6m seven-year language contract. Trade Tribunal orders tax agency to reopen RFP. CRA retaliates by filing case in federal court. Continue reading
Tokyo-based language service and technology provider reports USD 17m in annual revenues. Human translation and interpretation business contributes nearly half at USD 8.3m. Company says it has started to transition its MT unit to neural machine translation. Continue reading
Government procurement agency Hansel defends itself against critics of the way it handled Finland’s EUR 37.5m interpretation contract; denies it changed rules mid-process. Continue reading
Government body knocks down AllWorld’s complaint against competitor over USD 18m contract; says even if AllWorld’s protest had merit, it would not have won because it quoted highest price. Same body sustained similar appeal by AllWorld in 2016. Continue reading
Unbabel has a new VP of Engineering, Iconic hires a new Machine Translation Scientist, XTRF and Intonation name new Business Development Managers, and Literra appoints a new Sales Director. Continue reading
Central procurement agency Hansel leaves Finnish government without language service contracts; source says big government clients may launch own tenders. Affected LSPs take Hansel to court. Hansel described as unprofessional customer. Continue reading
After setting up a holding company at the start of 2017, Arancho Doc buys Italian language service provider Soget. Chief Strategy Officer Roberto Ganzerli does not rule out taking on outside investment, confirms they are looking to do more deals. Continue reading
Industry behemoth SDL accuses startup Lilt of interfering with sales of SDL products by violating three US patents granted its 2010 acquisition, Language Weaver. Lilt counters that SDL’s claims have no merit; vows to defend themselves vigorously. Continue reading
European Central Bank announces winners of EUR 2.4m framework for translating 19 source languages into English. Estonian and Maltese still looking for vendors. Continue reading
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