FIFA’s Deputy Head of Language Services talks about what it takes to communicate to the world’s three billion football fans, why they prefer to work with freelance translators for most of their material, and why cost is only one factor in their outsourcing decision. Continue reading
Large framework contracts for language services continue to gain popularity across the United Kingdom as Scotland aggregates public sector translation demand into a four-year contract. This is expected to put pricing pressure on language service providers. Continue reading
Localization Managers of payment solutions provider cleverbridge talk about how technology has made it easier for them to work directly with freelancers and where they think language service providers still add value. Continue reading
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
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
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
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