The latest closed deals in the language industry from technology vendors to service providers
Sydney-listed Straker Translations lands major deal win with IBM; shares zoom up as investors bet on long awaited boost to profitability. Continue reading
EU releases complete list of players in contract to automatically transcribe and translate multilingual parliamentary debates in real time; two consortia and Microsoft Belgium awarded for phase one. Continue reading
Contract incumbent SOS International (SOSi) will provide interpretation, translation, and transcription for courts associated with the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR). Continue reading
Purchasing consortium ESPO names 20 winners of four-year contract. Framework largely for over-the-phone interpreting, virtual remote interpreting, and in-person interpreting. Continue reading
LSP Translated says automatic speech translation prototype to be delivered to Parliament within 12 months with two other solutions. EU to name best-performing solution official tool for two years. Continue reading
European Commission’s half-million-page TRAD19 tender is awarded to 68 language service providers (LSPs). Analysis of top suppliers, price per page, language combinations. Continue reading
Norway announces winners of nationwide police interpreting contract. Move comes after watchdog fined police for purchasing interpreting services without a tender. Continue reading
Scania County in Sweden awards USD 65m interpretation contract to startup DigitalTolk. Contract to run for two years from July 1, 2020. Continue reading
Six awardees in France, Italy, Spain, and the UK will provide interpreting and cultural expertise services to Frontex in over 35 languages in this multiple framework contract. Continue reading
DGT awards translation contracts to 50+ LSPs across 18 target languages, worth USD 70m over five years; incumbent translation productivity provider SDL bags repeat contract. Continue reading
Lionbridge awarded two translation contracts to provide services to Canadian Intellectual Property Office, valued at around CAD 1.5m (USD 1.1m). Continue reading
Swedish interpreting platform startup DigitalTolk lands sizeable contract with Swedish public sector buyer as unusual evaluation metrics are deployed. Continue reading
New Zealand names ezispeak main telephone interpreting service provider, replacing OPI service of 16 years. Certain stakeholders say they are “dumbfounded” by the decision. Continue reading
Nine LSPs take a slice of a new GBP 3.2m framework contract, issued in the UK for regional language services to support primary provider MK Language Service. Continue reading
Canada Translation Bureau picks SDL MultiTrans and SDL Trados Studio to replace its 15-year-old proprietary translation management system; rules out using raw MT. Continue reading
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