A new tender for onsite and remote interpreting, released by the Swedish Migration Board, is the latest in a string of tenders from the Nordics over the past couple of months. Continue reading
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In another potential money-spinner for LSPs operating in the Nordics, the municipality of Svendborg in Denmark released a new tender for interpretation services worth USD 10.5m. Continue reading
WIPO issues potential 11m words translation contract. Freelancers and LSPs subcontracting to other LSPs excluded. Bidders must employ native translators in Spanish, French, and English. Continue reading
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A dozen Danish government agencies related to the judicial sector issue a massive collective tender for language services. The entire contract will be awarded to a single vendor in order to “achieve cost savings and economies of scale”. Continue reading
Netflix closes Hermes, its online subtitling and translation test and indexing system, and says it has ‘reached its capacity for each one of the language tests’. Continue reading
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects the total number of jobs for Interpreters and Translators to grow by 18% from 68,200 in 2016 to 80,300 by 2026, outstripping the national average. Median annual pay at USD 46,120 in 2016. Continue reading
As Canada’s Translation Bureau continues discussions with stakeholder groups over various issues, Public Services and Procurement Canada has released a RFI hoping to get feedback from the language industry regarding its procurement processes. Continue reading
Under the Revised 508 Standards, US federal government agencies are now required to comply with new rules on captioning, audio descriptions and other alternate texts for digital content made available on smartphones, cameras and other multifunction devices. Continue reading
The US government has awarded 4,005 contracts on translation and interpretation worthed a total of just over USD 100m for the first four months of FY 2018. Law enforcement and military related spending continues to be the biggest spenders. Continue reading
A new EU Directive called MIFID II, introduced on 3 January 2018, means investment firms will have to make their research costs explicit, and threatens to reduce the amount of research – and therefore translation – being commissioned by investment banks’ trading desks . Continue reading
Hungary ends the state monopoly on certified translations. Language service providers (LSPs) and freelance translators and interpreters welcome the move. Hungarian translation market estimated at EUR 30m. Continue reading
Several local news outlets in various US states have all been highlighting the lack of interpreters recently. Medical and legal interpretation demand in focus. Continue reading
China’s government is increasingly showing public support for the local language services industry. New initiatives for standardization and industry upgrades were launched at a high profile forum on developing language services to support the multi-trillion One Belt One Road economic plan. Continue reading
Government procurement, new legislation, and regulatory reforms shaped the demand for language services in 2017. From accreditation reforms in Australia to new laws and legal tussles in California to translation directives in India and Dubai, there were hot-button issues in the industry across geographies. Continue reading
The call for bids is for four projects involving the translation of legal text, including legal documents of ongoing proceedings, decision of various legal bodies, legal opinion, and other texts that deal with EU or national laws. Continue reading
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