OCOL receives a barrage of complaints on the state of linguistic parity between Canada’s official languages French and English, but praises the Translation Bureau for its popular bilingual Our Languages blog. Continue reading
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SlatorCon London 2018 was a spectacular display of the breadth and depth of the language industry, uniting a diverse mix of industry stakeholders from end buyers, vendor CEOs, analysts, and investment bankers involved in industry M&A. Here’s what you missed if you weren’t there. Continue reading
Muslim dating app Muzmatch will launch in 12 languages this week. The London-based firm behind the app has raised USD 1.75m in seed investment and is expanding to reach over 300 million target users globally. Continue reading
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Will TransPerfect defend the number one position in 2018? And why are Anglo-American LSPs dominating the Slator LSPI? What will Brexit mean for English use in the EU? Any why buyers choose to bring more of the supply chain in-house. Continue reading
EA Senior Localization Director Michaela Bartelt-Krantz discussed the game giant’s supply chain, partnership strategies, and her vision of the future of game localization at the recent SlatorCon London 2018. Continue reading
Richard Glasson, CEO of Hogarth Worldwide, talks about four key trends in the advertising industry, and his company’s strategic approach to helping clients navigate the complex requirements of modern multilingual content delivery. Continue reading
ZOO Digital was in the right place at the right time when the streaming revolution hit. CEO Stuart Green addressed participants at SlatorCon London in May 2018 and explained how media localization has fundamentally changed and how he plans to take the company forward. Continue reading
Alongside the obvious and mundane, the language industry hosts some very intriguing job titles. Here’s a short analysis of 600+ job titles used on the LinkedIn profiles of employees working in Language Service Providers (LSPs) globally. Continue reading
Prague-based indie video game developer Keen Software House has found an innovative approach to localization initiated by a highly engaged community of gamers who volunteered to translate its flagship game into their native language. Continue reading
Benjamin du Fraysseix, CEO of Technicis, gave his perspective on M&A during a presentation to the SlatorCon London audience in May 2018. Du Fraysseix has been a practitioner of the art and science of M&A, having led the company through multiple acquisitions since 2012. Continue reading
More than 80 language industry leaders, 6 presentations, a lively panel debate and extended networking opportunities; SlatorCon London 2018 again assembled some of the most important names in the industry and touched on what matters in language services and tech. Continue reading
After the March 2018 decision by National Labor Relations Board to order SOSi to reclassify freelancers as employees, businesses and freelancers alike are wondering what the ruling could mean for an industry that has relied on freelancers for decades. Continue reading
Mozilla’s flagship product, the Firefox web browser, ships in 103 languages. All products of the free software community are localized, but they have a unique community-based approach to localization. Continue reading
Slator launches the 2018 Slator Language Service Provider Index (LSPI). The index comprises the largest language service providers worldwide with aggregate 2017 revenue of USD 4.7 billion derived from services such as translation, localization, language technology, interpretation, subtitling, dubbing, and related services. Continue reading
Over 600,000 professional profiles. More than 20,000 company accounts. Here’s a look at the language industry according to LinkedIn. Continue reading
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