Make sense of the complex issues driving the language services market
Michal Antczak, Head of Localization Technology at PayPal, urges SlatorCon Amsterdam 2019 attendees to think beyond standard pitches and customize solutions for end users. Continue reading
Intuit VP of Global Expansion Jimena Almendares explains how a Fortune 500 company analyzes opportunities in new markets and goes beyond language to localize. Continue reading
LSPs moving toward hourly rates for linguists? Edit distance a viable metric long-term? Are regulations important to translation demand? Will Rev recover from bad press over transcriptionist pay cuts? Continue reading
As the language industry becomes more and more competitive, what are universities doing to ensure that their translation students are ready to enter the marketplace? Continue reading
Should ATA decouple certification from membership? How hard is corporate terminology? Is MT well integrated into translation productivity tools? Should institutions move to RSI? Continue reading
Do recruiters approach language professionals? Do LSPs expect growth in 2019? Will California linguists win exemption from AB5? Could Unbabel have a major impact? Continue reading
Two Silicon Valley venture capitalists and a private equity investor discuss their rationale for investing in the language industry, weighing in on an industry undergoing a profound shift. Continue reading
Although automation makes the job of a vendor manager easier, investing in relationships is key to building trust within a team — and managing an LSP’s reputation among freelancers. Continue reading
Language Services Director Meredith Stegall explains how moving Parkland Hospital’s multilingual call center and interpreting operations in-house saved millions and created local jobs. Continue reading
Appen CEO, Mark Brayan, speaks at SlatorCon San Francisco 2019 on the expensive, complex, and crucial process of collecting language data for AI. Continue reading
CEO speaks at SlatorCon San Francisco 2019 on the principles that have made TransPerfect the language industry’s largest provider by revenue. Continue reading
NVIDIA Senior Deep Learning Engineer Chip Huyen details progress on MT challenges, including data requirements, sentence-length limitations, and imperfect quality evaluation techniques. Continue reading
Cloudflare’s Head of Globalization, Claire Tsai, shares the cybersecurity company’s strategy for expanding to different markets; cautions against getting caught up in “vanity metrics.” Continue reading
Is your employment status clear? Are payment terms longer now? Are single-vendor frameworks right for large-scale interpreting? Should startups get into localization technology? Continue reading
Will regulatory changes favor the language industry? What practical impact will NLP have on the market? Who uses RSI apps? Should LSPs pursue the language data market? Continue reading
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