A selection of relevant news across the industry
The Association of Language Companies lobbies politicians for “workable, clear exemptions for knowledge-based industries” during its March 2021 virtual advocacy event. Continue reading
Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI) climbs 10 points to a new high in April 2021, signalling a recovery for industry hiring, after the Covid-19 disruption of 2020. Continue reading
Conference interpreters in Belgium see income cut in half due to Covid. Belgian linguist group CBTI-BKVT lobbies government to include interpreters in financial relief grants. Continue reading
We asked your opinions on the single biggest threat to top LSPs, multilingual dating at scale, client proximity, and business performance thus far in 2021. Continue reading
Charts and analysis of the fastest growing LSPs and growth leaders in the Slator 2021 LSPI, plus main demand and growth drivers. Continue reading
Netflix’s Internationalization team built the Shakespeare tool to improve testing of UI copy, built into their apps by their coders, in dozens of languages. Continue reading
Regional analysis of the Slator 2021 LSPI: Top five country headquarters, top LSP by revenue per region, regional and country revenues for LSPI companies. Continue reading
Introducing the Slator 2021 LSPI companies and per segment analysis of 175+ LSPs: percentage growth, dollar growth, declines, and total revenues. Continue reading
Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI) climbs nearly 10 points in March 2021 as hiring, language industry funding, and M&A continue into the first quarter. Continue reading
The Slator 2021 Language Service Provider Index ranks the world’s largest language service providers by revenue; features over 175 LSPs from Super Agency, Leader, Challenger, and Boutique categories. Continue reading
'Many open roles'—look who’s hiring! Email no longer ‘feels like millions.’ For PEMT, what’s a reasonable speed and will hiring subject-matter experts fluent only in the target language become a thing? Continue reading
Court says an LSP’s use of Google Translate could mean a gross violation of professional practices and a client’s IP rights; ruling defines what constitutes a ‘professional translator.’ Continue reading
Google ends bid to join game dev market, but Stadia game-streaming platform stays. Some 150 employees affected by move; head of game dev team to leave Google. Continue reading
What will business look like in 2021? When will in-person conferences return? Do you prefer public or private sector clients? Where are the large accounts going? Continue reading
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