A selection of relevant news across the industry
Court battles loom as TransPerfect files lawsuit against Lionbridge over alleged misuse of confidential information obtained during 2017 court-imposed sale process. Continue reading
EasyTranslate points to 95% delivery rate amid complaints that interpreters were no-shows in a Danish court, a police station, and at driving schools. Continue reading
The Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI), which tracks how employment activity is trending across the global language industry, climbed slightly in April 2019. Continue reading
Germany’s Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection (BMJV) in February 2019 published the results of a survey that revealed rates charged by the country’s translators, interpreters, and... Continue reading
Association of Language Companies President says simply turning independent contractors into employees sans smart legislation is “wildly inefficient and financially untenable.” Continue reading
The Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI) tracks how employment activity is trending across the global language industry and climbed slightly in March 2019. Continue reading
The CBC publishes two extensive news reports on government contractor Able Translations, detailing the company’s failure to pay its creditors, including its freelance linguists. Continue reading
UK language industry representatives step up lobbying efforts, aiming to mitigate potential impact of Brexit, which threatens to disrupt UK LSPs' access to qualified linguists in-country. Continue reading
The Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI), launched in July 2018 to track how employment activity is trending across the global language industry, slipped below the baseline for the first... Continue reading
Large language service providers in Argentina to be hit with 12% export tax. President of Argentina Association of Language Companies discusses impact on local language industry. Continue reading
The Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI), launched in July 2018 to track how employment activity is trending across the global language industry, dipped slightly in January 2019 to 101.33 vs... Continue reading
An analysis of nearly 600 pricing points submitted to the US Federal Government reveals a wide disparity in translation pricing. Offers range from 10 Cents to 42 Cents on average per word. Continue reading
Lionbridge CEO John Fennelly says he has no comment at the moment about reports that private equity firm HIG is exploring an IPO of Lionbridge in Australia. On 2018, Fennelly highlights a... Continue reading
Hundreds of interpreters threaten to quit working for Denmark’s judicial system unless the new sole provider of a giant USD 80 million contract revisits the terms offered to linguists. Continue reading
Language technology startup Lilt has introduced a new “human-in-the-loop” model, providing language services to their end-customers, but still rejects the LSP label. Continue reading
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