A selection of relevant news across the industry
Several groups of court interpreters in Ontario, Canada take action against 12-year-old hourly rate, lack of support for remote interpreting during Covid. Ministry of the Attorney General responds. Continue reading
Company that owned ezispeak, New Zealand government’s remote interpretation provider, sells business, enters liquidation. ezispeak continues to operate, but interpreters say bills have gone unpaid. Continue reading
Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI) hits seasonal dip in January 2022 following record levels of translation, localization, and interpreting hiring in 2021. Continue reading
We asked Slator readers to do some crystal ball gazing — 25 years from now — as well as their thoughts on the language industry investment and hiring boom, and more. Continue reading
Is MT really the new TMS? And what of RSI’s future? Stakeholders trade insights on machine translation, translation management systems, and remote simultaneous interpreting at SlatorCon Remote. Continue reading
Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI) climbs to its highest-ever level in December 2021, as translation, localization, interpreting hiring shoots up a record 11.8 points before Christmas. Continue reading
Finnish hospital and court interpreters stop work, read demands out loud for three minutes to protest public-sector tender process. Current government interpreting contract set to expire early 2022. Continue reading
Baroness Coussins moves to legislate minimum qualifications for UK police and court interpreters. Not so fast, Lord Stewart of Dirleton said. More assessment needed. Continue reading
Curating datasets, reviewing user-generated content, and liaising with locals — all in a day’s work for a linguist hired by big tech. (No computer science degree or published research required.) Continue reading
Recent survey shows literary translators yet to benefit from EU Directive two years after it came into force. Remuneration, transparency, procedure — CEATL survey outlines what needs to be improved. Continue reading
Volunteers to Singapore’s Citizen Translators Project increase from 88 to 800 in 2021, many of them students. Government rolls out incentives for participants, translation workshops for teachers. Continue reading
We asked your opinions on English dubbing, MT research findings, post-editing TM versus MT output, and Google Translate. Continue reading
Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI) climbs 3.4 points in November 2021, as hiring in translation, localization, and interpreting continues strongly in the final quarter of 2021. Continue reading
Sworn translators and interpreters in the Netherlands stage protests through October 2021 to call the attention of Dutch lawmakers, who will soon vote on better pay. Continue reading
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