A selection of relevant news across the industry
Founders of legal language service provider Geotext sue Lionbridge, alleging revenues were understated when calculating payments owed them after 2015 acquisition. Continue reading
After gig economy law AB5 entered into force, California-based translators and interpreters explore options ranging from leaving the state to incorporating as work from clients dries up. Continue reading
Volunteer organization’s stats suggest fewer victims falling for fake CVs, despite increase in new scammer IDs and email addresses; Twitter account suspended in July 2019. Continue reading
Florida-based Spanish Solutions’ proposal for a USD 53,560 interpreting contract, first dismissed on a technicality, was later found to have been submitted several minutes past deadline. Continue reading
European Commission’s Young Interpreters Award 2020 open to students currently in their last year of a master’s degree in conference interpreting. Deadline for entries is January 23, 2020. Continue reading
The Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI), which tracks how employment activity is trending across the global language industry, fell for the first time after six consecutive months of growth. Continue reading
Online publishing platform Medium has featured over 60 articles on localization since May 2019, mostly by behind-the-scenes tech specialists. Continue reading
Keywords Studios CEO Andrew Day sheds more light on the game localization giant’s strategy for media localization and why they think they have the market for game localization pretty much cornered. Continue reading
Days before California’s gig worker bill takes effect, journalists and photographers sue state. American Translators Association doubles down in fight to exempt translators and interpreters. Continue reading
Attempt at vendor centralization fails as Danish National Police terminates USD 80m EasyTranslate interpretation contract with immediate effect. Districts, courts, and other authorities revert to... Continue reading
Malfunctioning testing platform, used by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Translation in a 49-language-pair tender, leaves would-be suppliers frustrated at having to redo tests. Continue reading
The Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI), which tracks how employment activity trends across the global language industry, rises again in December 2019; sets new high. Continue reading
Rev cast as gig economy villain over sudden, poorly communicated rate cut for freelancers. Saga may serve as cautionary tale for translation startups. Continue reading
LSP Carmazzi Global Solutions files for bankruptcy in wake of litigation with US Social Security Administration. Vendors left unpaid. Continue reading
London-based provider of media localization and end-to-end content services TVT Media files for insolvency following the failure of Dutch subsidiary DMC, which it acquired in 2017. Continue reading
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