A selection of relevant news across the industry
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
Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI) climbed more than four points in February 2021 as hiring, language industry funding, and M&A continued into the new year. Continue reading
Following controversies over voice data collection at Microsoft, Apple, and Google, users of Microsoft Translator and Skype can now opt out of having their voice clips used to improve software. Continue reading
Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI) saw seasonal dip in January as index fell one point from December 2020; language industry funding and M&A continued pre-holiday season. Continue reading
Larger language service providers will be able to qualify for small business set-asides and loans under the higher receipts-based threshold proposed by the Small Business Administration (US SBA). Continue reading
As the Brexit transition period came to an end, a December 2020 agreement between the EU and the UK outlined the requirements for UK linguists on business trips. Continue reading
Should RWS rebrand Trados or leave the name as is? Would you let AI convert your bullet points into text? Are 20,000 LSPs in the dying zone? Holiday plans for LSPs and freelancers. Continue reading
Some highlights from SlatorCon Remote December 2020 on topics such as M&A, medtech, machine translation, digital transformation, the future of TMS, and scaling linguistic services for online retail. Continue reading
Update to Germany’s Judicial Remuneration and Compensation Act sees rates rise for translators and interpreters. Industry association BDÜ criticizes changes as inadequate. Continue reading
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