LanguageWire Acquires Finnish Translation and Interpreting Provider Delingua
Denmark-headquartered language service provider LanguageWire acquires Finnish translation and interpreting agency Delingua, deepening its roots in the Nordic market.
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Denmark-headquartered language service provider LanguageWire acquires Finnish translation and interpreting agency Delingua, deepening its roots in the Nordic market.
Belgian language service provider ElaN Languages has acquired Germany’s Lingua-World — its second acquisition of 2023 and since selling to private equity in 2022.
AcudocX plans to streamline its self-service translation portals for speed and accuracy. Translato.ai founder Kyle Corbitt, ex-Googler and a Y Combinator director, will serve as advisor.
Silicon Valley-headquartered startup expands client base from media to include government agencies, plans to work with human transcribers to improve speech-to-text tech.
UK-based RWS announced the acquisition of Propylon, a legal and legislative content management system. Deal may serve as a content on-ramp for the language services business.
Italian language service provider (LSP) Creative Words has acquired local boutique translation agency Opitrad to ramp up business development and scale further in Europe.
France-headquartered language service provider (LSP) Powerling has acquired US-based boutique translation agency TrueLanguage to expand its presence in North America.
Giant media localizer Iyuno acquires Turkish dubbing and subtitling company Ak’la Kara, consolidating the Super Agency’s growth and M&A strategy at the end of Q2 2023.
US-based language access provider GLOBO has acquired All Access Interpreters and LUNA Language Services to expand its onsite interpreting and ASL offerings for healthcare.
Executive Chairman of UK-based Sandberg Translation Partners, Jesper Sandberg, shares his experience of transferring ownership of the LSP to its 100+ employees in an EOT.
San Francisco- and Portugal-based AI agency Unbabel has acquired Bablic, a SaaS tool for website translation, to expand its website and marketing localization solutions.
US-based media localization provider Visual Data acquires EVA Localisation, a year after its initial strategic investment in the France-based dubbing and accessibility provider.
In Sweden, media localization provider Firstlight Media merges with tech company June to form JuneFirst, a year and a half after June’s holding company acquired Firstlight.
As ZOO Digital expands its presence in Iberia, AM Group, a partner to ZOO Digital since 2021, will manage facilities in Madrid and Valencia, including a school for voice talent.
Hong Kong-based financial printing company HeterMedia announces it will acquire a 51% stake in boutique language service provider (LSP) Into23, aims to diversify its portfolio.
German language service provider Flexword will acquire local boutique translation agency exact! in July 2023, with cooperation between the two companies having already begun.
UK-based language service provider (LSP) The Translation People buys Scotland’s Sure Languages in the company’s first acquisition since taking on private equity in late 2022.
Atlanta-based translation and legal services provider, Trustpoint.One, acquires Utah’s inWhatLanguage to expand technology capabilities and geographic coverage.
Denmark-headquartered LanguageWire buys France-based translation agency A.D.T. International, to expand further in Europe and the French translation and localization market.
Solidifying its plans to hold localization capabilities in-house, Kakao’s Piccoma acquires a majority stake in Voithru. The parent company also gets a sizable investment.
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