AI Dubbing Finds Traction, Translation Buyer’s Guide Published
NeuralGarage raises USD 1.45m, Papercup wins big with Bloomberg, large language models and their use in machine translation, and public sector RFPs for translation services.
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Nations Translation Group Buys Language Marketplace as Canadian Market Consolidates
Nations Translation Group acquires fellow Canadian LSP, Language Marketplace. Nations CEO, André Palaguine, on the deal and Canada’s billion-dollar language market.
Slator Pro Guide: Finding Growth in Adjacent Services
25-page Slator Pro Guide: Finding Growth in Adjacent Services for LSPs helps identify new opportunities for growth. Includes analysis of barriers to entry, synergies, and risks.
Papercup’s Bloomberg Win Highlights Growing Adoption of Synthetic Voices, AI Dubbing
AI dubbing startup, Papercup, just landed a two-year contract with Bloomberg Media — signaling that a broader swath of clients is growing more comfortable with synthetic voices.
Quality Matters Most: Belgian Associations Publish Guide to Buying Translation Services
Two Belgian associations have released a guide for translation services procurement in the public sector.
Slator Pro Guide: Finding Growth in Adjacent Services
Pro Guide for LSPs to identify growth opportunities in adjacent services. Profiles 15 adjacent services, analyzing barriers to entry, risks, and synergies.
US Census Data: Need for Translators and Interpreters Remains a Constant
With some 68 million out of the total US population of 333 million speaking a language other than English at home in the US, language access remains a clear, pressing need.
How Good Are Large Language Models at Machine Translation?
Very fluent but not yet highly accurate — this is how Google researchers describe machine translation performance of large language models versus state-of-the-art MT.
AI Dubbing Platform, NeuralGarage, Raises USD 1.45m in Seed Round
Indian visual dubbing startup, NeuralGarage, raises USD 1.45m in seed funding to build R&D, engineering, and product teams.
Meta Releases Large Dataset for Multilingual Speech-to-Speech Translation
Meta has released SpeechMatrix, a large-scale mined corpus of multilingual speech-to-speech translations.
LanguageLine’s Growth Accelerated in Q3 FY22, Teleperformance Says
French call center giant Teleperformance highlights steady development of interpreting specialist sub-unit, LanguageLine, in third quarter results.
DeepL’s Unicorn Round, USD 15 Million Translation Client, Bank Builds MT In-House
DeepL’s mega-round, LanguageLine buys Capita TI, Straker’s biggest client extends contract, machine translation at Europe’s second-largest bank, and Descript raises USD 50m.
DeepL Taps Investors in Round Valuing Machine Translation Firm at USD 1 Billion — Reports
German tech darling DeepL said to be in final stretch of closing large venture capital-backed financing round, valuing machine translation firm at nearly USD 1bn.
Honyaku Ups FY22 Forecast as Translation, Interpretation Units Outperform
Translation and interpreting demand at Japan’s largest LSP, Honyaku Center, now approaching pre-Covid figures. Slow recovery of in-person activities continues to impact sales.
European Parliament Should Support Digital Language Equality, Expert Group Says
Experts in language technology from ADAPT urge European Parliament to support language equality and prevent digital extinction of minority languages.
Ai-Media Closes Q1 FY23 With Positive Cash Flow
Multilingual captioning provider, Ai-Media, enters new fiscal year with increased revenue, renewed exclusive agreement with big tech, new partnerships.
Reader Polls: Should Translation Tests Be Multiple Choice?
How LSPs view Google Translation Hub, acceptable format of translation tests, growth expectations in media localization, impact of latest AI developments.
Intento CEO Konstantin Savenkov on Best-Fit MT, Google Translation Hub, Generative AI
Intento CEO, Konstantin Savenkov, on improving best-of-breed custom machine translation platforms through automated post-editing features, and the state of machine translation.
LanguageLine Buys Capita Translation and Interpreting
LanguageLine, the language services sub-unit of French call center giant Teleperformance, purchases UK-based LSP Capita Translation and Interpreting (Capita TI) from Capita plc.
New Jersey Expands Language Access Legislation to Include 15 Languages
New Jersey’s Bill S2459 expands language access legislation to include 15 languages, becoming the largest, state-sponsored language services program in the United States.
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