Mastering the Art of Transcreation With Craft’s Tanya Bogin
Craft London Managing Director, Tanya Bogin, on localizing global campaigns, improving workflow automation, and cultivating transcreation specialists.
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In Podcasts & Videos you find episodes of SlatorPod, the weekly language industry podcast, as well as a range of video interviews and analysis of what’s driving the global translation and localization industry.
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LXT’s Phil Hall on the 2023 AI Boom, Covering 750 Languages, and ChatGPT
LXT Chief Growth Officer, Phil Hall, on covering 750 languages, emerging competitors, and why he agrees that data-for-AI companies are the shovel providers in a gold rush.
How Good Is ChatGPT at Translation?
Highlights from Slator’s 2022 M&A and Funding Report; ChatGPT translation capabilities, Paris 2024 looks for RSI platform, and Netflix’s multilingual mystery, 1899.
Google Translation Hub — Mallika Iyer on Launch, Features, and Roadmap
Google’s Head of Translation AI, Mallika Iyer, on serving enterprise customers with Translation Hub, her passion for solving user problems, and making content more accessible.
Everyone’s Talking About ChatGPT, DeepL Crowned Unicorn
Generative AI hype, DeepL confirms unicorn round, translation scam activity in 2022, the best and worst performing listed LSPs, and Amazon’s study on human dubbing.
Slator 2022 Language Industry M&A and Funding Report
44-pages on 2022 translation and localization industry acquisitions and translation startup investments, with valuations, deal rationale.
BUY NOWTranslated CEO Marco Trombetti on Time-to-Edit as Proxy for AI Singularity
Translated CEO, Marco Trombetti, on their Singularity in AI research, working with enterprise clients like Airbnb, and the symbiosis between human and machine.
The Future of Trados With Mark Lawyer
Trados General Manager, Mark Lawyer, on continuing to innovate translation technology products, leading a cloud-first strategy, and supporting the clients’ user experience.
How André Bastié Is Scaling Happy Scribe After Finding Instant Product-Market Fit
Happy Scribe CEO, André Bastié, on finding immediate product-market fit in transcription and subtitling, scaling a bootstrapped company, and building on Whisper.
DeepL Aborts Write Launch, German Translation Employment Dips, Media Loc M&A
DeepL launches then pulls AI-based writing tool, translator and interpreter employment declines in Germany, job index dips for the fourth time in 2022, M&A flurry in media localization.
How the Brain Processes Language, With MIT Neuroscientist Ev Fedorenko
MIT neuroscientist Ev Fedorenko on the origin of language, the relationship between language and thought, and how language processing differs between humans and computers.
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.
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.
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.
Deepgram: From Dark Matter to Deep Learning Speech API With Scott Stephenson
Deepgram CEO, Scott Stephenson, on scaling state-of-the-art speech API for enterprise and next-gen AI platforms, response to Whisper, and future of voice AI.
DigitalTolk CEO Virpal Singh on Booking an Interpreter in Seconds
DigitalTolk CEO, Virpal Singh, talks about building a scalable system for booking interpreters and growing interpreting services as a bootstrapped company.
Cohere Co-founder Nick Frosst on Building the NLP Platform of the Future
Nick Frosst on his journey to co-founding Cohere, which aims to become the default platform for NLP development; and what he thinks of the latest breakthroughs in generative AI.
Sizing the Global Interpreting Market, DeepL Hiring Spree, Europe’s Audiovisual Hub
The growth industry of interpreting, BIG appoints a new CEO, DeepL moves into the enterprise, Spain’s audiovisual hub plan, shares in Zoo Digital rally, Dubdub raises USD 1m.
Rise of AI Writers, EU Interpreter Strike, Airbnb Expands MT, Lionbridge M&A
The threat and opportunity of multilingual AI writing, EU interpreter strike update, Lionbridge builds out its games division, and the latest machine translation features at Airbnb.
Automating Subtitling, Dubbing, Live Captioning With XL8 CEO Tim Jung
XL8 CEO, Tim Jung, on using machine translation and expert-in-the-loop AI technology for media localization and live events.
Yasmin Moslem on Using Large Language Models to Custom Train Machine Translation
Adapt Center’s Yasmin Moslem on how to deploy large language models to generate domain-specific training text for machine translation — and why it matters for LSPs.
Translation’s Top YouTuber Adrian Probst on Building a Brand as a Freelancer
Adrian Probst talks about working as a language specialist while growing a successful YouTube channel, and building a unique brand as a freelance translator.
Translation Pricing With Joseph Lambert and Callum Walker
Joseph Lambert and Callum Walker join the pod to discuss pricing in the language industry, the status of freelance translators, and the role of academia in rate-setting.
LSP Leadership Changes and Interpreting Shake-Up Across the Globe
Chairman departures at RWS and Straker, use of translation devices in UK detention centers, new proposition in government and healthcare interpreting, EUR 42m contract in France.
Dubverse’s Anuja Dhawan on AI Dubbing for YouTubers, TikTokers and Content Creators
Co-founder of Dubverse, Anuja Dhawan, talks about launching a deep-tech startup, the rise of short-form content, and the automated dubbing workflow.
Remote Interpreting Pushback, Subtitling and Dubbing Land Grab
Interpreters pushback on RSI, Meta’s MT “breakthrough,” growth in media localization with ZOO and Keywords, Zoom’s translation feature, and Disney experiments with synthesized voices.
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