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.
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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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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.
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.
How to Become a Successful Freelance Interpreter With Jan Rausch
Conference and business interpreter, Jan Rausch, joins the pod to discuss the explosion of RSI during the pandemic, assumptions about pricing, and tips for graduates.
Reverso CEO Theo Hoffenberg on Building Language Technology Used by Millions
Reverso CEO, Theo Hoffenberg, talks about their suite of linguistic tools, the App Store as a multiplier, and the current hype around large language models.
Slator Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Localization Report
90-page report on how SaaS companies partner with LSPs to localize products, drive market/user growth. Incl. market size, tech review.
BUY NOWLeading TransPerfect’s Technology Division With Matt Hauser
TransPerfect Senior VP, Matt Hauser, talks about how post-editing MT as a process is maturing, why they bet early on cloud TMS, and how they hire and motivate localization sales people.
Academic Translation and Author Services as Growth Markets With ALE CEO, Avi Staiman
Academic Language Experts CEO, Avi Staiman, joins SlatorPod to talk about working with scholars, translators, and institutions in academic publishing.
Addressing Vicarious Trauma Among Linguists With MasterWord CEO Mila Golovine
MasterWord CEO, Mila Golovine talks about the LSP’s journey, from a university class project to a major service provider, and discusses how stress and vicarious trauma affect linguists.
RWS Chief Language Officer Maria Schnell on the Value of Linguistic Expertise
RWS Chief Language Officer, Maria Schnell, joins SlatorPod to talk about overseeing the Super Agency’s localization and production processes with their language delivery platform.
Welocalize CEO Smith Yewell on Scaling a Language Industry Super Agency
Welocalize CEO, Smith Yewell, joins SlatorPod to talk about the Super Agency’s transformation, expanding through private equity and M&A, and the future of NLP.
Jeenie CEO Kirsten Brecht Baker on Raising a Series A for Healthcare Interpreting
Jeenie CEO, Kirsten Brecht Baker, joins SlatorPod to talk about virtual interpreting in healthcare, partnering with growth equity, and their pivot to success.
Leading the World’s Largest Interpreting Service With Genoveva Ruiz Calavera
Genoveva Ruiz Calavera reflects back on her first year as EC's Director-General for Interpretation, from transitioning out of the pandemic to facilitating the EU’s support of Ukraine.
Dispatch From GALA San Diego 2022
Dispatch from GALA San Diego and a quick roundup of news; including RWS shares jumping after Baring considers takeover bid, and ZOO Digital beating guidance for FY 2022.
Amazon’s Professional Translators, Transifex, Seprotec, BIG
Netflix ramps up gaming as shares fall; Amazon scales from 8 to 51 languages. In M&A, BIG acquires Lawlinguists, SeproTec buys tsd, and Transifex sells to PARC Partners.
Translation and Localization Industry Grows 11.8% in 2021 to USD 26.6bn
Exclusive data and insights from Slator’s 2022 Language Industry Market Report; US language space heats up as Lilt and Jeenie announce multimillion-dollar funding rounds.
Scaling Website Localization with Weglot CEO Augustin Prot
Weglot CEO, Augustin Prot, talks about the fast-growing web localization space and plans to expand globally with support from investment firm Partech Growth.
Boostlingo CEO Bryan Forrester on Fundraising, M&A, Scaling Interpreting Tech
Boostlingo CEO, Bryan Forrester, joins SlatorPod to talk about building a unified interpreting platform and growing remote interpreting services through M&A.
A New Way to Post-Edit MT and News on RWS, Weglot, DeepL, Boostlingo, Acolad
After a packed news segment featuring RWS, Weglot, DeepL, Boostlingo, and Acolad, Nico Herbig and Josef van Genabith join the pod to discuss the future of post-editing machine translation.
Meta VP Iris Orriss Announces Shift from Community Translation to Single-Language Vendors
Meta’s VP of Internationalization, Iris Orriss, joins SlatorPod to talk about language operations at Meta, pioneering new localization approaches, and the future of the Metaverse.
Low Resource, High Potential — NeuralSpace CEO Felix Laumann on Democratizing NLP
NeuralSpace CEO, Felix Laumann, joins the pod to discuss how they overcome the lack of research, data, and tools when training NLP models in low-resource languages.
Automating Language Evaluation With Emmersion CEO Brigham Tomco
Emmersion CEO, Brigham Tomco, joins the pod to discuss founding a language edtech startup and how LSPs are using their AI adaptive assessment engine.
Ranking the World’s Largest Language Service Providers
Key highlights from Slator’s 2022 Language Service Provider Index, NeuralSpace’s USD 1.7m seed round, and Meta’s language and MT plans.
Healthcare Interpreting in the US and Beyond With Marco Assis
Propio CEO, Marco Assis, joins the pod to discuss interpreting services in healthcare, building language technology, teaming up with private equity, and expanding internationally.
Audio Localization in Video Games With Alessandra Vincenzi
Keywords’ Head of Audio Localization Alessandra Vincenzi joins SlatorPod to discuss mobile vs. Triple-A games, casting voice-acting talent, and integrating artificial voices.
The Machine Translation Literacy Project with Lynne Bowker
University of Ottawa’s Lynne Bowker joins the Pod to discuss the story behind the Machine Translation Literacy Project and how to use MT purposefully.
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