TransPerfect Reports Results, Big Tech in NLP Race
TransPerfect 2022 results, Cohere’s multibillion-dollar valuation, NHS’ interpreting spend, Iyuno expands into Turkey, EU’s million-page contract, Google’s new AI chatbot.
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European Union’s TRAD23 Contract to Cover 50 Language Combinations, 1M Pages
Application to include online tests to assess linguistic and project management skills. Notoriously difficult-to-assign English - Irish translation volume pegged at 30,000 pages yearly.
Slator Job Index Edges Down Slightly in January 2020
The Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI), which tracks how employment activity is trending across the global language industry, fell for the first time after six consecutive months of growth.
Reader Polls: December Business, Machine Translation, EU Translation RFPs, 2020 Outlook
How was December business for LSPs? What are the most-used MT services? Should the EU rethink its translation RFPs and tests? What’s the language industry outlook for 2020?
‘Unacceptable’ — Tempers Flare Over European Commission’s Bungled Translation Test
Malfunctioning testing platform, used by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Translation in a 49-language-pair tender, leaves would-be suppliers frustrated at having to redo tests.
EU Seeking 225 Translation Contractors for Six Target Languages
In November 2018, three EU tenders were issued relating to translation. Two tenders call for 225 contractors for translation into multiple languages and the third tender, worth EUR 225,000, requires translation support for an EU-funded contract in Azerbaijan.
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