Nordisk Undertext, a media services company specializing in language localization, is expanding quicker than any other company in its industry – across the globe. Continue reading
Slator tracked over 70 language industry M&A transactions and reviewed the next steps founders took after selling their business. Continue reading
Slator’s inaugural comprehensive language industry market report. It examines total market size, the 10 main end-buyer industries, competitive landscape, productivity tech, NMT and much more. Continue reading
Integration, big data, scalability and functionality, automation—the modern demands of language service buyers are driving technology providers to rethink their approach. Continue reading
Unbabel hires Amazon’s former Machine Translation Group Manager, Alon Lavie, as VP of Language Technologies; Lavie’s former business partner leaves Amazon for Uber. Continue reading
The Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI), which tracks how employment activity is trending across the global language industry, climbed slightly in April 2019. Continue reading
Jargon raises USD 1.8m for voice app content management and localization with support from the Amazon Alexa Fund and other investors. Continue reading
Nordic LSP Semantix acquires local rival Teknotrans, a boutique company with a focus on automotive and industrial verticals, which also operates an office in Croatia. Continue reading
Long the domain of academia, fundamental research in machine translation has become a battleground for big tech and niche providers. Continue reading
How much is too much to pay for a web domain? Is big tech a threat to LSPs? Should translators talk to end-customers? Should an LSP operate more than one brand? Continue reading
SlatorCon tour took in four global cities across three continents in 2018 and featured a grand total of 35 speakers representing the full breadth of the language industry from startups, language... Continue reading
How not to fall prey to bogus LSPs, arrests for pirated translations, translation missteps seen around the world, humble admissions from online giants, and the end to the ownership battle for the... Continue reading
Amazon adds a custom terminology feature, Microsoft rolls out custom NMT, and IBM’s Watson Language Translator now preserves document formatting between source and target text. Continue reading
France-based language service provider Ubiqus has acquired boutique local rival Gedev, a specialist in aerospace and defense translation. Continue reading
Through five case studies and nearly 30 commentaries from the buy (enterprise, government, and more)- and sell-side (LSPs), this report shines a light on the sentiment of industry practitioners... Continue reading
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