Appen Spends Big on Data Annotation Platform Figure Eight in Preemptive Move
Appen pays up to USD 300m for automated data annotation platform Figure Eight, preempting an emerging threat to its crowd-based business model. Continue reading
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Slator Jobs Index Rebounds Slightly in March 2019
The Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI) tracks how employment activity is trending across the global language industry and climbed slightly in March 2019. Continue reading
The Slator 2019 Language Service Provider Index
The Slator 2019 Language Service Provider Index features the largest LSPs in a Leaders Index and the midfield in a Challengers Index. Continue reading
Appen Is Now Valued at USD 1.75 Billion as Investors Cheer 2018 Results
Australian language data provider and search engine evaluator Appen posts USD 260m in revenues and USD 51m in earnings for full-year 2018. Continue reading
Reader Polls: Sub or Dub, 2019 Outlook, Translation Earpieces, US Shutdown
Slator readers share outlook on 2019 and standalone translation earpieces. Many reportedly unscathed by US government shutdown. As to media preferences, many prefer subtitles over dubbed audio. Continue reading
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Lionbridge Acquires Gengo to Bolster AI Business
Lionbridge acquires former crowdsourcing translation startup Gengo in bid to boost AI training data and services business. Continue reading
2018 Was a Mixed Bag for Listed Language Service Providers
Zoo Digital and Appen outperformed global markets and peers in 2018. SDL and RWS notched up marginal gains, while Keywords took a beating in the second half of the year. Continue reading
Lionbridge CEO Stays Silent on Australia IPO Reports After a ‘Very Good’ 2018
Lionbridge CEO John Fennelly says he has no comment at the moment about reports that private equity firm HIG is exploring an IPO of Lionbridge in Australia. On 2018, Fennelly highlights a... Continue reading
Slator 2019 Neural Machine Translation Report—Deploying NMT in Operations
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
Insatiable Appetite for Language Data a Boon for Niche Providers
The demand for high quality language data to train machine learning systems including neural machine translation is fuelling a growth curve for providers Appen, Flitto, and others. Continue reading
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Appen Delivers Strong Half-Year 2018 Results as Shares Hit All-Time High
Language data and search engine training company Appen delivers triple digit revenue growth on the back of Leapforce acquisition and strong organic performance. AI boom drives shares to all-time high. Continue reading
Here’s the First Half 2018 Scorecard for Listed Language Service Providers
As markets are trending sideways in 2018, a handful of language services and technology providers in media localization and language data managed to outperform the markets. Continue reading
The Slator 2018 Language Service Provider Index
Slator launches the 2018 Slator Language Service Provider Index (LSPI). The index comprises the largest language service providers worldwide with aggregate 2017 revenue of USD 4.7 billion derived... Continue reading
The Markets Still Like (Most) Listed Language Service Providers
Who's up, who's down? Listed Language Service Providers continue to do well in 2018 even though the upward trend has slowed somewhat compared to the previous two to three years. Continue reading
Appen Outperforms in 2017, Breaks Through Billion Dollar Valuation
Appen delivers yet another stellar year with strong revenue and profit growth, lower expense ratio, and improved operating margins. Recent acquisitions appear to work well. Strong performance... Continue reading
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