New Zealand-headquartered LSP Straker Translations grew 2% in the three months to December 2019; says longer lead times for enterprise customers subdued progress. Continue reading
Download the Slator 2019 Language Industry M&A and Funding Report — an in-depth summary and analysis of the 60 language industry M&A and 15 start-up and tech funding rounds. Continue reading
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? Continue reading
From technology, markets, and M&A to investment and the competitive landscape, the language industry leaders we interviewed in 2019 commented on a wide range of issues. Here are our top picks. Continue reading
MT and speech recognition company AppTek expands natural language understanding (NLU) capabilities with acquisition of speech technology provider Ignite-Tek. Continue reading
Australia-listed LSP Straker provided an update to shareholders on its enterprise client drive, AppTek partnership and media loc push, and double digit top line growth 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
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
BTI Studios appoints Chief Revenue Officer; AppTek adds first Corporate Development and Strategy SVP; Xillio hires two Business Development Managers; TransPerfect Connect names Operations VP. Continue reading
AppTek and Semantix welcome new members of their C-suite. CLS Communication has a new country manager in Switzerland, and Eriksen Translations a new director of production. Continue reading
US Army awards Raytheon Technologies and AppTek USD 2.99m and USD 1.55m respectively to provide machine translation software, support, and engineering services for one of the US government’s... Continue reading
The grass was greener for many in 2015 as CEOs stepped down, executives were hired from outside the industry, & sales leaders took their prospect list to another LSP Continue reading
AppTek, which in 2014 sold a significant part of its machine translation assets to Ebay, is rebuilding its business and hires media business development veteran Adam Sutherland as new CEO. Continue reading
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