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Industry News • By Esther Bond On 26 Aug 2019

World’s Second Largest Cryptocurrency Fan Translates Its Ecosystem

The world’s second largest cryptocurrency, Ethereum, is translating its website and community material into 15 languages, with the help of volunteer translators.

Mergers & Acquisitions • By Esther Bond On 20 Nov 2018

Poland’s Summa Linguae Buys Swedish LSP Kommunicera

Poland-based Summa Linguae spent USD 2m acquiring Kommunicera, an “almost identical” language service provider, to expand into the Nordics. CEO highlights investment in NMT, API integrations and Blockchain.

Research & Reports • By Slator On 22 Oct 2018

Slator 2018 Blockchain and Translation Report

24-page report. Blockchain and Translation industry overview. ICOs, business use-cases, solution analysis, crypto chatter and further reading, a cautionary tale.

Sponsored Content • By Ofer Shoshan On 13 Jun 2018

Using Blockchain to Track a Translation to the Actual Linguists

One Hour Translation CEO Ofer Shoshan says that the future is one of blockchain-powered translation pipelines where clients can view the entire process and trace issues to their root causes, addressing them more simply, quickly, and effectively.

Investment & Funding • By Florian Faes On 29 May 2018

USD 30 Million: Two LSP Execs Attempt Language Industry’s Biggest ICO Yet

Summa Linguae CEO Krzysztof Zdanowski teams up with TextMinded’s former CIO Robert Etches in an attempt to raise up to USD 30 Million by issuing a new cryptocurrency to fund a blockchain-based marketplace for linguistic assets.

Sponsored Content • By Ofer Shoshan On 21 May 2018

Neural MT and Blockchain Are About to Radically Transform the Translation Market

While neural machine translation is progressing at breakneck speed and is already impacting the world’s estimated 600,000 translators and 21,000 language service providers, blockchain technology is about to unlock the true value of millions of translation memories.

Features • By Eden Estopace On 3 Nov 2017

Reader Polls: Blockchain, RWS-Moravia, India, 2017 Business Climate

Slator readers do not see a significant impact of blockchain and cryptocurrencies in the industry just yet. A majority believes that RWS’s Moravia acquisition makes sense. Many are ambivalent about India’s market potential, and a majority says business has been good this year.

blockchain

World’s Second Largest Cryptocurrency Fan Translates Its Ecosystem

Poland’s Summa Linguae Buys Swedish LSP Kommunicera

Slator 2018 Blockchain and Translation Report

Using Blockchain to Track a Translation to the Actual Linguists

USD 30 Million: Two LSP Execs Attempt Language Industry’s Biggest ICO Yet

Neural MT and Blockchain Are About to Radically Transform the Translation Market

Reader Polls: Blockchain, RWS-Moravia, India, 2017 Business Climate

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