thebigword posts full-year 2018 revenues of nearly USD 100m and EBITDA of USD 5.9m, as growth is boosted by Ministry of Justice contract and defense business. Company launches new video remote interpreting (VRI) capabilities to expand interpretation offering. Continue reading
UK-based Capita Translation and Interpreting posted revenues of GBP 16.6m and an operating profit of GBP 1.55m for 2017. CEO forecasts double digit EBITDA margins in 2018. Continue reading
As Denmark centralizes interpretation across its judicial sector, Danish language service provider EasyTranslate beats out five rival bids to win one of Europe’s largest language services contracts in 2018. Continue reading
One of the senior representatives of the English judicial system wades into the machine translation debate by predicting AI will replace interpreters in the courtroom. Continue reading
A dozen Danish government agencies related to the judicial sector issue a massive collective tender for language services. The entire contract will be awarded to a single vendor in order to “achieve cost savings and economies of scale”. Continue reading
Who got hired, who stepped down, who moved over to the next challenge and why? Here’s a roundup of senior appointments and career moves of top executives in the language services industry in 2017. Continue reading
Transfluent and Capita TI welcome new executives to head their translation and IT services groups. Three senior executives also join Amplexor and Delingua Language Services. Continue reading
After Capita TI posts 2016 results, General Manager Antonio Tejada discusses the financial impact of leaving the UK Ministry of Justice contract in 2016, and how new business and acquisitions are playing out for 2017 and beyond. Continue reading
The giant court interpretation contract from the UK’s Ministry of Justice has for the first time reached 98% fulfillment from its new vendor, thebigword. With a 5% decrease in service requests, thebigword managed to slightly push its previous quarter’s 97% fulfillment rate to the required 98% in Q2 2017. Continue reading
Antonio Tejada steps into GM role at Capita TI, says too early to fully assess impact of pulling back from Ministry of Justice contract; predicts translation productivity tools to cause alteration in price-per-word paradigm. Continue reading
UK’s NHS announces 14 winners of yet another major nationwide language services framework contract. Contract runs two years with Capita TI, LanguageLine, thebigword, and ONCALL Interpreters among the successful bidders. Continue reading
Translation and interpretation unit of UK outsourcing conglomerate Capita acquires boutique language service provider Amity Communications for an undisclosed amount as it looks to grow in legal and financial translations. Continue reading
Capita TI discloses exiting the Ministry of Justice contract will cause revenues to shrink by two thirds. Yappn appoints Palantir exec to advisory board. Activist hedge-fund manager Cooperman double dips on Lionbridge. Xerox says no to merger with RR Donnelley. Continue reading
Following the playbook of the Crown Commercial Service and the Ministry of Justice, Britain’s NHS launches a tender for translation and interpretation services for the whole of England. Among the requirements: proof that interpreters are vaccinated against tuberculosis and other diseases. Continue reading
When important news falls through the cracks, Slator is there to catch it: The pace of acquisitions in natural language processing accelerates, iPhone translations are good enough for a US court, and thebigword takes the baton from CapitaTI in UK Ministry of Justice contract. Continue reading
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