Planned sale of Capita Translation and Interpreting (Capita TI) and other non-core, specialist divisions of UK outsourcing giant Capita plc put on hold during Covid-19 pandemic. Continue reading
Much of the industry flourished despite Covid, proving just how essential it is to commerce. Here are the most popular stories of a year that redefined life and work in the global language industry. Continue reading
Three UK-based language service providers — thebigword, translate plus, and Capita TI — finally filed 2019 financials in September and October 2020, with mixed results. Continue reading
Purchasing consortium ESPO names 20 winners of four-year contract. Framework largely for over-the-phone interpreting, virtual remote interpreting, and in-person interpreting. Continue reading
UK Crown Commercial Service plans to run GBP 110m translation and interpreting tender; asks for input from suppliers via survey and webinar. Continue reading
The Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI), which tracks how employment activity is trending across the global language industry, rose to 110.24 in March 2020. Continue reading
At a price tag of GBP 200m+, UK outsourcing giant Capita plc is planning to sell nine of its Specialized Services business lines, including translation and interpreting. Continue reading
Norway launches nationwide interpreting framework contract after police fined by procurement watchdog for awarding contracts without properly notifying potential bidders. Continue reading
Slator tracked over 70 language industry M&A transactions and reviewed the next steps founders took after selling their business. Continue reading
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... 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... 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... 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
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