Remote Simultaneous Interpreting ‘More Difficult’ for 83% of Interpreters, Survey Finds
New survey examines how work has changed for over 850 conference interpreters due to Covid-19 pandemic. In short: less work, fewer clients, higher expectations.
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Multilingual Video Conferencing Startup KUDO Raises USD 21m in Series A
KUDO raises USD 21m in series A, bringing total funds raised for the multilingual video conferencing startup to USD 28m. CEO Fardad Zabetian on the three things they plan to invest in.
A Year After Covid, Belgian Interpreters Continue to Reel From Lost Income
Conference interpreters in Belgium see income cut in half due to Covid. Belgian linguist group CBTI-BKVT lobbies government to include interpreters in financial relief grants.
EU Parliament Awards Translated With Contract for Automatic Speech Translation
LSP Translated says automatic speech translation prototype to be delivered to Parliament within 12 months with two other solutions. EU to name best-performing solution official tool for two years.
Contract Interpreters Rally Over Lack of Support From EU
Contract interpreters rally in front of Parliament to draw attention to their dissatisfaction over EU’s offer of a “mitigating measure" as bookings vanished in light of Covid-19.
Contract Interpreters ‘Puzzled’ and ‘Hurt’ by EU Offer
As institutional interpretation work vanishes, auxiliary conference interpreters call EU mitigation offer “unworthy of a public entity.” EU staff interpreters set up emergency solidarity fund.
Gould 2.0: Joshua Gould Named New Group CEO at thebigword
thebigword’s new CEO Joshua Gould talks about the competition, linguists, VC’s renewed interest in the language industry, and Brexit’s potential impact on operations.
Inside the Contractor Debate Affecting US Freelance Translators, Interpreters, and LSPs
Association of Language Companies President says simply turning independent contractors into employees sans smart legislation is “wildly inefficient and financially untenable.”
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