Denmark Archives

Investment & Funding • By Marion Marking On 20 Aug 2021

LanguageWire Secures New Backer as PE Firm Bridgepoint Buys Majority Stake

One of Europe’s largest private equity firms enters language industry, buys majority stake in Denmark’s LanguageWire. PE firm to take active role as majority owner.

People Moves • By Marion Marking On 15 Jun 2020

LanguageWire Selects CFO Justesen as New CEO

LanguageWire Founder Henrik Lottrup passes on CEO mantle to Søren Bech Justesen, who joined the company as CFO in 2019.

Demand Drivers • By Seyma Albarino On 17 Feb 2020

After Watchdog Fine, Norway’s Police Opens Bidding for Nationwide Interpreting Contract

Norway launches nationwide interpreting framework contract after police fined by procurement watchdog for awarding contracts without properly notifying potential bidders.

Industry News • By Marion Marking On 12 Dec 2019

Serious Data Protection Violations: Denmark Terminates Giant EasyTranslate Contract

Attempt at vendor centralization fails as Danish National Police terminates USD 80m EasyTranslate interpretation contract with immediate effect. Districts, courts, and other authorities revert to system of individual interpreter booking.

Features • By Esther Bond On 5 Sep 2019

Reader Polls: Employed or Not, Getting Paid, Interpreting at Scale, Loc Tech Startups

Is your employment status clear? Are payment terms longer now? Are single-vendor frameworks right for large-scale interpreting? Should startups get into localization technology?

Industry News • By Marion Marking On 23 Aug 2019

Expert Questions Legality of Danish Interpreters’ Plans to Boycott LSP EasyTranslate

The rocky state of affairs continues in Denmark as hundreds of interpreters reportedly meet to discuss a boycott of EasyTranslate, in potential violation of Danish competition law.

Demand Drivers • By Esther Bond On 20 Jun 2019

UK Gives Heads Up on USD 100m Translation and Interpreting Contract

UK’s ESPO announces a fresh public sector contract worth up to USD 100m for translation and interpreting services as previous framework contract nears expiry.

Industry News • By Marion Marking On 12 Apr 2019

Danish Police Urges Calm as Row Over Interpreting Contract Intensifies

EasyTranslate points to 95% delivery rate amid complaints that interpreters were no-shows in a Danish court, a police station, and at driving schools.

Industry News • By Gino Diño On 14 Dec 2018

Interpreters Are Riled up in the State of Denmark

Hundreds of interpreters threaten to quit working for Denmark’s judicial system unless the new sole provider of a giant USD 80 million contract revisits the terms offered to linguists.

Deal Wins • By Gino Diño On 5 Nov 2018

EasyTranslate Nabs Huge USD 80m Interpreting Contract in Denmark

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.

Demand Drivers • By Esther Bond On 18 Apr 2018

Denmark Just Published Another Big Language Services Tender

In another potential money-spinner for LSPs operating in the Nordics, the municipality of Svendborg in Denmark released a new tender for interpretation services worth USD 10.5m.

Features • By Lance Ng On 10 Apr 2018

Reader Polls: Denmark’s Big Bet, Microsoft’s Bold Claim, Accelerating M&A

Acquisition activity picks up in the new year as more announcements create ever bigger LSPs. The Danish government tries their hand at aggregating public sector translation demand, and Microsoft claims “human parity” in machine translation.

Demand Drivers • By Lance Ng On 29 Mar 2018

Denmark Issues Giant Language Services Tender Worth USD 86 Million

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”.

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