Slator readers give their opinion on public sector demand for language services and technology, the impact of startups on the industry in the next three years, the highest potential growth regions, and how neural machine translation should be evaluated. Continue reading
Researchers analyzed the impact of introducing a Spanish machine translation system to eBay’s platform and found direct and positive causal links between machine translation adoption and economic activities. Continue reading
Will TransPerfect defend the number one position in 2018? And why are Anglo-American LSPs dominating the Slator LSPI? What will Brexit mean for English use in the EU? Any why buyers choose to bring more of the supply chain in-house. Continue reading
The EU has announced a new into-English translation tender worth EUR 3.5m over 2 years. The bid winner will provide translation services to the Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CONNECT). Continue reading
With less than a year to go until the United Kingdom bows out of the EU, speculation has been rife about the future of the English language within the EU. Now, the confirmation of the EU budget for 2021 to 2027 has put pay to the idea that English could disappear from the corridors of the European Union institutions. Continue reading
The European Union’s Irish translator woes continue as demand for Gaelic linguists steadily increase while the Irish language emerges from derogation and into official status come 2022, and yet the in latest hiring round where over 200 candidates applied, only 10 were put in reserve. Continue reading
The European Commission issues EUR 2.4m tender for language technology research. The mandate is to look into how the EU’s proprietary machine translation system can be optimized and how language technology can accelerate EU’s Digital Single Market in ways that go “beyond simple translation.” Continue reading
After upgrading Irish to official language status and embarking on a mid-2016 hiring drive, European Union fails to attract talent it needs to make it a full-fledged working language. Continue reading
Luxembourg-based Amplexor wins contract against 13 competitors; Chief Sales Officer estimates volume at 200,000 pages annually into and from all official EU languages and points to the challenge of managing such a contract successfully. Continue reading
Dutch language service provider Concorde beats out 11 competitors and secures four-year contract with EU agency Eurojust. Incumbent vendor Word Perfect’s COO confirms it submitted a bid. Continue reading
Business owners made USD 55,630, educators, USD 17,344 in 2014 per the latest ATA survey. Meanwhile, the Basque Government ran up an EUR 5.8m translation tab and the EU Court of Justice ruled a Flemish Decree contrary to EU Law. Continue reading
European Personnel Selection Office launches hiring process for 62 Irish linguists; application deadline July 12. Move comes after roadmap to upgrading Irish to full official EU language status was announced in December 2015. Continue reading
The EU appoints the current head of Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection, Florika Fink-Hooijer, to the top post at its EUR 117m Directorate General for Interpretation, which services over 11,000 meetings each year. Continue reading
As the language services market grows, academic institutions respond to demand for talent while MOOCs receive public funds for machine translation Continue reading
The European Commission promotes the Head of the English Language Department to Director of Translation for the Directorate-General for Translation. Continue reading
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