Slator Job Index Climbs During Record-Breaking August 2019
Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI), which tracks how employment activity is trending across the global language industry, hits record levels in August 2019. Continue reading
Tag: European Union
Third Revolution in Language Is Upon Us and Will Impact Translators, Interpreters — EU
EU Institutions publish paper on language technologies and AI, as most EU translation departments now use NMT and provide machine translated output to their linguists. Continue reading
Slator Job Index Dips Slightly in June 2019 but Stays Above Baseline
The Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI), which tracks how employment activity is trending across the global language industry, drops slightly in June 2019. Continue reading
Over Half a Million Pages of Translation per Year Up for Grabs at European Commission
European Commission announces call to tender for the translation of 556,000 pages annually across 49 language pairs. Continue reading
Slator 2019 Language Industry Market Report
Slator’s inaugural comprehensive language industry market report. It examines total market size, the 10 main end-buyer industries, competitive landscape, productivity tech, NMT and much more. Continue reading
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‘So many things you can’t just translate’ — the EU’s Young Translators Come Together
Far corners of European Union reduced to one spot in Brussels as 28 young translators receive their prizes in 12th Juvenes Translatores awarding rites. Continue reading
Just Released: The Mother of All EU Translation Contracts
European Parliament publishes new call for tenders for translation into 19 languages, amounting to about 609,000 pages or 100–150 million words per year across four institutions. Continue reading
EU Agencies EASO and Frontex to Spend Over EUR 100 Million on Two Interpreting Contracts
EASO names winners of two lots worth an estimated EUR 90.45m in an interpretation and cultural mediation contract, as Frontex issues similar RFP worth EUR 25m. Continue reading
Europe Celebrates Its 28 Best Young Translators
European Commission announces winners of 12th Juvenes Translatores, the annual competition to find the best young translators from 28 EU Member States. Continue reading
EU Translation Centre Cuts Outsourcing to Language Service Providers
EU’s Translation Centre (CdT) forecasts revenues of EUR 46.7m from internal spend in 2019. Seeks to increase rates to balance budget, while reducing outsourcing to language service providers. Continue reading
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EU’s DG CONNECT Announces EUR 3.5m Tender For English Translation Services
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,... Continue reading
EU Provides Clarity on Post-Brexit Future for English Language
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... Continue reading
EU Researchers Want A Billion Euros for ‘The Human Language Project’
With the ambitious goal of achieving natural language understanding by 2030, research institutions in Europe led by the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence are pushing for the... Continue reading
How the EU Uses ‘Extensive Outsourcing’ to Translate Over 750,000 Pages per Year
The Translation Centre sees a sustained demand for translation from EU agencies and bodies in 2018. But to deliver three-quarters of a million translated pages per year, it relies on extensive... Continue reading
European Union Issues EUR 5.6m Translation Tender
The call for bids is for four projects involving the translation of legal text, including legal documents of ongoing proceedings, decision of various legal bodies, legal opinion, and other texts... Continue reading
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