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