The US State Department is looking for 1,000 freelance linguists to renew the one-year contracts it first awarded in October 2017. Up to USD 20m has been earmarked in total with individual limit... Continue reading
Large framework contracts for language services continue to gain popularity across the United Kingdom as Scotland aggregates public sector translation demand into a four-year contract. This is... Continue reading
Government body knocks down AllWorld’s complaint against competitor over USD 18m contract; says even if AllWorld’s protest had merit, it would not have won because it quoted highest price. Same... Continue reading
Democratic Congressman seeks to motivate Trump to restore Spanish-language WhiteHouse.gov by filing bill. Former congressional staffer says bill will never pass in a GOP Congress. Continue reading
Two Finnish language industry associations merge to step up government lobbying. Initiative comes in wake of EUR 17.5m framework contract, which one association head says was structured very... Continue reading
Para-Plus Translations ordered to pay USD 1.5m after former billing department staff turned whistleblower reveals company overcharged government clients for interpretation services. Whistleblower... Continue reading
Minister in charge of Canada’s Translation Bureau says they will hire a new CEO, a new Chief Quality Officer, and 50 students a year to develop the next generation of talent; cancels rollout of... Continue reading
After some very public translation mistakes, Singapore responds with trademark government activism. Minister calls on government agencies to tighten vetting process for translations and prevent... Continue reading
Request for information by the US Federal Bureau of Prisons asks interested parties to submit their pitch for a system or device that understands and translates pretty much anything—slang,... 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... Continue reading
Swiss Supreme Court forces federal government to disclose spend on external contractors. Data reveals USD 17m spent on external translation services in 2014, sharply up from 2011. RR Donnelley’s... Continue reading
New language policy states all public documents in Kenya should be available in Kiswahili and English, while promoting 53 other community languages. Owner of Kenyan LSP puts country’s translation... Continue reading
No holds barred at vendor association ATC as it lists down the perceived shortcomings of the UK’s language services procurement and issues 29 recommendations Continue reading
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