Aglatech14 welcomes a new Interim COO, Global Lingo and Metafraze each appoint new Directors for Business Development, ONCALL hires a new Operations Manager for its Translation department, and CyraCom gets a new CFO. Continue reading
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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 set at USD 150,000 annually. Continue reading
Zurich-based remote interpretation startup Interprefy has raised CHF 0.5m in funding and is now valued at CHF 11.5m. Former CLS CEO departs board while CEO of partner company joins new non-exec director. Continue reading
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U.S. interpretation provider Interpreters Unlimited expands into Colorado with acquisition of GlobeLink. Post-acquisition integration, recruiting qualified linguists, and legislation around contractors top the company’s list of challenges for the next two years. Continue reading
An inaugural survey from the Belgian Chamber of Translators and Interpreters revealed average rates for translators and interpreters in Belgium for agencies and direct clients, as well as language combinations, specializations, satisfaction rates, and technology use. Continue reading
US court rulings are ruffling feathers, content effectiveness might be a better yardstick over linguistic quality, talent acquisition has gotten harder over the past 12 months, and no, most have not considered investing in publicly listed LSPs. Continue reading
Cyracom Chairman and CEO Jeremy Woan talks at SlatorCon San Francisco 2018 about how RFP due diligence is becoming ever more stringent, why video interpreting’s adoption is a conundrum, and how commoditization would affect the industry. Continue reading
An interpreter accused multi-billion listed company of passing off human interpretation as the output of its AI translation engine on social media. The post sparked off a media frenzy questioning company’s marketing spin. Continue reading
It has been a busy summer 2018 for the US legal and healthcare interpretation industry with President Trump’s immigration policy boosting demand for rarer languages, states building out language services for voters, and local governments pushing back on interpreter pay demands. Continue reading
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
European Asylum Support Office (EASO) launches one of the bloc’s largest language services RFPs in 2018. The majority of spend goes to traditional interpreting in Greece, Cyprus and Bulgaria with a modest EUR 73k earmarked for a Remote Interpretation pilot. Continue reading
The Department of Health Care Services has issued a request for proposal seeking projects that would assess federal and state requirements for medical interpretation services across the state. Continue reading
A group of MEPs cut off power to a Parliamentary meeting in Strasbourg on Tuesday July 3, 2018 in support of interpreters’ demands in relation to working conditions at the European Parliament. Continue reading
Professor Laura Burian, the new dean of the Middlebury Institute’s Graduate School of Translation, Interpretation, and Language Education, says her priority is to adapt the curriculum to prepare students to lead in a rapidly evolving language and technology market. Continue reading
Hansel, the Finnish government’s centralized procurement unit, has just announced contract awards to a total of 12 providers for a justice and litigation services and interpretation tender, worth EUR 24m (USD 28.3m). Continue reading
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