The 54-page flagship Slator 2020 Language Industry Market Report features comprehensive market-size and buyer-segment analyses, sales and marketing insights, and language technology and MT reviews. Continue reading
Six awardees in France, Italy, Spain, and the UK will provide interpreting and cultural expertise services to Frontex in over 35 languages in this multiple framework contract. Continue reading
Florida-based Spanish Solutions’ proposal for a USD 53,560 interpreting contract, first dismissed on a technicality, was later found to have been submitted several minutes past deadline. Continue reading
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... Continue reading
Honyaku Center reports decline in all sectors of core Translation Business, except for Patents. Banks on “active use” of machine translation to grow. Continue reading
UN asks vendors to pitch solutions for remote interpreting, neural machine translation, speech-to-text, etc. to secure one of 25 spots at January 2020 conferencing tech fair in Geneva. Continue reading
Swedish interpreting platform startup DigitalTolk lands sizeable contract with Swedish public sector buyer as unusual evaluation metrics are deployed. Continue reading
Language Services Director Meredith Stegall explains how moving Parkland Hospital’s multilingual call center and interpreting operations in-house saved millions and created local jobs. Continue reading
Ministry seeks JPY 2bn (USD 19m) in 2020 budget for AI-powered simultaneous interpretation by 2025 World Expo; 2020 Tokyo Olympics chief interpreter discusses progress in interpreting technology. Continue reading
UK interpreting provider Debonair Languages has gone into administration and ceased trading, leaving its freelance linguists “in limbo” with unpaid invoices. Continue reading
Will regulatory changes favor the language industry? What practical impact will NLP have on the market? Who uses RSI apps? Should LSPs pursue the language data market? Continue reading
UK Defense Ministry issues GBP 45.2m tender for translation and interpreting services at home and overseas military missions. Continue reading
EU Directorate General for Interpreting tests four remote simultaneous interpreting platforms, finds that technology could satisfy a “hidden demand” for interpreting. Continue reading
New data released by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) indicate continued wage growth for Translators and Interpreters based in the United States. Continue reading
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