European Commission funded survey centered around Spain and Italy examines buyer behavior and pricing data and reveals private sector is more open to using video interpreting than public sector. Continue reading
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Italian language industry association AITI conducted a survey of over 500 translators and interpreters, and published its findings on rates, income and technology use, and more. 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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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
One of the senior representatives of the English judicial system wades into the machine translation debate by predicting AI will replace interpreters in the courtroom. Continue reading
US researchers outline how technology could be used to support the work of simultaneous interpreters. They propose analyzing the linguist’s performance on the fly via real-time quality feedback loop and offer help only when the interpreter is struggling. Continue reading
A new tender for onsite and remote interpreting, released by the Swedish Migration Board, is the latest in a string of tenders from the Nordics over the past couple of months. Continue reading
In another potential money-spinner for LSPs operating in the Nordics, the municipality of Svendborg in Denmark released a new tender for interpretation services worth USD 10.5m. Continue reading
Several local news outlets in various US states have all been highlighting the lack of interpreters recently. Medical and legal interpretation demand in focus. Continue reading
In Slator’s December 2017 reader polls, we take a look back at 2017, look forward to expectations at 2018, and pick the brains of our readers regarding Amazon Translate’s pitch towards multilingual vendors. Continue reading
A new bill passed by the California state legislature strengthens health care language assistance services to individuals with limited English proficiency. Continue reading
Slator readers on who is leading the world in language tech, when VRI will take over conference interpreting, how important terminology is to their productivity tool, and how fast they get paid. Continue reading
Despite making it into several large framework contracts in 2016, London-based translation and interpretation provider Pearl Linguistics goes into liquidation. Competitors start taking over contracts. Continue reading
Capita TI hits key contract target of 98% success in providing interpreters to the MoJ just as contract is about to end; keeps hands off providing same services for succeeding contract. Continue reading
Arizona’s court system implements four-tier credentialing system; requires all 600 staff or freelance court interpreters to pass tiers three or four by mid-2019. Follows similar moves in most other US states. Continue reading
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