Honyaku Shares Fall Despite Record Full-Year Revenues
Japan’s Honyaku Center grows top and bottom line for the third year in a row as revenues reach USD 109.5m and operating income registers at USD 8.2m for the fiscal year 2019. Continue reading
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Rozetta’s Market Cap Nears USD 400m as Bet on Machine Translation Pays Off
Japanese LSP enters period of “rapid growth” for MT segment. Revenue and operating income up strongly. Shares rally, propelling market cap to nearly USD 400m. Continue reading
SDI Media Parent Imagica Group Invests in Pixelogic
Japanese media solutions conglomerate and SDI Media parent Imagica Group buys significant minority stake in Pixelogic. Continue reading
IP and Pharma Translations Boost Q3 Results for Japan’s Largest LSP
On the back of a 16.9% growth YOY of its core Translation Business, Honyaku Center posts USD 78.68m in revenues for the first 9 months of its 2019 fiscal year. Continue reading
Honyaku Center’s 6-Months Revenues Break USD 50m Mark
Japan’s largest language services provider posts double digit revenue growth on the back of 2017 acquisition and a rebound in its Conventions business. Continue reading
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Honyaku Center Shares Climb on Full-Year Results
Honyaku Center registers a slight 3.9% increase year-on-year with total revenues of JPY 10.6bn (USD 96.2m), making this fiscal year a record for Japan’s largest LSP. Shares jump on the news,... Continue reading
Inside Japan’s Language Industry: SlatorCon Tokyo Presentations
Slator went big in Japan with SlatorCon Tokyo on Feb 28, 2018. Language industry leaders from Japan and Asia gathered at the hip Trunk Hotel in the heart of Shibuya to get an update on what's... Continue reading
Arrested for Translation: Japan Detains Five Chinese Nationals for Pirate Translation
From cease and desist notices to actual arrests—five Chinese nationals allegedly belonging to a large distributor of illegally Chinese-translated Japanese media have been detained by local police. Continue reading
Quarterly Earnings at Japan’s Largest LSP Honyaku Center Drop 17.5%, Revenues Flat
Revenues flat and earnings down 17.5% in fiscal Q2 at Japan’s largest language service provider Honyaku Center. Translation business posts modest growth while conventions business drops 80%. Continue reading
This ‘Super Lucky’ Translator Rarely Deals with Word Counts
Co-author of funny video game translations book Clyde Mandelin shares professional insight on the localization of Japanese media for Western audiences, why he mostly gets paid by project, and the... Continue reading
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How SOURCENEXT Helped Evernote and Dropbox Succeed in Japan
SOURCENEXT does what no other company can do: help foreign partners successfully break into the third largest market in the world for online sales—Japan. And localization plays a key role. Continue reading
Honyaku Center Q1 Revenues Down as Conference Business Takes a Hit
Not even a solid performance in the core translation business was able to offset a near wipe-out in the conference services division, as revenues slid more than 6% to JPY 2.42bn (USD 22.1m) for... Continue reading
Bloomberg’s Japanese Rival UZABASE Says Translation Volumes Set to Grow
The Japanese provider of business intelligence and Asia-focused industry research sees translation volumes going up as the company grows internationally. To boost productivity UZABASE is looking... Continue reading
Mobile Messaging Giant LINE on Balancing Competing Interests in Localization
Japan's most popular messaging app LINE has complex requirements for translation and localization. Senior Localization Engineer and Product Manager Robert Wertheim explains the process. Continue reading
Inside Japan’s Language Industry at Slator Tokyo Meetup
At Slator's Tokyo Meetup, held at the Grand Hyatt in Roppongi, participants discussed what's driving the language industry in 2017. The meetup was well attended by language service providers,... Continue reading
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