Katrina Leonoudakis joins SlatorPod to discuss Japanese-to-English cultural context, machine translation in the workflow, and equivalent experience in the video game industry. Continue reading
Honyaku Center, Japan’s largest LSP, continues to post improving numbers. Sales climb in all units but one as the country relaxes Covid measures for business travel and large events. Continue reading
Japan’s largest LSP, Honyaku Center, reports overall sales increase in Q1 FY21 on back of core Translation business. Online push drives Interpretation; sales up in all but one unit. Continue reading
Rozetta calls Machine Translation its “cash cow” as business continues to grow; plans to transition to holding company by September 2021 and make conferencing speech translation tool a core product. Continue reading
RWS buys patent translation agency, Horn & Uchida of Japan, for GBP 2.3 million cash consideration. Brokerage firm Berenberg ups RWS’ price target, sees strategy on track. Continue reading
Japan’s largest LSP, Honyaku Center, reports 14% revenue drop for 12 months to March 31, 2021; will onboard efficiency measures, upgrade tools to mitigate decline in Translation and... Continue reading
Sales in Honyaku Center’s core translation business continue to decline, down 9.5% to USD 50m for 9 months to December 2020, but pharma orders up 2.4% to USD 20m. FY 2020 forecast upgraded to USD 91m. Continue reading
As machine translation delivers 39% revenue growth in first 9 months of FY 2021, Japan’s Rozetta outgrows declining human-translation business in favor of MT SaaS. Continue reading
Japanese machine translation (MT) and language service provider (LSP) Rozetta grew 3.2% to USD 19m in the first half, as MT revenues climbed 46%. Continue reading
Japan’s largest LSP, Honyaku Center, posted revenues of USD 107m in the 12 months ended March 31, 2020. Core translation business slid 4.6% as company describes outlook extremely uncertain. Continue reading
Increase in revenues from patent translations fails make up for decline across all other sectors of core Translation Business. 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
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
Shares in Japanese language service provider Honyaku Center plummet on declining Q1 2020 sales. Its largest unit, Translation, retreated across all sectors bar Patents. Continue reading
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