As technology is boosting productivity and changing buyer expectations, dropping unit prices presents opportunities to vendors that bring the tech, specialization, and size to seize them but it is an existential threat to generalists lacking focus. Continue reading
As language service providers expand across more of the localization supply chain, language technologies can be barriers for LSPs to these growth segments. Customer segmentation and industry focus are now shaping the way that LSPs choose to invest in language technologies. Continue reading
China’s game market is huge already, even while its regulations are prohibiting free flow of games into the Chinese market. Continue reading
Who’s up, who’s down? Listed Language Service Providers continue to do well in 2018 even though the upward trend has slowed somewhat compared to the previous two to three years. Continue reading
Lionbridge to lay off 119 employees in Vancouver (WA) by early June 2018. Layoffs could indicate a move away from software testing towards a renewed focus on core language services and technology business. Continue reading
Acquisition activity picks up in the new year as more announcements create ever bigger LSPs. The Danish government tries their hand at aggregating public sector translation demand, and Microsoft claims “human parity” in machine translation. Continue reading
Keywords issues strong trading statement for 2017 and reports smooth integration of the 11 acquisitions made. The company continued its focus of diversifying and deepening its penetration across technical services in gaming, with clear intention of keeping up the acquisitions pace in 2018. Continue reading
From technology, markets, and M&A to investment and the competitive landscape, the language industry leaders we interviewed in 2017 commented on a wide range of issues – here are our top picks. Continue reading
Keywords continues to bolster growth rapidly through acquisitions announced just one day apart, adding one US company to engineering services and another Mexican one to media localization. Both comes with a client base of the who’s who in gaming. Continue reading
Growth in gaming continues unabated with mobile, PC, and console all driving demand for localization. Virtual and augmented reality gaming remains niche but is set to become increasingly prominent in the next two to three years. Continue reading
Keywords Studios says it will buy North American video game quality assurance and technical services provider VMC for USD 66.4m, its largest acquisition to date. Continue reading
Looking to strengthen its software engineering services, Keywords Studios acquires UK-based software development company d3t for GBP 3m (USD 3.9m). Continue reading
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 future of game and anime localization. Continue reading
CEO Tomas Kratochvil talks about competitors, how he works with Moravia’s private equity investors, why he has yet to do a major acquisition, and what impact neural MT is having on business. Continue reading
Ireland-based Keywords Studios is ramping up its audio-recording arsenal with the acquisition of four Paris-based firms specializing in localization and audio voice-over recording for games. Company to spend another EUR 1m to upgrade facilities in Paris studio. Continue reading
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