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Mergers & Acquisitions • By Marion Marking On 18 Oct 2022

Summa Linguae Buys Poland-Based Life Sciences LSP Get It

Summa Linguae acquires fellow Poland-based LSP, Get It. Looks to build out capacity via more M&A, not only in localization but also NLP, data-for-AI, now main source of revenue.

Mergers & Acquisitions • By Esther Bond On 15 Dec 2021

Summa Linguae Acquires Language Data Provider Datamundi

Summa Linguae acquires Belgium-based language data provider Datamundi, which helps big tech clients build NLP systems, MT engines, and optimize search relevance.

Financial Results • By Esther Bond On 9 Nov 2020

Summa Linguae Reports Strong Q3 2020 Growth as Data Services Take Off

Language service provider Summa Linguae Technologies grows 114% in Q3 2020, including acquisitions. Data annotation business triples.

Financial Results, Subscriber Content • By Florian Faes On 19 Aug 2020

Earnings Wrap: Summa Linguae Booms, Honyaku Plunges, Lingo24 Gloomy for 2020

Data annotation and life sciences drive Summa Linguae’s Q2 growth. Honyaku Center gets clobbered as interpreting business is wiped out. Lingo24 provides a gloomy forecast for 2020.

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Industry News • By Seyma Albarino On 13 Mar 2020

The State of the Language Industry as Coronavirus Goes Global

How has the rapid spread of coronavirus affected the language industry? And what are stakeholders doing to prepare for what lies ahead?

Features • By Tess MacDougall On 20 Dec 2019

Top Language Industry Quotes of 2019

From technology, markets, and M&A to investment and the competitive landscape, the language industry leaders we interviewed in 2019 commented on a wide range of issues. Here are our top picks.

Mergers & Acquisitions • By Esther Bond On 11 Dec 2019

Summa Linguae Closes Two Deals and Completes Majority Sale to Private Equity

Polish LSP Summa Linguae closes deals to acquire two North American companies, Globalme and GlobalVision; sells 51% stake to PE firm V4C.

Mergers & Acquisitions • By Esther Bond On 20 Nov 2019

Summa Linguae to Acquire Canada-Based Localizer and Data-Annotator Globalme

In crucial step toward planned private equity sale, language service provider Summa Linguae signs deal to buy Canada-based localization and data annotation provider Globalme.

Investment & Funding, Mergers & Acquisitions • By Florian Faes On 29 Oct 2019

Private Equity Fund Set to Take Majority in Summa Linguae, Finance Two Acquisitions

Polish LSP Summa Linguae has secured backing from PE fund, Value4Capital, to finance acquisitions in the US and Canada. Deal sees fund taking majority in LSP.

People Moves • By Marion Marking On 4 Jul 2019

Creator of Trados Joins Summa Linguae Board, Says CAT Tools Will Become Obsolete

Trados founder Jochen Hummel discusses the demise of the product category he helped create, what has delayed full NMT disruption, and what’s next for human translators.

Features • By Esther Bond On 28 Dec 2018

Language Industry Top Quotes of 2018

From technology, markets, and M&A to investment and the competitive landscape, the language industry leaders we interviewed in 2018 commented on a wide range of issues - here are our top picks.

Machine Translation, Research & Reports • By Slator On 5 Dec 2018

Slator 2019 Neural Machine Translation Report—Deploying NMT in Operations

Through five case studies and nearly 30 commentaries from the buy (enterprise, government, and more)- and sell-side (LSPs), this report shines a light on the sentiment of industry practitioners towards current-state NMT technology.

Mergers & Acquisitions • By Esther Bond On 20 Nov 2018

Poland’s Summa Linguae Buys Swedish LSP Kommunicera

Poland-based Summa Linguae spent USD 2m acquiring Kommunicera, an “almost identical” language service provider, to expand into the Nordics. CEO highlights investment in NMT, API integrations and Blockchain.

Investment & Funding • By Florian Faes On 29 May 2018

USD 30 Million: Two LSP Execs Attempt Language Industry’s Biggest ICO Yet

Summa Linguae CEO Krzysztof Zdanowski teams up with TextMinded’s former CIO Robert Etches in an attempt to raise up to USD 30 Million by issuing a new cryptocurrency to fund a blockchain-based marketplace for linguistic assets.

Financial Results • By Lance Ng On 5 Mar 2018

Summa Linguae Posts Revenue Growth, Net Loss for 2017

Summa Linguae reported Q4 and FY 2017 revenue growth but suffered net losses in both periods. Consolidation costs from acquisitions continued to drag but they expect efforts to bear fruit soon.

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