Gould 2.0: Joshua Gould Named New Group CEO at thebigword
thebigword’s new CEO Joshua Gould talks about the competition, linguists, VC’s renewed interest in the language industry, and Brexit’s potential impact on operations. Continue reading
Tag: language technology
As CEO Retires, Paras and Associates Adopts Employee Ownership Trust Model
As founder and CEO Melinda Paras prepares to step down, the interpreting technology company is transferring ownership of the company to its employees. Continue reading
State-Sponsored Speech Recognition: China’s iFlytek Raises USD 400m in ‘Private’ Placement
Chinese language technology and voice recognition company iFlytek raises over two billion yuan from state actors, including a railway development fund and a provincial “VC” fund. Continue reading
Reader Polls: MT Row, Regulators, Tech Adoption, Success Factors, 2018 Outlook
2018 started off well for half of our respondents. Quality perceived as key to long-term success as yet another LSP closes. Linguists are too cautious on emerging technology and Slovakia... Continue reading
2017 in Language Industry Startup Funding
Traditional language service businesses typically does not attract venture capital investments. However, with the internet driving online services as well as use of AI in machine translation,... Continue reading
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Reader Polls: Payment Terms, Virtual Remote Interpreting, Terminology
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
2015 in Technology: No Place for Luddites
2015 delivered relentless progress in language technology. We covered breaking news, conducted original research, landed scoops, and delivered expert insight. Continue reading
Rebuilding after Ebay Deal: AppTek Hires new CEO
AppTek, which in 2014 sold a significant part of its machine translation assets to Ebay, is rebuilding its business and hires media business development veteran Adam Sutherland as new CEO. Continue reading
That’s Big: Spain Pours $100 Million into Language Technology
Machine translation vendors rejoice: Spain commits nine-figure investment to become a leader in natural language processing and machine translation. Continue reading
Translation Startup Funding Disclosed on Crunchbase over the Last Ten Years: $231M
Translation and Localization start-ups disclosing their funding rounds on Crunchbase manage to convince investors to part with $231M over ten years. Continue reading
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Disruption In Progress: 10 Years and 190 Translation Startups
Big Niche: Translation and Localization Captures the Imagination of 190 Start-Ups in 10 years. Continue reading
Two Translation Technology Companies Nominated for New EU innovation Radar Award
Translated, the company behind MateCat, and Deeplingo, a statistical machine translation engine, are both nominated for the EU Innovation Radar prize. Continue reading
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