The number of US residents who speak a language other than English at home has doubled since 1990 to 66.6 million people. Spanish dominates but other languages growing too. Diversity drives language services demand. Continue reading
LanguageLine
As markets are trending sideways in 2018, a handful of language services and technology providers in media localization and language data managed to outperform the markets. Continue reading
Activity was high among language service provider executives in the first half of 2018 as boardrooms and executive teams were reshuffled. Here are our top 10 picks from January to June 2018. Continue reading
Advertisement
Will TransPerfect defend the number one position in 2018? And why are Anglo-American LSPs dominating the Slator LSPI? What will Brexit mean for English use in the EU? Any why buyers choose to bring more of the supply chain in-house. Continue reading
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
The Parkland Health and Hospital System in Dallas, Texas is on a recruitment drive, seeking to double the size of their existing in-house team of Spanish interpreters in a million dollar plus cost saving initiative. Continue reading
Slator launches the 2018 Slator Language Service Provider Index (LSPI). The index comprises the largest language service providers worldwide with aggregate 2017 revenue of USD 4.7 billion derived from services such as translation, localization, language technology, interpretation, subtitling, dubbing, and related services. Continue reading
SDL says first quarter 2018 in line with expectations, while US-based remote interpreter LanguageLine Solutions reports slowing revenue growth due to a weak dollar and a technical glitch. Continue reading
Former LanguageLine CEO and Chairman Dennis Dracup joins the board of New York-based Morningside Translations as Chairman. The appointment marks a significant win for the Morningside’s new co-CEOs Tom Klein and Roland Lessard. Continue reading
In its first full year under its new owner Teleperformance, remote interpreter LanguageLine posts another solid performance, growing revenues by 8.6% to USD 451M. Continue reading
Local language service providers push back against Alberta’s contracting of US-giant LanguageLine for remote video remote interpreting service for state’s courts. “We don’t know who is interpreting. We don’t know anything.” Continue reading
The US government’s translation and interpretation spend for 2017 has reached over half a billion US Dollars so far, already outstripping 2016 spending. Over 77% of spending went to just 20 companies. Continue reading
LanguageLine contributes EUR 114m in sales and EUR 41 in pre-tax profit in 2016 since its acquisition in mid-September. Company relies almost completely on over-the-phone interpretation, which may make it vulnerable to regulatory changes in the US. Continue reading
After acquiring SimulDirect, Cadence shifts focus from on-site to remote simultaneous interpretation; joins 500 Startups accelerator program. Co-founder says they will use program’s Demo Day to launch new fundraising round in May. Continue reading
UK’s NHS announces 14 winners of yet another major nationwide language services framework contract. Contract runs two years with Capita TI, LanguageLine, thebigword, and ONCALL Interpreters among the successful bidders. Continue reading
This information will never be shared with third parties. No Spam.