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.
Livewords
Livewords Acquires Rival Dutch Language Service Provider Metamorfose
Dutch language service provider Livewords acquires fellow Netherlands-based Metamorfose. Takes over “mostly complementary” customer base in European and higher education institutions.
Language Industry Hires at Iconic, Global Lingo, Livewords, Lionbridge, Ubiqus USA
Iconic gets a new Marketing Manager, Global Lingo appoints an interim Head of Translation and Interpretation, Livewords appoints a new Business Development Manager, Lionbridge places another key executive position in the role of Head of Sales, APAC, and Ubiqus USA welcomes a new Vice President of Sales, Translation Division.
Livewords Buys Balance Translation in Yet Another Tuck-in Acquisition
Holland-based Livewords picks up another small generalist language service provider in its home market. The deal marks second acquisition since rebranding from Concorde to Livewords.
Livewords Acquires Engels & Partners as It Continues Buy and Build Strategy
After rebranding from Concorde, Dutch language service provider Livewords pushes beyond its government contract core business by buying boutique legal LSP Engels & Partners.
Slator Pro Guide: Finding Growth in Adjacent Services
Pro Guide for LSPs to identify growth opportunities in adjacent services. Profiles 15 adjacent services, analyzing barriers to entry, risks, and synergies.
The Slator 2020 Language Service Provider Index
The Slator 2020 Language Service Provider Index ranks the world’s largest language service providers by revenue and features over 130 LSPs across the Leaders, Challengers, and Boutique categories.
Slator 2019 Language Industry M&A and Funding Report
Download the Slator 2019 Language Industry M&A and Funding Report — an in-depth summary and analysis of the 60 language industry M&A and 15 start-up and tech funding rounds.
UK Linguists Earn GBP 30 per Hour for LSP Work, CIOL Survey Finds
Over 400 linguists responded to the CIOL Insights survey, shedding light on their sources of income, relationships with language service providers, and concerns about fair pay.
Acolad Swaps Private Equity Backers as CEO and Family Take Back Control
Naxicap exits European language service provider Acolad. Private equity fund Qualium Investissement takes minority stake as Acolad CEO’s family reinvests to become majority owner.
Acolad Buys Livewords as It Accelerates Up the Language Industry Food Chain
Serial acquirer Acolad buys Livewords in a move to further consolidate the language industry in Western Europe.
The Post-Deal Lives of Over 100 LSP Owners Who Sold Their Business
Slator tracked over 70 language industry M&A transactions and reviewed the next steps founders took after selling their business.
Slator 2019 Language Industry Market Report
Slator’s inaugural comprehensive language industry market report. It examines total market size, the 10 main end-buyer industries, competitive landscape, productivity tech, NMT and much more.
AVB Replaces Livewords on EUR 6m Dutch Translation Contract
AVB Language Group wins EUR 6m Justice Ministry contract, ousting incumbent provider Livewords.
The Slator 2019 Language Service Provider Index
The Slator 2019 Language Service Provider Index features the largest LSPs in a Leaders Index and the midfield in a Challengers Index.
Slator Jobs Index Slips Below Baseline in February 2019
The Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI), launched in July 2018 to track how employment activity is trending across the global language industry, slipped below the baseline for the first time in February 2019.
Slator 2018 Language Industry M&A and Funding Report
Download Slator’s 2018 Language Industry M&A and Funding Report — an in-depth summary and analysis of the 48 language industry mergers and acquisitions and ten startup funding rounds Slator covered in 2018.
Slator Jobs Index Dips in January 2019 While Hiring Remains Active
The Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI), launched in July 2018 to track how employment activity is trending across the global language industry, dipped slightly in January 2019 to 101.33 vs 104.02 the previous month.
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.
The Slator 2018 Language Service Provider Index
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.
Concorde Tucks In Financial Translation Specialist BB&TW
Dutch LSP Concorde continues to grow through small tuck-in acquisitions, buying small financial translation agency BB&TW and cloud translation platform Livewords; puts 2016 group revenues at EUR 30m.
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