The Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI), launched in August 2018 to track how employment activity is trending across the global language industry, dropped slightly in September 2018 to 100.05 from 100.74 the previous month. Continue reading
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In July, Slator featured Bruno Bitter, memoQ new Global Head of Marketing and Sales in their People Moves column. The interview is now published in its entirety. Continue reading
San Francisco startup Boostlingo has secured USD 3.4m in Series A funding to build out its delivery platform for interpretation services including capabilities for both onsite and remote interpreting. Continue reading
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memoQ, the leading provider of translation technology, has released memoQ version 8.5. The DeepL MT Plugin and the video preview for subtitling are among the high-notes in this new release. Continue reading
memoQ held memoQfest, its 10th annual conference on translation technology from 30 May – 1 June 2018 in Budapest, Hungary. It was the biggest event memoQ has ever organized: more than 250 people attended from 30 different countries to learn about the newest industry trends, see the most recent developments in memoQ and get real-life tips and tricks from the memoQ team and other experienced users. Continue reading
UK-based LSP The Translation People has acquired Cicero for an undisclosed amount, adding GBP 0.55m in revenues to its 2017 totals of GBP 5.1m. Continue reading
British game developer Frontier Developments has always relied on language service providers (LSPs) to localize its games. Localization Manager Tamara Tirjak says the company is looking to expand the number of languages it supports. Continue reading
memoQ has just introduced an iconic new emblem and logo. The new brand identity is a consistent set of design elements that help connect memoQ to existing and new audiences. Continue reading
Can machines become as good as humans in natural language? Are CAT tools getting far too complicated? Will users increasingly grow comfortable with sacrificing data privacy for personalized digital comfort? These issues are examined with bold quotes and predictions from the memoQ Trend Report 2018. Continue reading
memoQ’s trend report for 2018 explores the most important developments that will influence translation technology and related fields this year. Continue reading
New York-based Morningside Translations was sold to a group led by new co-CEOs Tom Klein and Roland Lessard. The duo discusses what attracted them to the language industry, how they intend to grow the business, and why they are in this for the long haul. Continue reading
After a 25% minority share swap back in mid-2016, Summa Linguae will 100% own Mayflower as they merge into a single company with USD 7m in revenues. Mayflowers owners gain significant shares within Linguae as the company seeks to solidify India as a market and expand into the US. Continue reading
Kilgray has released memoQ 8.2. The new version is designed to improve the productivity of translators, translation companies and enterprises. Continue reading
HubSpot Localization Manager Chris Englund on how they measure localization RoI, why they have translators visit their Dublin office, and how Transifex, Cloudwords, and memoQ are integrated into their localization workflow. Continue reading
Localization Managers of payment solutions provider cleverbridge talk about how technology has made it easier for them to work directly with freelancers and where they think language service providers still add value. Continue reading
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