Reader Polls: Should Translation Tests Be Multiple Choice?
How LSPs view Google Translation Hub, acceptable format of translation tests, growth expectations in media localization, impact of latest AI developments.
Netflix
Language Highlights From Netflix’s Q3 2022 Earnings Call
Here are the most salient, language-related highlights from Netflix’s third quarter earnings report and interview.
How Nine Source Languages Played a Central Role in Netflix’s “1899”
In what may be called a first of its kind, Netflix’s 1899 brought together nine source languages and the global expertise needed to distribute the one-season series in 58 countries.
New Localization Opportunities As Spain’s Audiovisual Hub Plan Gains Momentum
Increased foreign investment, revamped visa laws, and new audiovisual production and training facilities make Spain fertile ground for media localization providers.
How to Become a Netflix Dubbing Provider
Netflix shares what it takes to become an approved audio localization provider for its original series and films under the NP3 program.
Slator 2022 Language Industry M&A and Funding Report
44-pages on 2022 translation and localization industry acquisitions and translation startup investments, with valuations, deal rationale.
YouTube Tests Feature That May Create Netflix-Sized Opportunity for Dubbing Providers
YouTube quietly tests a new multi-language audio feature that would open up a massive new market for professional dubbing if rolled out across the platform.
Amazon’s Professional Translators, Transifex, SeproTec, BIG
Netflix ramps up gaming as shares fall; Amazon scales from 8 to 51 languages. In M&A, BIG acquires Lawlinguists, SeproTec buys tsd, and Transifex sells to PARC Partners.
Netflix Shares Plan to Reaccelerate Growth; Builds Out Localization Capabilities
Netflix shares its strategy to reaccelerate viewing and revenue growth after subscription slump; focuses on long-term growth outside US.
As Netflix Ramps Up in Gaming, Localization Pros Join the Team
With three game-studio acquisitions since September 2021 — including USD 72m for Next Games — Netflix has expanded its gaming offerings, with similar plans for localization.
Is Subtitling Really a ‘Dying Art’?
As a leading tech site reports on the ‘dying art of subtitling,’ we unpack why it is anything but — and how LSPs, investors, and streaming giants are focused on subtitling like never before.
Björn Lifvergren on Subtitling, Dubbing, and Launching LinQ Media
LinQ Media Co-founder Björn Lifvergren, talks about the evolution of media localization, launching his new startup, and comments on Netflix’s latest localization stats.
Netflix COO Reveals Scale of Dubbing and Subtitling Operations
Netflix COO reveals how many minutes Netflix dubbed and subtitled in 2021 and which non-English market is toughest for them to crack at the moment.
Reader Polls: Money’s Pouring In, Hiring’s Booming – But How Do You See Your Future?
We asked Slator readers to do some crystal ball gazing — 25 years from now — as well as their thoughts on the language industry investment and hiring boom, and more.
Reader Polls: Dubbing Today vs. the ’90s; State Use of MT for Talking to Citizens
We asked your opinions on English dubbing, MT research findings, post-editing TM versus MT output, and Google Translate.
Netflix Brings Mobile Gaming to Europe and New Series to Twitch
As competition with other streaming services heats up, Netflix rolls out limited selection of Android games to maintain subscriber interest. Game localizers should take note.
Neural Dubber: TikTok Parent Company ByteDance Explores Automated Dubbing
ByteDance publishes research examining whether synthesized human speech could come close to the “impressive ability” of professional voice actors in dubbing.
10 Areas Where Translators Are (and Will Remain) Essential Experts in the Loop
Where translators make the difference in mission-critical cases around subtitling, politics, brand marketing, language technology, and more.
Judging Google Translate, TransPerfect’s Road to the Billion, Spain as Media Loc Hub
TransPerfect closes in on billion-dollar target, Spain becoming an audiovisual hub, US court’s take on Google Translate, and key takeaways from new Localization Buyer Pro Guide.
Spain Recasts Itself as Audiovisual Hub, Creating Opportunities for Media Localizers
Netflix’s first European production hub opens in Madrid; Apple expands its AI/ML work in Barcelona; Spanish PM pledges more than EUR 1.6bn for the country’s audiovisual sector.
How Netflix, Disney (Maybe Even Amazon) Are Driving Demand for English Dubbing
Helped in no small part by lockdowns, the world’s streaming giants can take credit for the broadened palate for foreign content of its English-speaking customers — who now clamor for better dubbing.
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