Welocalize CEO Smith Yewell on Scaling a Language Industry Super Agency
Welocalize CEO, Smith Yewell, joins SlatorPod to talk about the Super Agency’s transformation, expanding through private equity and M&A, and the future of NLP.
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Japanese LSP Honyaku Reports Improving Revenues as Japan Eases Restrictions
Honyaku Center, Japan’s largest LSP, continues to post improving numbers. Sales climb in all units but one as the country relaxes Covid measures for business travel and large events.
Honyaku on Slow Road to Recovery as Translation Business Posts Uptick
Japan’s largest LSP, Honyaku Center, starts to bounce back from Covid slump ahead of relaxed border controls starting June 1, 2022. Translation demand reported to be “generally firm.”
SeproTec Reportedly Valued at EUR 75m in Nazca Capital Buy-Out
Madrid-based LSP Seprotec takes on new majority owner as Spain’s Nazca Capital becomes latest private equity firm to enter language services industry.
What RWS Told Investors About How Well Post-Editing Works in Patent Translation
Language service provider RWS tells investors at capital markets event about how it is integrating Moravia and informs about the results of a pilot project to deploy MT post-editing in production in its patent translation division.
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Patent Applications Hit Record High in 2020; SeproTec CEO on Growth Drivers
Patent filings grow 4% in 2020 despite 3.5% global GDP contraction. Juan Julián León, CEO of IP & patent specialist SeproTec, on what’s driving growth in the space.
Questel Buys Morningside to Become Key Player in IP & Patent Translation
Paris-based IP service provider, Questel, buys New-York based patent and life sciences specialist Morningside less than four years after Co-CEOs Tom Klein and Roland Lessard took over the LSP.
World Intellectual Property Organization Opens 26-Million-Word Translation Tender
WIPO invites IP-specialized language service providers to bid for five-year contract, which covers 52,000 patent documents — or 26 million words — annually.
Certified Translation of Italian Patent Loses Case for Pharma Company
US Federal Circuit Court of Appeals gives no weight to certified translation of Italian patent application filed by Swiss pharmaceutical company in case versus US competitor.
Shares in Japan’s Largest Translation Company Slide on Declining Revenues
Increase in revenues from patent translations fails make up for decline across all other sectors of core Translation Business.
Use of ModernMT in IP and Life Science Translations: an ASTW Case Study
Interview with Davide Caroselli, Product VP of ModernMT, the context-aware machine translation that learns from user corrections.
Honyaku Center Posts Decline in Translation Revenues for H1 FY 2020
Honyaku Center reports decline in all sectors of core Translation Business, except for Patents. Banks on “active use” of machine translation to grow.
RWS Simplifies Operating Structure as Cost Control and Moravia Boost Profits
RWS half-year results boosted by Moravia unit and strong IP business. Margins widen on simplification of operating structure, tight cost control.
Morningside Translations Buys Net-Translators, Expands Israel Presence
US-headquartered language service provider Morningside Translations acquires Net-Translators of Tel Aviv to strengthen its existing foothold in Israel.
Stepes Introduces Automated Patent Translation Solutions
Leading enterprise translation service provider helps technology companies and patent law firms accelerate international patent filings in Chinese, Korean, German, and Japanese.
IP and Pharma Translations Boost Q3 Results for Japan’s Largest LSP
On the back of a 16.9% growth YOY of its core Translation Business, Honyaku Center posts USD 78.68m in revenues for the first 9 months of its 2019 fiscal year.
RWS Posts Solid Full-Year 2018 Results as It Integrates Moravia
RWS nearly doubled in size in its financial year 2018 boosted by Moravia and a solid organic performance across its five divisions. Further selective acquisitions in the cards for 2019.
IP Service Provider Questel Acquires MultiLing in ‘Highly Competitive’ Process
Paris-headquartered IP Service Provider Questel buys 100% of US-based language service provider MultiLing at around 10-times earnings.
RWS Posts Record Revenues and Earnings
RWS registered its best ever revenue and profits figures in FY 2017 and declared its 14th consecutive dividend increase. Recent acquisitions in Life Sciences contribute significantly to the bottom line.
Strong Results Lift RWS Shares to All-Time High
RWS reports 33.6% revenue growth and projects pre-tax profits “ahead of market expectations” for its financial year ending September 30, 2017. Market capitalization nears USD 1.3bn on the back of surge in share price.
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