The public sector was a significant source of contracts, conflicts, and developments for the language services industry in 2018. Here’s what you need to know. Continue reading
SlatorCon tour took in four global cities across three continents in 2018 and featured a grand total of 35 speakers representing the full breadth of the language industry from startups, language... Continue reading
As Denmark centralizes interpretation across its judicial sector, Danish language service provider EasyTranslate beats out five rival bids to win one of Europe’s largest language services... Continue reading
A dozen Danish government agencies related to the judicial sector issue a massive collective tender for language services. The entire contract will be awarded to a single vendor in order to... Continue reading
Remote interpreting likely to benefit from the state government’s added investment as rural and regional areas are in focus. A local language service provider says signing up interpreters to... Continue reading
EU awards EUR 63.5m interpretation contract to meet language needs of immigrants from southern border; Finland, EUR 37.5m, for those who make it way up north. Continue reading
After withdrawing twice, government contracting agency re-issues call for tender on renewal of major framework agreement for interpretation. Vendors under current framework include Semantix and... Continue reading
Hong Kong’s Democratic Party questions if the government is doing enough to provide language access for the territory’s ethnic minorities. Government recommends individual departments look for... Continue reading
Swiss remote interpretation startup Interprefy raises second funding round in less than one year; sees its valuation increase from CHF 1.5m to CHF 4m (USD 4.1m). Startup faces pushback from some... Continue reading
After Teleperformance’s LanguageLine acquisition, Transcosmos’ remote interpretation contract win with convenience store 7-Eleven marks the entry of yet another BPO company into the language... Continue reading
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