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
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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 technology and language service providers to the buy side, finance and academia. 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 contracts in 2018. Continue reading
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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 “achieve cost savings and economies of scale”. 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 cloud-based interpretation platforms remains a challenge. 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 Norway’s Hero Tolk. 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 outside vendors if existing arrangements are not enough. 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 interpreters, but finds traction among conference organizers in Lake Geneva region and Zurich. 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 services industry. Continue reading
Telephone interpretation services are at the heart of a contract that requires Language Select to have resources available 24/7 in languages as rare as Mixteco, Papiamento, and Luxembourgeois. Written translations priced at USD 0.18 per word. Continue reading
The UK Home Office’s planned pay cut triggers a fierce row with its nationwide pool of 2,000 interpreters. Continue reading
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