European Asylum Support Office (EASO) launches one of the bloc’s largest language services RFPs in 2018. The majority of spend goes to traditional interpreting in Greece, Cyprus and Bulgaria with a modest EUR 73k earmarked for a Remote Interpretation pilot. Continue reading
SeproTec has a new Executive Director in Poland while Wordbee has appointed a Business Developer for the Games Localization Industry. Senior managers join Global textware and Andovar. Continue reading
For years, Switzerland’s federal bureaucracy sourced translation services at a minimum rate of 40 cents per word until a right-wing politician forced a vote in parliament to end the practice. Now, Donnelley, Apostroph, Lionbridge and other LSPs are forced to bid for each job in minitenders. Continue reading
Slator launches the 2018 Slator Language Service Provider Index (LSPI). The index comprises the largest language service providers worldwide with aggregate 2017 revenue of USD 4.7 billion derived from services such as translation, localization, language technology, interpretation, subtitling, dubbing, and related services. Continue reading
SeproTec Multilingual Solutions recently inaugurated a new office in Basel, Switzerland as part of their international expansion plan. Continue reading
The police force in Catalonia, Spain will benefit from the government’s new EUR 5.6m investment in translation and interpretation services for non-official languages of the autonomous region. Continue reading
European Central Bank announces winners of EUR 2.4m framework for translating 19 source languages into English. Estonian and Maltese still looking for vendors. 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
Summa Linguae names a new Vendor Manager, and Alpha, a new Program Manager. Clear Accent appoints two Regional Sales Managers, and SeproTec, two BDMs. Meanwhile, United Language Group continues to beef up key sales posts. Continue reading
The European Asylum Support Office opened a request for proposal worth EUR 63.5m for interpretation, interpretation equipment, and so-called cultural mediation. Four-year contract requires on-the-ground presence across much of Southern and Eastern Europe. Continue reading
Debut deal for Spain’s SeproTec as it buys Krakow-based Lidolang in bid to expand production. SeproTec CEO Juan Julián León discusses the rationale behind the acquisition and his plans for the combined group. Continue reading
A roundup of recent appointments to business development and marketing positions at Capita TI, Lionbridge, LanguageLine, Across, CSOFT, oneword, Memsource, SeproTec, TextMaster, and others. Continue reading
The drive West continues for language service providers with Madrid-headquartered SeproTec opening its second US office in Austin; Move follows other office openings or expansions in the US in 2016 by competing LSPs. Continue reading
Amplexor, Intertranslations, Iolar, Xplanation, SDL, Lionbridge, Skrivanek among the 31 language service providers picking up a cool €67.5M in EU contracts tendered out by the Directorate-General for Translation of the European Parliament. Continue reading
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