Language Industry Top Quotes of 2018
From technology, markets, and M&A to investment and the competitive landscape, the language industry leaders we interviewed in 2018 commented on a wide range of issues - here are our top picks.
From technology, markets, and M&A to investment and the competitive landscape, the language industry leaders we interviewed in 2018 commented on a wide range of issues - here are our top picks.
The Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI), launched in July 2018 to track how employment activity is trending across the global language industry, reached a new high of 104.02 in December 2018 vs 100.85 the previous month.
Summa Linguae acquires Belgium-based language data provider Datamundi, which helps big tech clients build NLP systems, MT engines, and optimize search relevance.
Poland-based Summa Linguae spent USD 2m acquiring Kommunicera, an “almost identical” language service provider, to expand into the Nordics. CEO highlights investment in NMT, API integrations and Blockchain.
Summa Linguae CEO Krzysztof Zdanowski teams up with TextMinded’s former CIO Robert Etches in an attempt to raise up to USD 30 Million by issuing a new cryptocurrency to fund a blockchain-based marketplace for linguistic assets.
EUR 34m translation contract covers a whopping 522 possible language combinations for draft text regulations, notifications, and exchanges on a Member State communication system.
Court says an LSP’s use of Google Translate could mean a gross violation of professional practices and a client’s IP rights; ruling defines what constitutes a ‘professional translator.’
While 2020 will go down in history as the year of Covid, it also saw six CEO appointments at language services and tech providers as well as several C-level and VP hires, as reported by Slator.
Language service provider Summa Linguae Technologies grows 114% in Q3 2020, including acquisitions. Data annotation business triples.
KUDO appoints a VP Compliance and Cybersecurity; Intento hires a Globalization and Localization Director, and Summa Linguae adds a Solutions Architect.
With earnings season for the first half of 2020 behind us, we take a look at how shares in listed language service providers performed year-to-date 2020.
Data annotation and life sciences drive Summa Linguae’s Q2 growth. Honyaku Center gets clobbered as interpreting business is wiped out. Lingo24 provides a gloomy forecast for 2020.
Clear Words Translations appoints a Sales and Marketing Head for Brazil; Smartcat, a Senior Product Manager; Summa Linguae, a Director of North American Operations; and Qualtransloc, a Marketing Head.
Value4Capital’s Piotr Misztal speaks at SlatorCon Remote 2020 on why the language services industry is conducive to private equity’s buy-and-build strategy.
Summa Linguae appoints a Chief Revenue Officer; KUDO, a VP of Client Success; Diuna, a General Manager; and Global Voices, a Digital Marketing Director.
Australia-listed data annotation provider Appen shares Covid-19 update and guides investors on 2020 profit expectations.
Mergers and acquisitions helped the biggest LSPs get even bigger; AB5 prompts protests; bankruptcy, layoffs, and a canceled contract; and new standards for interpreters.
Polish LSP Summa Linguae closes deals to acquire two North American companies, Globalme and GlobalVision; sells 51% stake to PE firm V4C.
In crucial step toward planned private equity sale, language service provider Summa Linguae signs deal to buy Canada-based localization and data annotation provider Globalme.
The Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI), which tracks how employment activity trends across the global language industry, rises again in November 2019.