Why Language Empire thought it could get away with launching a business under the name “Big Word Translation” remains unclear. The company was now ordered by a judge to cease operating under the trademarked name and may have to pay punitive damages to the real thebigword. Continue reading
Global language service provider thebigword has been chosen by Chinese tech giant Huawei to help deliver smart, wearable technology to a global audience. Continue reading
Provider of translation and interpreting services thebigword has been awarded a major contract with the NATO Support and Procurement Agency. The large five-year framework contract means thebigword linguists will provide troops language support using a mix of local Afghan and US staff. Continue reading
UK-based language service provider thebigword took a 10% revenue hit in the year ending May 2016. CEO Larry Gould tells Slator the Crown Commercial Service and Ministry of Justice contracts will boost sales by 35% this year. Continue reading
UK’s NHS announces 14 winners of yet another major nationwide language services framework contract. Contract runs two years with Capita TI, LanguageLine, thebigword, and ONCALL Interpreters among the successful bidders. Continue reading
Baidu Chief Scientist says they pioneered neural machine translation. A few months into its MoJ contract, the thebigword already responds to bad press. Keywords Studios acquires Spanish game localizer. And TransPerfect preps for Supreme Court. Continue reading
From newly formed ULG to MotaWord, Cloudwords, thebigword, and RWS’s CTi unit, 2016 has seen its fair share of senior appointments in the language industry. Here is a roundup of last year’s most important new hires. Continue reading
The UK’s Ministry of Justice (MoJ) releases details about the giant interpretation and translation contract awarded to thebigword, Clarion, and The Language Shop. Learning from past failure, the MoJ steps up monitoring and sends out mystery shoppers. Continue reading
Chairman of French Teleperformance Daniel Julien puts his money where his mouth is; buys Language Line for USD 1.5bn. CCO of thebigword not surprised at purchase price, while ATA president says too soon to draw conclusions. Continue reading
Following the playbook of the Crown Commercial Service and the Ministry of Justice, Britain’s NHS launches a tender for translation and interpretation services for the whole of England. Among the requirements: proof that interpreters are vaccinated against tuberculosis and other diseases. Continue reading
London’s translate plus releases results for 2015 financial year with revenues broadly flat and EBITDA slightly down. Director Robert Timms says current financial year to deliver strong top and bottom line growth when the books are closed end of August 2016 Continue reading
When important news falls through the cracks, Slator is there to catch it: The pace of acquisitions in natural language processing accelerates, iPhone translations are good enough for a US court, and thebigword takes the baton from CapitaTI in UK Ministry of Justice contract. Continue reading
Very large framework agreements are the United Kingdom’s language service sourcing flavor du jour as contracting agency ESPO puts a GBP 120m figure on the value of a contract awarded to no less than 13 vendors. Continue reading
UK’s Crown Commercial Service rolls three existing government contracts into one and awards a four-year contract worth up to GBP 250m to 12 language service providers and one consortium. Continue reading
After losing millions on the MoJ deal, Capita TI confirms it will bid on only one of four lots as the contract comes up for renewal. TransPerfect said to pursue the interpretation lot, while interpreter collective NRPSI teams up with conglomerate Interserve on quality assurance. Continue reading
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