Software Localization Platform Transifex Sold to PARC Partners
Search fund PARC Partners buys SaaS software localization company, Transifex; installs new leadership in entrepreneurs Chris Reese (CEO) and Tony Pilnik (President).
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How Quora Is Scaling Q&A Across the Globe
Quora’s Head of Product Internationalization, Shreyes Seshasai, explains how they are building an effective localization system that delivers high-quality translations with minimal friction and why slowing down an engineer by 5% isn't acceptable.
Amazon’s Professional Translators, Transifex, SeproTec, BIG
Netflix ramps up gaming as shares fall; Amazon scales from 8 to 51 languages. In M&A, BIG acquires Lawlinguists, SeproTec buys tsd, and Transifex sells to PARC Partners.
Beyond FIGS: How Juntos Localizes into Bemba, Swahili, Tagalog, Arabic and More
The Silicon Valley-based financial conversation platform Juntos uses a mobile communication tool to engage users in their own language to help them achieve financial goals.
At HubSpot, Localization Generates Revenues—and They Measure It
HubSpot Localization Manager Chris Englund on how they measure localization ROI, why they have translators visit their Dublin office, and how Transifex, Cloudwords, and memoQ are integrated into their localization workflow.
Slator Pro Guide: Finding Growth in Adjacent Services
Pro Guide for LSPs to identify growth opportunities in adjacent services. Profiles 15 adjacent services, analyzing barriers to entry, risks, and synergies.
Transifex Announces New Growth Investment and Leadership Succession
Transifex was acquired by PARC Partners, whose investment will fuel continued growth to focus on customer value creation.
Language Service Providers Respond to Coronavirus Lockdowns
We surveyed the response of language service providers from across the globe to the Covid-19 pandemic. Here’s what we found.
Survey Examines Machine Translation Post-Editing Among Freelancers and LSPs
The results of two post-editing of machine translation surveys shine a light on the opinions of practitioners (post-editors and LSPs) on post-editing.
Should Language Service Providers Be on Medium and Quora?
As Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter have become essential channels for many LSPs to reach clients, staff, and get leads, new platforms such as Quora and Medium could open yet another way to win the battle for visibility. Feeling fear of missing out at not having secured your Medium handle yet?
Lionbridge and LUZ Choose Partnerships to Tap New Markets
A closer look at two recent partnership announcements. Lionbridge teams up with Transifex to fill a gap in its tech stack, while life science language service provider LUZ goes after TransPerfect by partnering with Phlexglobal on clinical trial solutions.
Transifex Appoints Three New Execs, Considers New Funding Round in 2016
Localization platform vendor Transifex invests some of the funds it raised in mid 2015, hires new CFO, VP of Marketing, and VP of Sales. CEO tells Slator he is considering a Series B funding round in 2016.
Localize the Unicorn: How Eventbrite is Going Global
Eventbrite Localization Program Manager Patrick McLoughlin gives Slator an exclusive peek into how the world’s fastest growing ticketing platform manages localization.
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