Ranking and Analysis: H1 2019 Performance of Listed Language Service Providers
Australia’s Appen leads a H1 2019 ranking of listed language service providers. The language industry again outperformed the broader markets. Continue reading
Tag: Translation Productivity
Brink Is Back With Big Language Solutions, Buys ProTranslating
Undeterred by the 2016 ULG saga, industry veteran Jeff Brink teams up with a private equity firm to buy Florida’s ProTranslating and launch a buy-and-build strategy. Continue reading
Lilt Hires Lionbridge Veteran Roberto Sastre in Bid to Expand Enterprise Business
San Francisco-based Lilt continues to execute on its new strategy of selling services into the enterprise, hires Dublin-based Lionbridge veteran Roberto Sastre. Continue reading
Canada’s Housing Agency Plans to Outsource 95% of Translations and Buy a New TMS
Canada’s Housing Agency issues RFI to gain input from language industry on improving language services operating model; plans to outsource 9.5 million words by September 2019. Continue reading
Lilt Hires Former Lionbridge Chief Sales Officer Paula Shannon as Advisor
Translation technology startup Lilt has hired former Lionbridge Chief Sales Officer Paula Shannon as Advisor. The move follows the company’s decision to begin offering services. Continue reading
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Reader Polls: Pay By Hour, DeepL, Conferences, and 2019 Megatrends
Charging clients per word but paying translators by the hour? Most anticipated language industry conferences? Top NMT contender DeepL’s fate in the next three years? And which megatrends will... Continue reading
Shopify’s 6 Million Words Annually Aren’t Their Biggest Localization Challenge
Shopify’s Content and Localization Manager, Giulia Greco, shares how the multi-channel ecommerce company will have localized six million words by the time 2018 ends, and why translation was the... Continue reading
Reader Polls: Europe Lags, Over-Engineered Tools, M&A Net Negative, MT Not on List
A lot of Slator’s readers think Europe is lagging behind the US and China in language tech, translation productivity tools are widely seen as over-engineered, M&A-driven consolidation is a net... Continue reading
Alpha Rebounds from Losses, Says Tech May Degrade Environment for Translators
After a challenging 2016, UK-based Alpha CRC rebounds from losses to post modest profit for the full year 2017. Company says modern workflow tools and agile working may create a degraded... Continue reading
LanguageWire Acquires Xplanation As Consolidation in Europe Accelerates Rapidly
Denmark’s LanguageWire buys Belgian-based Xplanation in deal that creates one of the largest diversified European language service providers. Combined 2018 revenues to come in at nearly USD 70m. Continue reading
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Lilt Raises USD 9.5M Series A Led by Sequoia as Language Industry Back on VC Radar
Translation productivity startup Lilt raises USD 9.5m in a series A funding round from Silicon Valley heavyweight Sequoia Capital as neural machine translation puts language industry back on VC radar. Continue reading
Smartcat Raises USD 7 Million in Series A Funding from Matrix Partners
Smartcat gets USD 7m from storied VC firm Matrix Partners to further scale its translation management platform and freelance translator marketplace. Continue reading
Continuous Localization of WebCEO’s SaaS Platform, Wiki-Style
WebCEO enlists users as volunteers to translate its software-as-a-service SEO platform and has turned out more than 2 million words in the last year through its Crowd Translation Center. Continue reading
SDL 2017 Revenues up 8%, Profits Down on Restructuring
SDL projects 2017 revenues of GBP 285m, up 8% from last year. Pre-tax profit are down 18% due to restructuring charges, delayed software deals, and a faster than expected shift to SaaS. Language... Continue reading
Build vs Buy: Why Evernote Built Its Own Localization Platform from Day One
Evernote began localization with zero budget, internally developed tech and crowdsourced translations. Now they handle 2.4 million words across 25 languages with their open source stack and... Continue reading
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