Language technology startup Lilt has introduced a new “human-in-the-loop” model, providing language services to their end-customers, but still rejects the LSP label. Continue reading
TransPerfect
TransPerfect, the world’s largest provider of language and technology solutions for global business, today announced the hiring of industry veteran Elliotte Jacobs as Director of Business Development based in the company’s London office. Continue reading
Inc’s list of the 5,000 fastest growing private companies in the US is out for 2018. Six language service providers could not hold on to their spots in 2017 and were replaced by six other companies this year. Continue reading
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TransPerfect wasted no time in moving its corporate domicile from Delaware to Nevada once the deadline for Co-founder Liz Elting to file a final appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court had passed on August 1, 2018. Continue reading
In its last set of results before consolidating Donnelley Language Solutions, SDL posts first half revenues of GBP 143.1m and adjusted EBITA of GBP 12m. CEO Hernandez sees the benefits of transformation finally beginning to make an impact. Continue reading
In an exclusive interview with Slator, SDL CEO Adolfo Hernandez insists they did not need M&A but calls the acquisition of Donnelley Language Solutions a fantastic strategy accelerator. Continue reading
TransPerfect, the world’s largest provider of language and technology solutions for global business, announced today that billed revenue for the first half of 2018 topped $337 million, which represents nearly 20% growth over its $282 million total for the same period in 2017. Continue reading
SDL acquires Donnelley Language Solutions for USD 77.5m as language industry consolidation accelerates in 2018. SDL pays 13.3 times EBITDA. Donnelley LS management expected to stay. Deal shifts SDL decidedly towards services business. Continue reading
France-headquartered Datawords buys Belgian agency 87seconds in second acquisition in 2018. Deal will expand Datawords’ capabilities in video content localization for corporate and media clients, a market likely to offer above average growth in the coming years. Continue reading
As markets are trending sideways in 2018, a handful of language services and technology providers in media localization and language data managed to outperform the markets. Continue reading
Activity was high among language service provider executives in the first half of 2018 as boardrooms and executive teams were reshuffled. Here are our top 10 picks from January to June 2018. Continue reading
The language industry is huge, worth around USD 40bn per year. Yet, unlike other industries of this size, there is no one single provider generating a billion US-Dollars in revenue. Here’s how it could be done. Continue reading
TransPerfect buys San Francisco-based TranslateNow in first acquisition since legal battle ended. Sales up 21% to USD 275m in first five months of 2018 as execs who had left in protest over Lionbridge bid begin to return. Continue reading
Professor Laura Burian, the new dean of the Middlebury Institute’s Graduate School of Translation, Interpretation, and Language Education, says her priority is to adapt the curriculum to prepare students to lead in a rapidly evolving language and technology market. Continue reading
Will TransPerfect defend the number one position in 2018? And why are Anglo-American LSPs dominating the Slator LSPI? What will Brexit mean for English use in the EU? Any why buyers choose to bring more of the supply chain in-house. Continue reading
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