Acolad Buys Rival Ubiqus, Further Consolidating French Translation Market
France-headquartered language service provider, Acolad Group, buys leading local rival, Ubiqus, a specialist in transcription services and machine translation technology.
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Language Industry Hires at Iconic, Global Lingo, Livewords, Lionbridge, Ubiqus USA
Iconic gets a new Marketing Manager, Global Lingo appoints an interim Head of Translation and Interpretation, Livewords appoints a new Business Development Manager, Lionbridge places another key executive position in the role of Head of Sales, APAC, and Ubiqus USA welcomes a new Vice President of Sales, Translation Division.
Average Per Word Rate for Translation in the United States Is Dropping
Analysis of nearly 1,000 individual price points on translation rates submitted to the US federal government reveals drop in average rates since 2018 — and big disparity in pricing.
SlatorCon 2018—Your Definitive Guide And Key Takeaways
SlatorCon tour took in four global cities across three continents in 2018 and featured a grand total of 35 speakers representing the full breadth of the language industry from startups, language technology and language service providers to the buy side, finance and academia.
Three Ways to Sell a Language Service Provider
Investment bank Raymond James’s Dominic Emery advises language service provider at SlatorCon Zurich 2018 on how to get the most out of a sale or buy process and why preparing for a deal is crucial in a very active language industry M&A environment.
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.
The Slator 2020 Language Service Provider Index
The Slator 2020 Language Service Provider Index ranks the world’s largest language service providers by revenue and features over 130 LSPs across the Leaders, Challengers, and Boutique categories.
Slator 2019 Language Industry M&A and Funding Report
Download the Slator 2019 Language Industry M&A and Funding Report — an in-depth summary and analysis of the 60 language industry M&A and 15 start-up and tech funding rounds.
The 22 Private Equity Firms Backing Some of the Biggest Language Service Providers
Detailed list of 22 private equity firms invested in some of the world's largest LSPs incl. key people, AUM, year of investment, typical holding period and more.
Slator Job Index Dips Slightly in June 2019 but Stays Above Baseline
The Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI), which tracks how employment activity is trending across the global language industry, drops slightly in June 2019.
The Post-Deal Lives of Over 100 LSP Owners Who Sold Their Business
Slator tracked over 70 language industry M&A transactions and reviewed the next steps founders took after selling their business.
Slator 2019 Language Industry Market Report
Slator’s inaugural comprehensive language industry market report. It examines total market size, the 10 main end-buyer industries, competitive landscape, productivity tech, NMT and much more.
Ubiqus Diversifies Client Mix with InPuzzle and Dhaxley Acquisitions
Ubiqus bolts on two boutique language service providers to diversify customer mix in core geographies of France and Benelux.
Corporates Going All in on Neural Machine Translation Research
Long the domain of academia, fundamental research in machine translation has become a battleground for big tech and niche providers.
Is Google’s New Lingvo Framework a Big Deal for Machine Translation?
Neural machine translation experts weigh in on Google’s open sourcing of Lingvo, a sequence modeling framework built on TensorFlow.
The Slator 2019 Language Service Provider Index
The Slator 2019 Language Service Provider Index features the largest LSPs in a Leaders Index and the midfield in a Challengers Index.
Slator Jobs Index Slips Below Baseline in February 2019
The Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI), launched in July 2018 to track how employment activity is trending across the global language industry, slipped below the baseline for the first time in February 2019.
Slator 2018 Language Industry M&A and Funding Report
Download Slator’s 2018 Language Industry M&A and Funding Report — an in-depth summary and analysis of the 48 language industry mergers and acquisitions and ten startup funding rounds Slator covered in 2018.
Slator Jobs Index Dips in January 2019 While Hiring Remains Active
The Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI), launched in July 2018 to track how employment activity is trending across the global language industry, dipped slightly in January 2019 to 101.33 vs 104.02 the previous month.
Ubiqus Tucks in Gedev to Expand in Aerospace and Defense
France-based language service provider Ubiqus has acquired boutique local rival Gedev, a specialist in aerospace and defense translation.
How Ubiqus Deploys Neural Machine Translation in Language Operations
Ubiqus CEO Vincent Nguyen walked SlatorCon participants through Ubiqus’ one-and-a-half year journey towards implementing neural machine translation in production and how they are encouraging internal and external stakeholders to get onboard.
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