Trump Administration’s Deregulation Drive Begins to Impact Language Industry
Changes are underway in the US judiciary and healthcare systems that may begin to impact demand for language services from boutique and large LSPs alike. Continue reading
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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
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. Continue reading
Language Industry Top Quotes of 2018
From technology, markets, and M&A to investment and the competitive landscape, the language industry leaders we interviewed in 2018 commented on a wide range of issues - here are our top picks. Continue reading
Toppan to Combine Translation Units After Buying Merrill’s Capital Markets Business
Printing giant Toppan Leefung acquires Capital Markets and Compliance business from competitor Merrill Corporation. Combined translation unit employs 120 in-house translators. Continue reading
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Language Industry Hires at Versacom, ULG, Transglobal, and ITS Traductions
New vice presidents join Versacom and United Language Group while Transglobal Inc. and ITS Traductions welcome senior managers. Continue reading
Reader Polls: Denmark’s Big Bet, Microsoft’s Bold Claim, Accelerating M&A
Acquisition activity picks up in the new year as more announcements create ever bigger LSPs. The Danish government tries their hand at aggregating public sector translation demand, and Microsoft... Continue reading
ULG Acquires VIA, Pushes Annual Revenue Past USD 100m
ULG acquired legal and compliance specialist VIA and continues to execute its acquisitions-led growth strategy. Legal dispute between founder Brink and ULG resolved. Continue reading
United Language Group Announces Acquisition of VIA, Inc.
In response to growing demand for legal and compliance-specific language solutions, VIA provides enhanced services, technology, and regulatory expertise to ULG. Continue reading
ULG Awarded Grant From IDA Ireland To Support Neural Machine Translation R&D In Galway
United Language Group (ULG) has been awarded a quarter of a million euro grant by the Industrial Development Agency of Ireland to build out a research and development team in its Galway Office... Continue reading
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Language Industry Hires at Unbabel, Conversis, ULG, and Amplexor
Unbabel promotes finance director to VP for operations. United Language Group and Conversis welcome a business development manager and client relationship manager, respectively. Four senior... Continue reading
United Language Group Exhibiting at DIA 2017
United Language Group (ULG), one of the world’s largest translation and localization providers, will be exhibiting at this year’s Drug Information Association (DIA) conference in Chicago, IL, USA... Continue reading
The Week in Language Industry Hires at Translation Laboratory, Commit, ULG, and Paragon
Translation Laboratory has a new Managing Director, Commit Global Translations appoints a Chief Development Officer, and United Language Group and Paragon Language Services name new Business... Continue reading
Language Industry Quotes of the Year 2016
A carefully curated selection of 2016's most salient quotes. We have the CEOs of Lionbridge, TransPerfect, Welocalize, and SDL. The buy-side with PayPal, Nielsen, Swiss Post, and major law firms.... Continue reading
United Language Group Announces Acquisition of Language Select
United Language Group acquires over-the-phone (OPI) and in-person interpretation services provider Language Select. Continue reading
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Who Went Where—The Week in Language Industry Hires
ULG appoints KJI co-founder Strategic Director of Global Operations. Aspena BDM moves to New York and becomes Managing Director. LUZ names a new Account Director. Architekst fills a BDM post. And... Continue reading
Merrill Spinoff ULG Discloses Added Private-Equity Backing, Acquires KJI
Investment firm Yukon Partners among the group of financial backers behind the newly formed United Language Group. Shopping spree starts with acquisition of Minneapolis-based language services... Continue reading
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