Diuna names a CTO; IYUNO, a Global Dubbing VP; Unbabel adds a VP of CX and a Linguistic Services Director; Global Lingo hires a Business Dev Director; and Anzu Global, a Globalization Account Manager. Continue reading
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
At SlatorCon London 2019, Systran CEO Jean Senellart outlined the latest in NMT developments, called out some myths from vendors, and pointed out what’s missing from the industry. Continue reading
Slator tracked over 70 language industry M&A transactions and reviewed the next steps founders took after selling their business. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
Are voice content and in-browser gaming localization demand drivers? Does it makes sense for medical students to double up as interpreters? And how is Amazon faring in MT? Continue reading
Unbabel hires Amazon’s former Machine Translation Group Manager, Alon Lavie, as VP of Language Technologies; Lavie’s former business partner leaves Amazon for Uber. Continue reading
Long the domain of academia, fundamental research in machine translation has become a battleground for big tech and niche providers. Continue reading
Language industry startups Unbabel and Lilt took to the stage at one of Europe’s largest machine learning conferences and explained how they build atop evermore sophisticated AI tech. Continue reading
Head of Localization at hotel guest acquisition platform SiteMinder talks about the growing need for transcreation and how they prefer not to work with “anonymous” translators. Continue reading
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... Continue reading
In second bolt-on-acquisition of the year TransPerfect buys Berlin-based Mobile App and Gaming Localizer Applanga. CEO Phil Shawe says M&A efforts are now in full swing. Continue reading
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
Zurich-based remote interpretation startup Interprefy has raised CHF 0.5m in funding and is now valued at CHF 11.5m. Former CLS CEO departs board while CEO of partner company joins new non-exec... Continue reading
Language technology startup Qordoba raised USD 11.5m in a series B funding round focused company’s text intelligence and strings products as opposed to its localization product. Continue reading
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