SlatorCon San Francisco 2019: Full Agenda Announced
Over 120 language industry leaders will meet at the language industry’s premier executive forum in San Francisco on September 12. Browse the full agenda now. Continue reading
Tag: venture capital
Meet the New Owner of Translate.com
Ukrainian venture capitalist Oleksii Vitchenko discusses his plans for translate.com after landing one of the language industry’s most valuable domains in a highly competitive auction. 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
The Translation Startup EcoSystem According to AngelList
How many translation startups are still active? How many have shut down? Where are they located and what are the common startup ideas? Here’s a look at the translation startup ecosystem in the... Continue reading
2017 in Language Industry Startup Funding
Traditional language service businesses typically does not attract venture capital investments. However, with the internet driving online services as well as use of AI in machine translation,... Continue reading
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Video: Insights from SlatorCon London 2017
SlatorCon London was attended by over 60 senior language industry executives. We took the opportunity to talk about translation productivity with Lilt’s Spence Green, neural MT with Iconic’s John... Continue reading
Reader Polls: On Hard Languages and the Non-Use of Translation Memory
We asked our readers and two thirds say their businesses are growing and nearly half expect an outsider to disrupt the language industry. Many respondents consider French, Japanese, and Arabic as... Continue reading
Lessons from Advertising: A Venture Capitalist’s View on the Language Industry
At SlatorCon London, venture capitalist Marcus Polke shares the patterns he sees driving the next innovation cycle in language services. LSPs will have to get ready to service new sets of clients... Continue reading
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