Cyracom Chairman and CEO Jeremy Woan talks at SlatorCon San Francisco 2018 about how RFP due diligence is becoming ever more stringent, why video interpreting’s adoption is a conundrum, and how commoditization would affect the industry. Continue reading
With the estimated 30% increase in pay rates for interpreter services, the Australian state of Victoria will become the highest paying state in Australia for interpreter services. LSP CEO sees challenges ahead for private sector providers. Continue reading
The Parkland Health and Hospital System in Dallas, Texas is on a recruitment drive, seeking to double the size of their existing in-house team of Spanish interpreters in a million dollar plus cost saving initiative. Continue reading
Six Australia-based language service providers (LSPs) won the bid to provide translation and interpretation for government agencies in Queensland. The contract is structured as a framework with buyers free to choose among the vendors. Continue reading
Local language service providers push back against Alberta’s contracting of US-giant LanguageLine for remote video remote interpreting service for state’s courts. “We don’t know who is interpreting. We don’t know anything.” Continue reading
Ottawa is adopting a pilot project aimed at enhancing language services for French-speaking Canadians, while the Florida court system is requesting a USD 4.5m budget to expand video remote interpreting service. Continue reading
Slator readers on who is leading the world in language tech, when VRI will take over conference interpreting, how important terminology is to their productivity tool, and how fast they get paid. Continue reading
Judicial Council of California announces winners of pilot to provide video remote interpretation to the state’s courts. Selected vendors Connected Justice and Paras and Associates both use Cisco technology and will undergo a six month assessment starting in July 2017. Continue reading
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