SlatorCon Zurich 2018 featured language industry experts from big tech, life sciences, language services, private equity and investment banking, hosting speakers from Google, Roche, Ubiqus, LanguageWire and Raymond James, as well as Slator’s own Florian Faes. Continue reading
thebigword posts full-year 2018 revenues of nearly USD 100m and EBITDA of USD 5.9m, as growth is boosted by Ministry of Justice contract and defense business. Company launches new video remote interpreting (VRI) capabilities to expand interpretation offering. Continue reading
The Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI), launched in August 2018 to track how employment activity is trending across the global language industry, dipped slightly to 100.85 in November 2018 vs 102.69 the previous month. Continue reading
Denmark’s LanguageWire buys Belgian-based Xplanation in deal that creates one of the largest diversified European language service providers. Combined 2018 revenues to come in at nearly USD 70m. Continue reading
Activity was high among language service provider executives in the first half of 2018 as boardrooms and executive teams were reshuffled. Here are our top 10 picks from January to June 2018. Continue reading
The partnership enables Xplanation to offer customers a streamlined process for translation that will simplify brand management across the world. Through Gelato´s platform, global brands can manage their brand and printing in a more sustainable and cost optimized way. Continue reading
Xplanation has appointed a new CEO. Senior managers join SuccessGlo, Bureau Translations, and Morningside Translations. Continue reading
Vistatec appoints a new COO, while Morningside hires a senior vice president for finance and director of product for legal. Jonckers and Xplanation welcome new business managers. Continue reading
Conversis has a new Account Director, Summa Linguae takes on a Consultant of Business Strategy for Growth and M&A, Xplanation appoints a Regional Manager for the UK and Ireland, and SwissGlobal names its Head of Quality Management. Continue reading
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. And technology from Google, Facebook, Baidu, WIPO, and much more. Continue reading
Belgium-based Xplanation gets second German hub with acquisition of Munich-based LSP Matrix. CEO Steven Van Lint pegs consolidated revenue at EUR 25m; says Matrix founders will stay on board as COO and CTO of combined organization. Continue reading
The EU is expected to enact a sweeping overhaul of its regulatory framework for medical devices in early 2017, which includes changes to requirements for multilingual documentation. Brexit also adds to uncertainty. Continue reading
Navigating Europe’s regulatory landscape is no easy task for manufacturers looking to market their products across the continent’s multilingual single market. Translations are linked to product liability and lacking a language strategy can result in spiralling costs. Continue reading
Flying half way around the world and crossing 12 time zones was excellent preparation for us to network among 420 language industry professionals at the 8th annual conference hosted by the Globalization and Localization Association (GALA) in New York. Continue reading
Amplexor, Intertranslations, Iolar, Xplanation, SDL, Lionbridge, Skrivanek among the 31 language service providers picking up a cool €67.5M in EU contracts tendered out by the Directorate-General for Translation of the European Parliament. Continue reading
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