Slator 2019 Travel & Retail Localization Report
In-depth report on localization for the global Travel and Retail sector. Analysis of the competitive landscape, technologies, and actionable insights from major buyers and users. Continue reading
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Slator Job Index Climbs During Record-Breaking August 2019
Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI), which tracks how employment activity is trending across the global language industry, hits record levels in August 2019. Continue reading
Language Industry Hires at Tilde, Andovar, XTM, Acolad, and Mastervoice
Tilde appoints a Head of Marketing; Andovar, a Marketing Director; XTM, a Director of Business Development; Acolad, a Head of Business Solutions, and Mastervoice, a Sales and Marketing Director. Continue reading
Slator 2019 Language Industry Market Report
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
How Goodgame Localizes for Over 300 Million Gamers in 26 Languages
Game developer and publisher Goodgame Studios considers localization an integral part of the development process. Localization Manager credits “great collaboration” with LSPs for high language... Continue reading
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Slator Buy-Side Report 2018: Actionable Insights From the Language Industry Buy-Side
Features 23 buyer profiles along industry verticals including buyer name, translation volume and / or spend (where available), technology used, sourcing approach, other key insights. Continue reading
Slator Jobs Index Reaches New High in December 2018
The Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI), launched in July 2018 to track how employment activity is trending across the global language industry, reached a new high of 104.02 in December... Continue reading
Poland’s Summa Linguae Buys Swedish LSP Kommunicera
Poland-based Summa Linguae spent USD 2m acquiring Kommunicera, an “almost identical” language service provider, to expand into the Nordics. CEO highlights investment in NMT, API integrations and... Continue reading
Why ‘Neural Fluency’ is a Must for Globalization
A fluent understanding of NMT—neural fluency—is a must for localization departments who need to constantly do more with less for the globalization efforts of their multinational companies. Continue reading
Job Site Indeed is Assembling a New Kind of Team to Maximize Localization Impact
Why content effectiveness is key and translation quality does not happen by default at Indeed.com and how Academia will need to adapt in training future linguists. Continue reading
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Where Is the Billion Dollar Language Service Provider?
The language industry is huge, worth around USD 40bn per year. Yet, unlike other industries of this size, there is no one single provider generating a billion US-Dollars in revenue. Here’s how it... Continue reading
Hi-Rez Studios Grows Localization Team as New Studio Opens in Seattle
Localization Director Estelle Bailly says good localization can encourage players to spend more time in free-to-play games and to monetize. The US game developer regularly outsources work to LSPs... Continue reading
Mobile Messaging Giant LINE on Balancing Competing Interests in Localization
Japan's most popular messaging app LINE has complex requirements for translation and localization. Senior Localization Engineer and Product Manager Robert Wertheim explains the process. Continue reading
How This Engineer Went from Coding Software to Localizing PlayStation Games
Demand for translation and localization is growing at Sony Interactive Entertainment. Localization manager, Yasmin Vanya, discusses how her team works with 22 system languages to bring the... Continue reading
Inside Japan’s Language Industry at Slator Tokyo Meetup
At Slator's Tokyo Meetup, held at the Grand Hyatt in Roppongi, participants discussed what's driving the language industry in 2017. The meetup was well attended by language service providers,... Continue reading
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