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 2018 vs 100.85 the previous month. Continue reading
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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 Blockchain. Continue reading
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
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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
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 could be done. Continue reading
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 but says no to machine translation. Continue reading
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
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 PlayStation line of products to a global audience. Continue reading
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, industry consultants, and localization buyers. Continue reading
Carla Berquo, Senior Manager of Marketing Operations at hearing aid manufacturer Unitron, discusses why localizing marketing content is extremely challenging and why in translating technical documentation ambiguity and mistakes just can’t happen. Continue reading
After an introduction by Common Sense Advisory in early 2015, Amplexor and Sajan set off for a two-year negotiation marathon that saw the deal nearly falling apart at one point. Amplexor CEO Evenepoel on why he wants to do M&A in Japan and how the industry cannot continue to get paid less for better work. Continue reading
In a major upgrade to its cloud-based translation management system, XTM’s version 10 ushers in the age of mobility for Project Managers. User interface refreshed from the ground up, while customer data gets another layer of security. Continue reading
The new DQF plugin supports both productivity tracking and quality review based on the harmonized MQM-DQF error typology. Continue reading
Translation management system SmartCAT, a spinoff from ABBYY Language Solutions, closes USD-2.8m seed round from venture fund with ties to Russia’s largest Internet company. Continue reading
Debut deal for Spain’s SeproTec as it buys Krakow-based Lidolang in bid to expand production. SeproTec CEO Juan Julián León discusses the rationale behind the acquisition and his plans for the combined group. Continue reading
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