MultiLingual Staff
MultiLingual creates go-to news and resources for language industry professionals.
Brazilian General Data Protection Act
What is the Brazilian General Data Protection Act?
Inspired by the European regulation (General Data Protection Regulation - GDPR), the Brazilian General Data Protection Act...
OXO Innovation Acquires Canadian Translation Provider Vinkit
After six years of close collaboration, Vinkit officially joins the OXO Innovation group. Montreal-based language service provider (LSP) OXO Innovation announced this month that...
Localization Intelligence Analyzer helps organizations improve their website
Many businesses want to delight customers around the world with a top-notch digital experience in their own language. However, a lack of knowledge and...
TransPerfect onboards Semantix
TransPerfect, the world’s largest provider of language, data, and technology solutions for global business, has acquired Sweden-based language service provider (LSP), Semantix — the...
What does TWB’s expansion mean for the global community?
The Translators without Borders (TWB) story began 10 years ago. TWB helps people get vital information, whatever language they speak, utilizing a community of more...
Unicode Consortium Announces new Executive Director & COO
The Unicode Consortium announced on July 20, 2021, the appointment of Toral Cowieson in the newly created position of Executive Director & COO.
“We are...
Welocalize Celebrates its 19th Acquisition as Next Level Globalization Joins
Germany-based NLG adds deep medical devices and diagnostics language services experience to Welocalize’s life sciences division
NEW YORK and MUNICH— Welocalize, ranked as one of...
Focus Articles
FOCUS ARTICLES
Covid-19 and MDR- Game Changers in Medical Translation
by Michael Kemmann
Incidents like the current Covid-19 pandemic, which are considered once-in-a-lifetime events — at least at...
Zoo Digital FY21 Executive Summary
Zoo Digital shows its strong position in the localization industry with revenue up a third, as reported in their July 2021 executive summary presentation.
The...
Featured Reader
I have been working in the field of language access since I graduated from Western Kentucky University in 2001. During my first job out of college I was tasked with translating into Spanish vital information for a local non-profit organization and that’s how I got started in the industry.
Calendar
UPCOMING INDUSTRY EVENTS
UPCOMING
INDUSTRY EVENTS
July 09 - 11
ABRATES 11th Annual Congress
Online
July 19 - 25
UTICamp
Dnipro, Ukraine
July 22
GALA Loc Mixer
Dnipro, Ukraine
July 31 - August, 01
Translation Forum Russia
Nizhny...
Buyer’s Guide
BUYER'S GUIDE
Because you are holding MultiLingual magazine, you may be looking for a solution for your translation or localization needs. This Buyer's Guide is...
RWS Holdings acquires Horn & Uchida Patent Translation for £2.3 million
RWS Holdings plc announced that on 7 July 2021 it completed the acquisition of Horn & Uchida Patent Translation Ltd, a specialist in patent translation based...
Pairaphrase released a new web-based tool for mobile
Pairaphrase released a new web-based tool for mobile use. It's a speech-to-speech translator app that makes it possible for enterprises to achieve secure speech...
ATC Certification Becomes AALC’s Preferred ISO Certification Provider
The Australasian Association of Language Companies (AALC) has chosen ATC Certification as its preferred partner for ISO certification services.
UK-based ATC Certification provides language industry expert auditing and certification...
Memsource Translate Innovative MT management in your TMS
Machine translation (MT) quality has dramatically improved over the past few years. Many enterprises and language service providers have turned to MT for faster and more cost-effective translation. MT represents the single most important productivity enhancement for human translators to date. It’s no wonder that since 2020, a majority of projects in Memsource now use machine translation.
Indian Media & Entertainment Stalwart Shibasish Sarkar on course to list SPAC on NASDAQ to raise $200 million
International Media Acquisition Corp (IMAC), the SPAC founded by Indian Media and Entertainment stalwart Shibasish Sarkar, currently the Group CEO of Reliance Entertainment, is...
This Week in the News | July 2, 2021
Memsource Launches New Quality Assessment Features
The Prague-based language service provider Memsource announced June 30 that it has added a series of language quality assessment...
This Week in the News | June 25, 2021
ELIA Welcomes New Board Members
On June 23, the European Language Industry Association (ELIA) announced its new board for the 2021-2023 term. Diego Cresceri and...
This Week in the News | June 18, 2021
Keywords Studios’ Chief Executive Steps Down
After announcing his leave of absence back in March, Keywords’ Studios’ chief executive officer (CEO), Andrew Day has decided...
Weekly Shorts | June 11, 2021
France to Make French Primary Language of EU
Beginning in January 2022, France will take over the presidency of the European Union (EU) — the...
Weekly Shorts | June 4, 2021
California Resumes Bilingual Education Programs
The Global California 2030 Initiative aims to ensure that three in four California students are proficient in two or more...