Private equity partnership hints at larger industry trends
On August 4 Joshua Gould, CEO of Leeds, UK-based thebigword, spoke exclusively to MultiLingual Media about their partnership with US-based private equity group Susquehanna...
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...
Zoom Explores Translation Options, Acquires MT Start-up
The digital communications platform Zoom announced that it is currently in the process of acquiring Karlsruhe Information Technology Solutions (Kites), an artificial intelligence (AI)-focused...
WhatsApp Spanish Content Moderators Claim Unfair Payment
In an internal letter to the leadership of WhatsApp, Facebook, and Accenture, more than 100 Spanish-language moderators and customer service representatives for WhatsApp alleged...
Rheinschrift Language Services Achieves ISO 18587
Rheinschrift Language Services, a Cologne-based language service provider (LSP), announced on July 2 that it has received its ISO 18587 certification — this announcement...
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...
Translated Receives $25 Million Investment
The Italy and U.S.-based language service provider Translated announced on June 30 that it has recently received a $25 million investment from Ardian, one...
Unbabel and Zendesk Now Offer Multilingual Customer Service
Unbabel and Zendesk Agent Workspace announced on June 29 their new translation partnership. Unbabel, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered language operations platform, is now integrated...
Cloudbreak Health Completes SPAC, merges with UpHealth
Cloudbreak Health, a telehealth company specializing in remote interpreting services, announced on June 15 the completion of its special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) transaction...