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Memsource Buys Phrase
Czech Republic-based translation management system (TMS) Memsource has acquired Phrase, a competing TMS headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. Memsource chief executive officer (CEO) David Čaněk would… Continue Reading

Weekly Shorts | January 15, 2021
Translation error says Spanish speakers don’t need vaccine A localization error on the Virginia Department of Health’s website told Spanish speakers they don’t need coronavirus… Continue Reading

InterpretAmerica Closes
Today marks the last day of operations for InterpretAmerica. Founded in 2009 by Katharine Allen and Barry Slaughter Olsen, the organization served as an open… Continue Reading

Maldonado named Women in Localization president
Women in Localization has a new president: Argentine translation leader Cecilia Maldonado begins her one-year term today. Founded in 2008, Women in Localization is a… Continue Reading

ATA Offers Payment Plan to Struggling Members
Can’t afford your American Translators Association (ATA) dues? New this year, the organization is allowing members to pay in two installments: 50 percent down now,… Continue Reading

FAST teams with GTS Translation in the fight against AS
Angelman syndrome (AS) is a neurogenetic disorder which causes delayed development, challenges with speech, balance, learning, and memory. Most people with AS also experience seizures.… Continue Reading

Anja Jones Translation Goes Fully Virtual
Anja Jones Translation (AJT), a British language services provider (LSP), has gone completely virtual. Staff’s last day in the company’s physical Newquay, England office was… Continue Reading

State of German Industry Report Released
Qualitätssprachendienste Deutschlands (QSD) has released its first report on the state of the German language industry. Compiled from national statistics authority data and the responses… Continue Reading

Friday Roundup | December 18, 2020
Smartling announces new Adobe integration Translation management system provider Smartling has announced its latest Adobe tools integration. In the past, the platform has connected to… Continue Reading

New GALA Board Announced
The Globalization and Localization Association (GALA) has announced its 2021-2022 directors. Of the seven person board, four seats were up for grabs with 18 members… Continue Reading

RWS announces financial results for 2020
RWS Holdings today announced its final results for the fiscal year, which ended September 30, 2020. RWS Life Sciences increased revenues by 6% to £69.5… Continue Reading

Looking back at NTIF 2020
Few of us expected 2020 to be the most topsy-turvy year of our lifetime. Multiple vaccines now march toward emergency approval, but the end date… Continue Reading

CITLoB Elects 2020-2022 National Governing Body
In a statement, CITLoB president Sandeep Nulkar outlined the new body’s mission to meet the unprecedented demand for Indic language services and cultivate global partnerships.… Continue Reading

Lionbridge AI Unit Acquired by Canadian Telecom
TELUS International, a digital customer experience division of Canadian telecom giant TELUS, agreed to acquire Lionbridge AI, the crowd-based training data and annotation platform used… Continue Reading

GALA Announces Candidates for Upcoming Board Election
The election features 18 candidates from several corners of the industry all making their case to fill the four open positions to the GALA board… Continue Reading

Lilt Hosts Successful Virtual Conference
Lilt, an AI-powered enterprise translation company, held its first Lilt Ascend virtual conference yesterday, October 22. The theme was localizing at scale in a digital… Continue Reading

CATTI Announces International Linguist Accreditation Test
Planned for the end of the year, the first CATTI International test will allow translators and interpreters to test in a remote, online setting, or… Continue Reading

UN Translators Describe Remote Work during COVID-19
Remote work in 2020 is difficult for any profession. How have UN translators and translation teams managed during the transition? United Nations translation teams received… Continue Reading