Squid Game wins Emmys for best actor, director
Monday was another big night for international entertainment with an Emmy win for Lee Jung-jae and Hwang Dong-hyuk of Squid Game.
Andy Jolls joins Lilt team as CMO
Lilt, a business translation software provider, has a new CMO this week in Andy Jolls. A business professional with over 20 years of experience in marketing roles, Jolls announced his hiring by Lilt yesterday on LinkedIn, sharing a video where he detailed his reasons for joining the team.
Proposed rule quashes Trump administration’s language access changes
After two years of advocacy from groups like the National Health Law Program (NHeLP) and the Association of Language Companies (ALC), a proposed rule was published this month, reversing the Trump administration's efforts to cut back on the ACA.
Duolingo Announces 51% Bookings Growth and Accelerating User Growth in Second Quarter 2022; Raises Full Year Guidance
Duolingo, Inc. (NASDAQ: DUOL), the world’s leading mobile learning platform, announced results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022 in a shareholder letter that is posted at investors.duolingo.com.
Experienced literary translators ‘hardly make a living,’ says CEATL report
Not all literary translators are paid equally — recently released survey results show that the income of literary translators varies significantly across different countries. One thing they mostly have in common, however, is that they largely struggle to earn a substantial income through literary translation alone.
Translating scientific jargon into Navajo
As the scientific community largely publishes in high-resource languages, languages like Navajo have been left behind, making it hard to translate scientific work adequately.
Jaime Punishill to Leave Lionbridge
Punishill’s profile indicates his time with Lionbridge ended in July and suggests his new role to start soon. We were able to catch up with Punishill, who described the new opportunity as a “dream job” and something he just couldn’t say no to.
Song title translation on Spotify complicates search for users
Spotify recently addressed user concerns regarding the automatic translation of song names into English, making titles in languages such as Chinese particularly difficult to find on the platform.
Creating a language access plan for an unwritten language
Translating a well-documented, widely spoken language is hard enough. Translating one that doesn’t even have a standardized writing system is even harder.