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People
Recent industry hires
- Iconic Translation Machines Ltd., a language technology software company, has hired Stephen Davis as sales director to head the new London office.
Iconic Translation Machines Ltd. http://iconictranslation.com
- Dotsub, a multilingual video captioning platform, has promoted Dave Bryant to president.
Dotsub www.dotsub.com
Business
Group Q officially opens
Diane McAveeney, Ben Sargent and José Fernández have announced the launch of Group Q, a digital, language and technology agency. The company’s initial focus will be on brand storytelling, video script adaptation and native copywriting, and then expand to include full-service localization and AI-based translation.
Group-Q www.group-q.com
Omnia Group launches new website
Omnia Group, providers of translation services and global communications consulting, has launched a new website.
Omnia Group www.omnia-group.com
Semantix acquires Tolkvox
Semantix, a Nordic region language services provider, has acquired Tolkvox AB.
Semantix www.semantix.se
Lionbridge acquires Gengo
Lionbridge, a provider of localization services, has acquired Gengo, Inc., a technology company providing crowdsourcing, machine learning and localization services. The purchase includes Gengo.ai.
Lionbridge www.lionbridge.com
Gengo, Inc. http://gengo.com
Products and Services
KantanAPI SDK adds Asynchronous Interface
KantanMT, a subscription-based machine translation service, has announced that its Software Development Kit (SDK) will be enhanced by the addition of a new Asynchronous Interface. The new interface is intended to help clients that require high volume translations.
KantanMT http://kantanmt.com
Alchemy CATALYST 2019
Alchemy Software Development Ltd., a visual localization solutions provider, has released Alchemy CATALYST 2019. New features include the ability to label segments with customizable, color-coded tags, and a second memo field called Translator Note.
Alchemy Software Development Ltd. www.alchemysoftware.com
AppTek ASR keyword patent award
AppTek, a speech recognition company, has been awarded a patent by the United States Patent Office for its automatic speech recognition (ASR) technology that enables higher precision and recall of keywords in spoken content by using a textual keyword list.
AppTek www.apptek.com
Hey memoQ
Omniscien Technologies, a developer of automated translation technology, has introduced Media Studio, a single platform for language processing, machine translation and machine learning using artificial intelligence powered subtitle management.
memoQ www.memoq.com
Resources
New look and web assessment report
Common Sense Advisory, Inc., (CSA), an independent market research firm specializing in the language services industry, has rebranded as CSA Research and launched a new website.
“Global Website Assessment Index 2019″ examines language choices available on 2,817 prominent websites in 37 industry sectors.
CSA Research https://csa-research.com
Web Globalization Report Card
Byte Level Research, analyst of the art and science of web globalization, has released its annual report analyzing 150 global websites across more than a dozen industry categories.
Byte Level Research www.bytelevel.com
Clients and Partners
Net-Translators partners with MD101
Net-Translators Ltd., a provider of localization and multilingual testing services, has partnered with MD101, a regulatory consulting company that serves the medical industry.
Net-Translators Ltd. www.net-translators.com
Certifications
World Translation ISO certified
Danish language service provider World Translation A/S has received certification for ISO 17100 and ISO 9001:2015.
World Translation A/S www.worldtranslation.dk
