News
People
Recent industry hires
- The Translation People, a provider of language translation services, has restructured. Jasmin Schneider has been promoted from operations director to managing director. Sam Bennett has become operations director. Steve Holden has been promoted from financial controller to the new role of finance director in a new management team that also includes business development director Alan White.
The Translation People www.thetranslationpeople.com
- Eurotranslate, a language services company specialized in medical translation, has hired Nigel T. Packer as a business development ambassador for the UK branch of the company.
Eurotranslate http://eurotranslate.rs
- Janus Worldwide Inc., a language service provider, has hired Laszlo Varga as global resource management director.
Janus Worldwide Inc. www.janusww.com
- Language Transactions, a global brokerage service business, has hired Dee Johnson as an account manager.
Language Transactions https://languagetransactions.com
- Janus Worldwide Inc., a language service provider, has hired Dan Valentine as a business development manager.
Janus Worldwide Inc. www.janusww.com
- KantanMT, a subscription-based machine translation service, has appointed Carlos Zheng as consultant and agent for China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
KantanMT http://kantanmt.com
- e2f, inc., a provider of language services, has hired Scott Schwalbach as vice president of partnerships.
e2f, inc. https://e2f.com
Business
BeLazy official launch
BeLazy, a partnership facilitator, has officially launched. The new company is a tech-agnostic technology provider requiring two other systems produced by other companies. At this time it supports all XTRF vendor portals, some Plunet vendor portals (those that have explicitly given permission) and Transline’s Transact portal.
BeLazy https://belazy.cat
Stratus Video, InDemand Interpreting merge
Stratus Video, a provider of language services, has announced a merger with InDemand Interpreting.
BIG Language Solutions launch, acquisition
BIG Language Solutions has announced its launch and the acquisition of ProTranslating, a provider of language services. BIG was founded by CEO Jeff Brink in partnership with MSouth Equity Partners, a private equity firm.
New looks and locations
- Today Translations has rebranded and changed the company name to Guildhawk.
Guildhawk www.guildhawk.com
- M21Global, a language service provider, has opened a new office in São Paulo, Brazil.
M21Global www.m21global.com
- RWS Moravia, a global leader in language services, has opened a new office in Brno, Czech Republic, the company’s global headquarters.
RWS Moravia www.rws.com/what-we-do/rws-moravia
- Ivannovation, LLC, a provider of language services, has redesigned its website to reflect its expanded range of services.
Ivannovation, LLC http://ivannovation.com
- GORR, a provider of language services, has launched a new website.
- The Unicode Consortium debuted a new look for its website in celebration of World Emoji Day. The new website offers information about the Consortium and its mission to enable people everywhere in the world to use any language on any device.
The Unicode Consortium www.unicode.org
Resources
Research and market study
CSA Research, an independent market research firm specializing in the language service industry, has published “Who’s Who in Language Services and Technology: 2019 Rankings.” The rankings are based on primary quantitative data collected in a survey of LSPs and technology vendors, plus published financial data for several publicly traded companies.
“The Language Services Market: 2019″ is based on a survey of industry providers and rigorous methodology, and contains analysis of the market from January 2018 through May 2019, providing an overview of the market landscape, describing the impact of intrinsic business forces and drivers for growth, and presenting market data about language services and technology.
“Using MT to Pivot between Related Languages” covers why machine translation (MT) success improves with similarity between source and target, how enterprises can use one locale as a pivot for MT to reach similar target languages or dialects, and which locale combinations are suitable.
CSA Research https://csa-research.com
Products and Services
XTM v12.0
XTM International, developers of a translation management system and computer aided translation tool, has released XTM v12.0. The latest version introduces a redeveloped translator environment, two new CMS connectors and a new machine translation engine connector.
XTM International https://xtm.cloud
Language I/O Chat for Zendesk
Language I/O, a provider of software that combines human and machine translation to automate the translation of customer support content, has introduced Language I/O Chat for Zendesk. The plugin allows English-speaking support agents to communicate with customers in more than 150 languages directly inside the Zendesk live chat window.
Language I/O LLC www.languageio.com
InContext Translation
Lingoport, Inc., a provider of software internationalization tools and services, has released InContext Translation as a new addition to Lingoport Resource Manager, a software product intended to bridge the gap between software development and the localization processes.
Lingoport, Inc. www.lingoport.com
Smartling redesigns translation management platform
Smartling, Inc., a provider of language services, has redesigned its translation management platform to include new features such as Dynamic Workflows, Smartling Draft and a feature that automatically selects the best machine translation option from leading engines based on the source and target languages.
Smartling, Inc. www.smartling.com
Memsource Editor for Mobile
Memsource, developers of an AI-powered translation management system, has released a new version of its mobile app that includes the launch of Memsource Editor for Mobile, the first computer-assisted translation tool available in a mobile app.
Memsource www.memsource.com
Clients and Partners
SAS selects GlobalLink
SAS Institute, Inc., a provider of analytics software and services, has selected GlobalLink by Translations.com, a provider of translation-related technology products, to support the launch of its website in Thai.