TOPPAN Digital IP Announces the Launch of STREAM IP: Revolutionizing International Patent Filing, Translation and Renewals

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November 4, 2025

TOPPAN Digital IP is delighted to announce the launch of STREAM IP, an advanced technology platform set to redefine the international patent filing landscape. STREAM IP brings together state-of-the-art technology and industry expertise to address long-standing challenges, offering a user-friendly, comprehensive solution for filing, translation and renewal of patents, worldwide.

STREAM IP delivers on the founders’ vision for the future of IP filing solutions as integrated, intelligent, transparent, intuitive and secure, helping customers manage their filing processes more easily and with greater confidence.

Key features of STREAM IP include:

• Seamless integration with clients’ existing IP filing ecosystems, ensuring secure data management and compatibility at every step.
• An intuitive and highly configurable user-interface that streamlines international patent filing and translation processes, provides instant quotes for complex orders and centralizes case management.
• A comprehensive filing portfolio view, tailored to users’ specific needs and offering intuitive insights and configurable analytics tools.
• Integration with STREAM AI from TOPPAN Digital Language, harnessing artificial intelligence with expert human oversight for efficient, high-quality translations.
• Security by design, backed with ISO 27001 certification.

With ongoing enhancements planned, STREAM IP is set to continually adapt to client needs as the industry evolves. Innovation, quality and consistency are the pillars of TOPPAN Digital IP’s philosophy. STREAM IP is complemented by our expert IP services, comprising skilled paralegals, project managers, subject-specialist translators and filing agents to deliver a full-service solution that ensures that every submission meets the exacting standards of the demanding sector we exist to serve.

Commenting on the launch, Senior Vice President of TOPPAN Digital IP Neil Simpkin said, “I’m incredibly excited to launch STREAM IP to the market. At TOPPAN Digital IP, we believe there is a better way for companies to manage their international patent portfolios. Our integrated, event-driven approach to case management allows users to gain accurate, real-time cost data combined with the business intelligence needed to align scalable day-to-day operations with informed strategic decision-making.”

Christophe Djaouani, President of TOPPAN Digital Language, also added, “The launch of STREAM IP marks a significant milestone for TOPPAN Digital IP and the wider TOPPAN Digital Language group. It exemplifies our commitment to harnessing advanced technologies and deep sector expertise to simplify how businesses manage and protect their most valuable content globally. With STREAM IP, we are reaffirming our commitment to delivering easy-to-use, innovative solutions that truly benefit our clients.”

STREAM IP is now available for demonstration and testing. We invite interested parties to experience its capabilities firsthand and provide feedback on its features. Attendees of IP Service World in Munich will have the opportunity to engage with TOPPAN Digital IP representatives, who will be on-site to showcase the platform and answer any questions. For further information, or to arrange a demonstration, please visit the TOPPAN Digital IP website or contact us at marketing@toppandigital.com.

About TOPPAN Digital IP

TOPPAN Digital IP is a division of TOPPAN Digital Language, a specialist provider of language solutions for high-risk, business-critical content. We are proudly part of TOPPAN Holdings Inc. a public company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Tokyo: 7911) and a leading global provider of integrated solutions in the fields of printing, communications, security, packaging, materials and electronics.

Globalese by memoQ Wins 2025 CODiE Award

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November 3, 2025

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memoQ, a leading provider of translation management and automation systems, announced that Globalese by memoQ is a 2025 CODiE Awards winner in the category of Best Machine Translation.

The CODiE Awards are the only peer-recognized program honoring excellence and innovation across the technology landscape. Each product undergoes a rigorous evaluation by expert judges and industry peers based on innovation, impact, and overall value.

“We are honored to be recognized among such groundbreaking technologies and organizations,” said Peter Reynolds, CEO of memoQ. “This achievement reflects our belief that translation technology should be powerful, personal, and adaptable. With Globalese by memoQ, we give organizations the ability to build custom AI-powered machine translation engines using their own data, preserving their unique voice, and ensuring quality at scale.”

Globalese by memoQ is a translation automation system that combines machine translation techniques and large language models, using customer data directly to provide accurate translations while minimizing resource consumption. With deployment options in the cloud or on-premises, Globalese gives teams the control and adaptability they need to achieve excellence across every translation project.

“This award recognizes the value Globalese by memoQ brings to enterprises and language service providers,” said Gábor Bessenyei, Senior Product Manager at memoQ. “By enabling fully customizable AI translation models that integrate seamlessly into existing workflows, we help organizations maintain high-quality translations, strengthen brand consistency, and safely scale their global content initiatives.”

A full list of 2025 CODiE Award winners can be found at www.codieawards.com/winners.

About memoQ

memoQ is a leading collaborative translation environment and TMS delivering premium solutions to the translation industry since 2004. memoQ is dedicated to providing innovation through diverse developments and generative AI, empowering hundreds of thousands of enterprises, translation companies, and freelance translators worldwide.

Keeping in mind both simplicity and effective translation processes, memoQ leverages its ease of use, collaboration, and interoperability in one complex solution. Discover a new world with memoQ!

The Week in Review: Language Industry News October 27 – November 2

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November 3, 2025

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Every week, the language industry delivers stories that bridge innovation, communication, and cultural connection. Between October 27 and November 2, accessibility and automation remained at the forefront of the industry. From Braille policy in France to enhanced AI-powered automation tools, the industry continues to evolve with a focus on better inclusivity and operational efficiency.

AI and Acquisition

Guildhawk released GAI Certify, a first-of-its-kind automated tool that enables one-click certified translations backed by vetted linguists and ISO:27001-grade security in a fraction of the time. Developed in partnership with Sheffield Hallam University and InnovateUK, Guildhawk’s platform aims to eliminate bottlenecks in legal and official document workflows. Each translation is kept private and is paired with a verifiable certificate linked permanently to the file. The tool is designed to reduce costs and delays while maintaining compliance through the certification process.

XTM has announced their acquisition of Consoltec, the developer of FlowFit, to enhance its enterprise localization capabilities for language service providers (LSPs). The integration will streamline project management and translation workflows, offering clients a more unified platform experience. Both companies plan to maintain their core offerings while exploring operational synergies. The move reflects ongoing consolidation in the language tech space to optimize efficiency and results.

Language and Community

In her article on language accessibility through Braille policy in France, Sydnee Cooper explores how France has implemented a stand-out national policy outside of general European Union requirements for Braille to ensure healthcare accessibility for blind and visually impaired individuals. The initiative spans regulation, design, and distribution — making critical medical information independently accessible. It reflects a broader commitment to language access in public health. The model offers a replicable framework for other countries seeking to integrate more inclusive language accessibility into their healthcare systems.

Hosted at Manchester’s People’s History Museum, ATC THRIVE 2025 gathered UK LSPs for a two-day “unconference” focused on sales strategy and team alignment. Sessions emphasized the importance of empathy, consistency, and cross-functional collaboration in building long-term client relationships. The event challenged attendees to rethink the role of project managers as sales enablers. It closed with a call to embed sales culture across every layer of the business.

Interprefy’s latest research results show that event organizers in the Middle East face rising expectations to deliver advanced multilingual experiences. The report, which surveyed over 387 decision-makers in the region, highlights areas where language gaps still persist, such as real-time interpretation and AI-powered tools, across large-scale conferences. Organizers are balancing cost, quality, and tech sophistication to meet audience needs. The company’s findings underscore the region’s growing emphasis on seamless language support.

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From discussions on bridging language accessibility gaps to enterprise automation, this week’s stories reveal a sector that’s both community-centered and performance-driven. As language services stretch across industries and borders, the challenge is no longer just translation—it’s transformation. The future of language services belongs to those who build with both empathy and efficiency.

For more stories like these, visit our News section.

Blackbird Unveils Blacklake and Wins TAUS Innovation Award for “The Future of Memory”

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November 3, 2025

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At LocWorld54 in Monterey, Blackbird.io unveiled Blacklake, a breakthrough platform extending Blackbird’s content orchestration capabilities into a new domain: context orchestration.

Just a week later, at the TAUS Massively Multilingual AI Conference in Salt Lake City, Blacklake captured the industry’s attention when Mathijs Sonnemans, VP of Product at Blackbird.io, won the TAUS Innovation Competition with a powerful presentation on The Future of Memory — showcasing how Blacklake redefines memory for the AI-driven era of content.

“The Translation Memory invented in the 1980s and commercialized in the 1990s was a relic of its time: static databases, locked in silos, recycling fragments of text without context,” said Bruno Bitter, CEO of Blackbird.io. “It served its purpose—but the world has moved on. Today, content flows across platforms, channels, and languages. AI, automation, and performance metrics shape every decision. A legacy memory system simply can’t keep up. That’s why we built a new architecture for memory and for intelligent context orchestration.”

A New Architecture for Memory and Context

Built on a modern data lakehouse architecture, Blacklake introduces a living memory layer that bridges content and context across platforms, languages, and teams.

Key capabilities include:

• Delta management and diffing for real-time version control and insight
• Dynamic style guides and terminology management that evolve with every workflow
• Rich metadata for intelligent context engineering and orchestration
• In-context editing directly within the CMS, with seamless synchronization across systems

If Blackbird orchestrates content, Blacklake orchestrates context—creating a persistent, intelligent memory fabric that adapts and scales with every interaction.

Industry Recognition at TAUS

Blacklake’s vision was recognized on the global stage when Mathijs Sonnemans won the TAUS Innovation Pitch Competition in Salt Lake City. His talk outlined a bold new direction for the industry: moving beyond static Translation Memories toward AI-native, continuously learning memory systems.

“Blacklake is the big leap forward: a living memory layer for today’s enterprise content,” said Sonnemans. “It unifies fragmented assets, enriches them with context and analytics, and makes them universally usable across workflows, systems, and teams. Not just match-based reuse, but intelligent, adaptive knowledge powering content operations at scale.”

Free, Open, and Trustworthy

Blacklake is free to use. Users retain full ownership of their data. The platform is available on public and private Azure cloud environments as well as on-premises, offering enterprises flexibility, compliance, and control.

About Blackbird.io

Blackbird.io is the Transformation Management System (TMS) built for the AI era. Combining no-code workflow orchestration, automation, and intelligent memory, Blackbird connects content ecosystems across platforms and teams. With nearly 200 integrations and a data layer, it powers global content operations for enterprises, agencies, and creators worldwide.

Finding Cooperation: AI’s Benefits and Threats to Literary Translators

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October 31, 2025

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We live in an era when many professionals are losing their former monopoly to machines due to the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), with translation being one of the most affected professions. The associated challenges for translators are profound. And yet, if we understand this change correctly, it can also bring benefits — especially for translators of literary texts.

As the market becomes increasingly flooded with automated, superficial, and low-quality translations, publishers may look for ways to signal to readers that their books are of genuine quality. One possibility is that translators will become personalities whose names and short biographies appear on book covers as a way to emphasize that a skilled and respected translator stands behind the text.

AI tools can also allow professional translators to work with texts more efficiently, with higher quality, and more creatively. Literary translators could get opportunities to participate in the human translation of a work that the machine has pre-translated in their style.

The real threat is not the technology itself, which can make hundreds of thousands of books available to readers all over the world. More access to more resources cannot harm us.

The real danger of AI lies in its implementation on social media and in the education system. As people consume more short-form content, attention spans shorten, as well. As people become more glued to their smartphone screens, they spend less time reading books. In that, I see the greatest challenge of the future. As language professionals, we must work to ensure that there will still be someone who reads.

We are also harmed by the aggressiveness of technology companies that have convinced the masses that their machine translation (MT) engines are almost perfect and that human translators are merely metaphorical makeup artists who smooth out the wrinkles on the real actors. In reality, translators are the actors — conveying the play written by the playwright — and the editor is the director.

Finally, history shows that no one wins when translators reject new technology outright. When computer-assisted translation (CAT) tools and translation memories (TMs) emerged years ago, part of the community of experienced translators rebelled, failing to understand that ignoring a technology that could help them would not guarantee that their rates would stop falling. The same resistance reappeared with the rise of MT and post-editing. Today, post-editing has become an everyday reality. While it’s true that MT is becoming better thanks to human translations, it will never replace humans when it comes to stylistic choice and quality assurance.

The literary translation field is at a crossroads. The path of blind ignorance about AI will bring more low-quality, machine-translated literature and a new kind of translator — a mere makeup artist — who often lacks formal education in translation studies. However, the path of strong resistance — based on rejecting AI — will ultimately lead to the same outcome, because technology companies will always find a way. I believe the best path is that of cooperation with technology — a balanced approach that embraces the benefits of AI while valuing the expertise of translation professionals.

Tim Brookes’ New Book, By Hand, Explores the Impact of Handwriting on Community and Language Preservation

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October 31, 2025

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Is handwriting about to become a lost art in the United States? And if so, what exactly will we lose by writing exclusively with digital tools? These are the questions tackled by award-winning author Tim Brookes in his new book, By Hand — which is not so much a curmudgeon’s cry of “Bah, humbug!” as an adventure of wonder and delight that explores the pen, paper, human hand, and human mind.

As founder of the global Endangered Alphabets Project, Brookes noticed that most major European countries still respect and teach handwriting, and some minority cultures are actually using calligraphy as a way of reconnecting with their traditional languages, arts, and identity.

“I started wondering what they know that we don’t,” he said, “or that we are willfully forgetting.”

In researching for By Hand, he found plenty of examples, both far and near from home, of how the art of writing helps maintain community in ways that digital tools do not. But in order to fully understand how we benefit from the old-school relationship between writer, pen, and paper, he decided to do something almost unimaginably radical these days: He wrote almost all of By Hand by hand.

“I’ve always practiced immersive journalism,” reflected Brookes. He has written books about asthma as an asthmatic who suffered a near-fatal attack, about hitchhiking as a hitchhiker around America, and about the global campaign to eradicate polio by accompanying vaccination teams to the Pakistan-Afghanistan border and rubbing shoulders with the Taliban. ”But this was the hardest thing I’ve done,” he said.

Ironically, four decades of working on a keyboard as a professional writer had ruined his handwriting.

“Every day I had to confront my own sense of shame — a shame that so many Americans feel. I couldn’t form a decent lower-case ‘g’ or an ‘s.’ My hand would try to jump off the page. I hated everything I wrote.”

Over several months, though, his hand became steadier, more graceful — and at the same time, he discovered the remarkable connections between the hand and the brain, and the almost miraculous (but well-documented) health benefits of keeping a journal.

“Now I take my journal and my calligraphy pen everywhere,” he said. “Nobody should leave home without them.”

Signed copies of By Hand are available on endangeredalphabets.com and will shortly go on sale on Amazon.

XTM Acquires Consoltec, Creator of FlowFit, to Strengthen Enterprise Localisation Operations

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October 30, 2025

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XTM International, a global leader in AI-driven localisation technology, announced the acquisition of Consoltec, the Montréal-based company behind FlowFit, a secure Translation Business Management System (TBMS) built for global enterprises.

This acquisition strengthens XTM’s leadership in the TBMS category with two best-of-breed solutions: XTRF, designed to help Language Service Providers (LSPs) drive higher profitability and scale client delivery, and FlowFit, purpose-built to solve the operational challenges of enterprise localisation teams.

These market-leading solutions give enterprises and LSPs the ability to standardise best practices, simplify complex processes, and gain full visibility and control over their localisation operations.

“Enterprises are under growing pressure to deliver multilingual content faster, at higher quality, and in more secure environments,” said Ian Evans, CEO of XTM International. “By bringing Consoltec into the XTM family, we are delivering a first-of-its-kind solution. This combined platform is the only solution offering enterprise-grade TBMS functionality alongside scalable, AI-powered TMS capabilities in one unified ecosystem.”

With FlowFit, XTM now offers a flexible orchestration engine tailored to the needs of enterprises and government institutions running localisation service centres. This provides a secure, centralized way to manage project requests, resources, and financials across departments while ensuring compliance with strict data security standards.

Together, XTM and Consoltec will focus on combining FlowFit’s project management depth with XTM’s scalable, AI-powered localisation technology. The vision is to create a central hub for enterprise organisations, giving teams on-demand translation, end-to-end visibility, secure automation, and a scalable, future-ready localisation platform that scales with their global ambitions.

“We are thrilled to join XTM International as they establish their North American hub,” said Jean-François Mur, President of Consoltec. “This acquisition represents a tremendous opportunity to expand the reach of our FlowFit TBMS solution to a much broader market. By integrating with XTM’s robust platform, we’re creating powerful synergies that will benefit all XTM customers across North America and beyond.”

“Our FlowFit TBMS technology has always been designed with scalability and integration in mind, making this partnership a natural fit. XTM’s commitment to innovation and its extensive customer base provide the perfect foundation for us to deliver enhanced value and expanded capabilities.”

This acquisition follows a milestone year for XTM, marked by the launch of its Advanced AI Pack, a suite of innovative AI tools that are redefining how global teams manage quality, automation, and translation accuracy. XTM was also recognized as AI localisation Software Company of the Year 2024 by CIOReview. Today, the XTM portfolio includes XTM Cloud, XTRF, Rigi, Locale, Transifex, and Video Creation Cloud (formerly TXTOmedia), providing enterprises with a way to manage every stage of their localisation operations all within one connected platform.

About Consoltec

FlowFit is a web-based project management system developed by Consoltec to serve the needs of the translation and localisation industry. Through a commercial offer that relies on adaptation services, Consoltec has succeeded in providing customers with a user-friendly and flexible system allowing project managers to centralise information and make better strategic decisions. With its fully customisable web portals for clients, project managers and providers, and a wide range of integrations with different TMS and MT tools, FlowFit is now one of the most comprehensive project management systems on the market.

About XTM International

XTM International is an AI-driven localisation platform helping enterprises reach global markets faster by streamlining and automating localisation processes. XTM’s omnichannel platform enables customers to deliver high-quality multilingual products and content efficiently and at scale. With over two decades in the industry, XTM blends industry expertise with a forward-looking, innovative approach. Now with more than 1,300 customers and supporting 880+ languages, enterprises rely on XTM to scale localisation with control, consistency, and speed.

Eriksen Translations Receives WBEC Metro NY Supplier of the Year – Class II Award

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October 30, 2025

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Eriksen Translations Inc., a leading provider of language services, was honored with the Supplier of the Year – Class II Award at the Women’s Business Enterprise Council (WBEC) Metro NY Impact Awards Luncheon, held on October 24 at the Plaza Hotel in New York City.

The Impact Awards recognize the excellence of women-owned businesses and the organizations that champion them. The Supplier of the Year awards honor five Women Business Enterprises (WBEs), each representing a different business revenue category, for their exceptional contributions, innovation, and impact.

“For nearly four decades, Eriksen has remained dedicated to delivering quality and fostering connection through language,” said Vigdis Eriksen, founder and CEO of Eriksen Translations. “We’re proud to be part of a community that celebrates the leadership, impact, and resilience of women-owned businesses. This recognition reflects the dedication of our team and the continued trust and support of our clients.”

Over the years, Eriksen has been consistently recognized by WBEC Metro NY for its leadership within the supplier diversity community. The company has received Done Deals awards in ten separate years for its strong partnerships with public agencies and corporate members.

About WBEC Metro NY

Women’s Business Enterprise Council Metro New York is a dynamic community of certified women-owned businesses that build on their success through mutually beneficial partnerships with Fortune 1000 corporations and other WBEs.

The organization provides WBENC certification—the gold standard in diversity certification—at the regional level. It serves as an advocate for certified women-owned businesses in the New York region, offering them educational programs, networking opportunities and recognition.

About Eriksen Translations Inc.

Eriksen is certified as a woman-owned business enterprise (WBE) by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), the City and State of New York, the State of New Jersey, and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Eriksen Translations delivers best-in-class multilingual services in 100+ languages. Founded in Brooklyn in 1986, Eriksen supports clients worldwide with a full range of services, including translation, typesetting, web and multimedia localization, transcreation, transcription, voiceover and subtitling, accessibility services, and interpreting.

Guildhawk Eliminates Certification Bottlenecks With GAI Certify

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October 30, 2025

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Guildhawk, in partnership with Sheffield Hallam University and with backing from InnovateUK, has developed the GAI Certify, the first product that automates the certified translation process, eliminating the administrative bottleneck associated with the manual method of certifying translated documents.

For decades, certification of translation has been frustratingly slow and manual, causing delays and increasing costs for certified documents, most acute in legal procedures. The minimum wait time for a legalized translation, which requires first being certified and then notarized, is typically a minimum of 3 weeks. Furthermore, mistranslations and certification issues in legal documents can result in extended proceedings, potentially adding hundreds of thousands in legal fees.

GAI Certify offers a secure, auditable, one-click certification function that empowers GAI Translate subscribers to have a vetted Guildhawk linguist verify accuracy and receive a certified translation.

The GAI Certify one-click process generates a verifiable, non-repudiable certificate that is permanently tethered to the translated document. This means clients have the same assurance as traditional tried-and-tested methods, but with the speed and efficiency of AI automation.

“GAI Certify is a game-changer for high-stakes translations because it gives you the speed and efficiency of AI with the extra assurance of insurance-backed certification.” says Tenet Law in the UK.

Unlike some existing solutions where client content can be shared with crowd-sourced linguists with limited vetting, GAI Certify is private; all data is protected by ISO:27001 certified information security controls. In addition, all linguists undergo full vetting, testing, and continuous monitoring to guarantee quality.

David Clarke, Chief Security Officer at Guildhawk and former Head of the City of London Police Fraud Squad, affirms the strategic importance of verifying the certifiers:

“Global organisations expect their suppliers to evidence robust quality and security controls. The guarantee that everything from linguist vetting to safe delivery of translations is secured by design is now a mandatory expectation. GAI Certify is your assurance.”

Professionals requiring certified translations at speed are invited to start a free trial with GAI Translate. Contact the friendly team at enquiries@gaitranslate.ai.