Tag: language industry

Zingword begins validating entire translator database

Professional translation services are undergoing a massive paradigm shift. Trust between translation industry stakeholders seems to have been shaken to its core due to the past decades’ practices of decreased payment, lack of security, and the fast pace of the demand versus the long-term strategies needed to ensure reliability between translators and their clients.

Eriksen Translations Announces Promotion of Kevin Hudson to Executive Vice President,...

(Brooklyn, NY) – Eriksen Translations Inc., a leading Language Services Provider, today announced the promotion of Kevin Hudson to Executive Vice President, Client Services....

Translation company AJT certifies as B Corporation

UK-based translation and localisation specialist AJT has announced today its certification as a B Corporation (or B Corp), joining a growing group of companies reinventing business by pursuing purpose as well as profit.

Chris Oakley (CTO, ZOO Digital) selected for Rolling Stone Culture Council,...

Rolling Stone Culture Council, an invitation-only network of leaders on the cutting edge of what’s new in culture, has selected Chris Oakley as the community’s newest member.

LEXIGO supercharges its commitment to quality in the translation industry

LEXIGO supercharges its commitment to quality in the translation industry

CaptionHub and Memsource sign strategic alliance for multimedia localization

CaptionHub and Memsource have announced a global strategic alliance. With the goal of providing advanced localization capabilities for multimedia and for enterprises scaling their subtitling output and synthetic dubbing, this partnership is a response to market demand which has seen an increase of 500% in subtitle minutes reported from Q1 2021 to Q1 2022. 

European Language Industry Association (Elia) announces Registration Open for its Networking...

European Language Industry Association (Elia) announces Registration Open for its Networking Days in September. The European Language Association (Elia) has already announced that the registration for one of its prime events for the autumn season, the Networking Days, is already open. The location was also revealed during the last week of June and the participants will have the opportunity to visit the beautiful Vilnius, Lithuania. 

Livewords rebrands as Acolad: Netherlands interpreting and translation expert takes on...

Livewords rebrands as Acolad: Netherlands interpreting and translation expert takes on Acolad logo

RWS shares drop 19% after BPEA abstains from takeover

RWS shares declined sharply this morning as Baring Private Equity Asia Fund VIII (BPEA) announced that it would not be making an offer for the language services provider (LSP).

BLEND appoints two new executives to leadership team

BLEND, whose platform employs AI technologies and linguist experts to help businesses expand to new markets, announced on Thursday its appointment of Ron Kraitsman as Chief Financial Officer, and Noa Menko as Vice President of Human Resources.

ATC Announces 2021 Winners of Language Industry Awards

Atlas Translations was awarded the ATC's Company of the Year Award for the second year in a row at the association's 2021 Language Industry Awards. “In its thirtieth year, Atlas Translations achieved an impressive 48% growth, adding new services such as remote interpreting and Covid Passport translation to their portfolio," the judges notes read.

TransPerfect Acquires Language Training Company Transfer

The New York City-based language service provider (LSP) TransPerfect announced earlier this week that it has acquired Transfer, a French company which specializes in...