Plot Twist: Hollywood Strikes May Boost Demand for (Some) Localization
Streaming giant Netflix bets on films and TV series produced outside the US to keep...
Demand drivers
From enterprise, media, government, and consumer.
15 US Attorneys General Object to Human-Free Machine Translation of Emergency Alerts
Federal Communications Commission’s proposal to expand language access is a good start, officials from 15...
Media Localizers Hit as Hollywood Actors Go on Strike
Concerns over use of AI cited as a sticking point in contract negotiations between producers...
Belgium Earmarks EUR 12.6m in RFP for All-in-One Translation Management System
The Belgian government opens a call for proposals due September 10, 2023, to award a...
EU Translation Centre Issues EUR 0.8M RFP for (Mostly) Non-Official EU Languages
English source texts are related to “general affairs,” functioning of EU bodies. Call for bids...
Indian Parliament Moves Towards Real-Time Two-Way Interpretation in 22 Languages
Indian Parliament’s plan for real-time two-way interpretation in 22 languages to promote language diversity and...
US Army Offers Up to USD 2M for Machine Translation, Summarization Software
US Army asks small businesses to pitch technology to enable communication with “previously inaccessible populations”,...
US Regulator Set to Boost Demand for Language Accessibility in Video Conferencing
Video conference platforms will have one year to improve live captioning, speech-to-text, and other accessibility...
The System That ‘Drastically Limits Expensive Translation’ Is Now in Effect
EU’s Unitary Patent system and Unified Patent Court now in effect - English an official...
US Department of Health and Human Services Releases First Language Access Report
Inter-agency complaint, executive order prompt HHS to reexamine services for people with limited English proficiency,...
US Criminal Justice Agencies’ Language Access Programs Fall Short of Requirements
University of California, Irvine finds only 40% of orgs track data on language service usage;...
European Union Issues EUR 18M Intellectual Property Translation Tender
EU Translation Center issues a tender for intellectual property translation valued at a total of...
US Immigration Departments Gauge Interest in 54,000 Hours Language Work Annually
The Department of Homeland Security prepares to open RFP for translation, interpreting, and transcription in...
US Justice Department Accepting Proposals for Up to USD 40M in Language Services
Translators, transcriptionists, and interpreters to work mainly with Criminal Division, and others, such as the...