US Congress Releases Cost Estimate for Mortgage Language Access Bill
US Congress may soon require federal agencies and private-sector mortgage servicers to provide translation and...
Demand drivers
From enterprise, media, government, and consumer.
Gamers Petition Pokemon to Localize Games for Latin American Spanish Market
More than 20,000 gamers — plus two Pokemon voice actors — sign a petition for...
Netflix COO Reveals Scale of Dubbing and Subtitling Operations
Netflix COO reveals how many minutes Netflix dubbed and subtitled in 2021 and which non-English...
Kaiser Permanente Reveals How Limited English Proficiency Impacts Telemedicine
Study on patients seeking primary care during Covid-19 reveals interesting data points around uptake of...
Okay, So How Long Until Someone Sues Their Attorney for Using Machine Translation?
American Bar Association’s formal opinion on language access requires attorneys to arrange for language services...
This Bill May Require Major US Airports to Overhaul Multilingual Communications
US House Committee passes TRANSLATE Act mandating the Transportation Security Administration to translate communications into...
Netflix Brings Mobile Gaming to Europe and New Series to Twitch
As competition with other streaming services heats up, Netflix rolls out limited selection of Android...
Spain Recasts Itself as Audiovisual Hub, Creating Opportunities for Media Localizers
Netflix’s first European production hub opens in Madrid; Apple expands its AI/ML work in Barcelona;...
Finland Launches Supplier Search for USD 41m Interpreting Contract
Finnish cities launch a joint tender for onsite and remote interpreting services, seeking a maximum...
How Netflix, Disney (Maybe Even Amazon) Are Driving Demand for English Dubbing
Helped in no small part by lockdowns, the world’s streaming giants can take credit for...
US State Department Plans to Work With 1,000 Contract Linguists in FY 2022
The US Department of State, known for its exacting translation and interpreting standards, invites independent...
Here’s How European SMEs Translate and Localize Their Websites
New survey published by European Commission shows nearly half of SMEs in Europe are still...
Norway Tenders Out USD 47m Interpreting Framework Agreement
Norwegian agency flags increase in interpreting demand following immigration trend plus the rise in immigrant...
New Quebec Language Reform Bill May Boost Demand for Canadian French Translation
Bill 96, proposed in May 2021, would require French certification for smaller businesses. Shared grant...