Denmark Just Published Another Big Language Services Tender
In another potential money-spinner for LSPs operating in the Nordics, the municipality of Svendborg in...
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11 Million Words from WIPO, Anyone?
WIPO issues potential 11m words translation contract. Freelancers and LSPs subcontracting to other LSPs excluded....
Denmark Issues Giant Language Services Tender Worth USD 86 Million
A dozen Danish government agencies related to the judicial sector issue a massive collective tender...
Netflix Has Now Found the ‘Best Translators Around the Globe’
Netflix closes Hermes, its online subtitling and translation test and indexing system, and says it...
US Predicts Strong Job Growth for Translators and Interpreters
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects the total number of jobs for Interpreters and...
Canada Asks for Help in Buying Translations, Issues RFI about RFPs
As Canada’s Translation Bureau continues discussions with stakeholder groups over various issues, Public Services and...
US Accessibility Standards a Boon to Media Localizers and Subtitlers
Under the Revised 508 Standards, US federal government agencies are now required to comply with...
US Federal Language Services Spend for Fiscal 2018 Just Past USD 100m
The US government has awarded 4,005 contracts on translation and interpretation worthed a total of...
Language Service Providers Hate This Part of MIFID II
A new EU Directive called MIFID II, introduced on 3 January 2018, means investment firms...
Hungary Cuts Red Tape for Translators and Language Service Providers
Hungary ends the state monopoly on certified translations. Language service providers (LSPs) and freelance translators...
Demand in the US for Legal and Healthcare Interpreters Gets Increasing Media Attention
Several local news outlets in various US states have all been highlighting the lack of...
Chinese Government Going All in to Back Language Industry
China’s government is increasingly showing public support for the local language services industry. New initiatives...
How the Public Sector and Regulations Shaped Language Services Demand in 2017
Government procurement, new legislation, and regulatory reforms shaped the demand for language services in 2017....
European Union Issues EUR 5.6m Translation Tender
The call for bids is for four projects involving the translation of legal text, including...