Job Index Continues Upward Trend Into Final Quarter of 2021
Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI) climbs 3.8 points in October 2021, surpassing previous all-time...
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Zoom Opts for Speech-to-Text in New Transcription and Translation Features
Zoom call add-ons planned for beta release in September 2021. Transcription available in 30 languages,...
Inside DeepL: The World’s Fastest-Growing, Most Secretive Machine Translation Company
How DeepL outmaneuvered big tech, won a following, and is now rapidly moving into machine...
The Onset of the Supercycle at SlatorCon Remote September 2021
Currently at the onset of a language industry supercycle, clients and LSPs trade localization strategies...
So How Many Knew That YouTube Offered a Translate Comments Feature?
Google added “Translate comments” as an opt-in feature for YouTube Premium subscribers — but most...
Reader Polls: Machine Translation in Social Media, Life Sciences — Opportunity or Headache?
Life sciences could be slowly warming to machine translation, but not for all cases, a...
Job Index Climbs More Than 50 Points Since the Start of 2021
Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI) climbs 10 points in September 2021, surpassing previous all-time...
Déjà Vu for US Translators, Interpreters Up Against Potentially Disruptive PRO Act
The PRO Act, new federal legislation now in the US Senate, relies on controversial ABC...
Reader Polls: Are Freelance Translators Hard to Find? And That TikTok Translation Fine.
How hard is it to hire freelancers when the job market for full-time remote workers...
Interpreters Wonder How to Charge for Recorded Remote Simultaneous Interpreting
As remote simultaneous interpreting (RSI) grows in popularity, interpreters trade views on how to charge...
Job Index Climbs 6 Points in August 2021
Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI) climbs six points in August 2021, surpassing previous all-time...
Los Angeles Terminates Telework for Interpreters; Union Up in Arms
Interpreters ordered back to Los Angeles County courthouses as social distancing is called off. California...
TikTok Fined Over Missing Translation of Privacy Statement
English-only privacy statement on how the video-sharing app, TikTok, collects and uses data could not...
Reader Polls: What Roles Are Hardest to Fill in the Translation and Localization Industry?
Is it harder to find a Project Manager or an AI Engineer? Slator readers weigh...