How the PRO Act Could Affect 250,000 US Language Professionals
The Association of Language Companies lobbies politicians for “workable, clear exemptions for knowledge-based industries” during...
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Job Index Hits All-Time High in April 2021
Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI) climbs 10 points to a new high in April...
A Year After Covid, Belgian Interpreters Continue to Reel From Lost Income
Conference interpreters in Belgium see income cut in half due to Covid. Belgian linguist group...
Reader Polls: Online Dating via Google Translate, Risk to Top LSPs
We asked your opinions on the single biggest threat to top LSPs, multilingual dating at...
Here Are the 10 Fastest Growing Language Service Providers in the Slator 2021 LSPI
Charts and analysis of the fastest growing LSPs and growth leaders in the Slator 2021...
Netflix Credits Shakespeare With Better Localization Testing
Netflix’s Internationalization team built the Shakespeare tool to improve testing of UI copy, built into...
177 LSPs and Counting: Findings From Slator’s 2021 Language Service Provider Index
Introducing the Slator 2021 LSPI companies and per segment analysis of 175+ LSPs: percentage growth,...
Job Index Rises to Pre-Covid Levels in March 2021
Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI) climbs nearly 10 points in March 2021 as hiring,...
Reader Polls: Human Translation Speed, Look Who’s Hiring Aggressively, Email Behavior
'Many open roles'—look who’s hiring! Email no longer ‘feels like millions.’ For PEMT, what’s a...
Poland Rules on LSP Using Google Translate; Defines ‘Professional Translator’
Court says an LSP’s use of Google Translate could mean a gross violation of professional...
Google Pulls Plug on Stadia Game Dev: First-Party Studios Go, Platform Stays
Google ends bid to join game dev market, but Stadia game-streaming platform stays. Some 150...
Reader Polls: TMS vs. LSP, Public vs. Private Sector Clients, Return of In-Person Meetings
What will business look like in 2021? When will in-person conferences return? Do you prefer...
February 2021 Job Index Rebounds From January Dip
Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI) climbed more than four points in February 2021 as...
Microsoft Tweaks Data-for-AI Policy After Big Tech Voice Data Collection Controversies
Following controversies over voice data collection at Microsoft, Apple, and Google, users of Microsoft Translator...