Lionbridge Says Freeway Off to Strong Start
Lionbridge issued a press release today on the growth of its new Web-based translation memory (TM) application, Logoport. Here are some notable stats: – The volume of words managed by …
Vendors
Skype Offers a Solution to that Pesky Language Barrier
Skype has for several years now helped people around the world communicate with one another, provided they speak the same language. Now, you don’t even need to speak the same …
Lionbridge Launches Freeway 2.0 (What happened to 1.0?)
Lionbridge today formally launched its new hosted translation memory service: Freeway 2.0. The press release features glowing testimonials from Sybase, Nikon, and Ryanair. These companies, and roughly 70 others, have …
Are You Certified?
Two certification-related announcements in the localization industry… SDL has launched a certification program for its products. According to the press release, “SDL TRADOS Certification is a comprehensive program of placement …
Of Interwoven, SDL, and Idiom
Interwoven held its user fest this week and unleashed a slew of press releases, two of which caught my eye… SDL and Interwoven partner SDL wisely keeps partnering up with …
SDL Launches LSP Directory: Nice Idea; Poor Execution
SDL announced today the launch of the LSPZone, an online directory of translation agencies who support Trados/SDL products. While I like the idea of having such a site, the execution …
IBM Looks Into the Future and Sees Language Analysis Systems; What Else Does it See?
IBM announced today that it is acquiring Langauge Analysis Sytems (LAS). I interviewed LAS co-founder and CEO Jack Hermansen just a few weeks ago for the March issue of Global …
OmniLingua Selected by Siemens Medical Solutions
With so much going on with translation giants SDL and Lionbridge, it’s nice to cover the not-so-gigantic players from time to time. Take OmniLingua. This privately owned firm has been …
Translations.com Acquires Ex-Transware Team
Milen Epik, former VP of Global Services at Transware, has joined Translations.com as part of a newly named division: Epik Global Solutions. Epik Global Solutions is based in Boulder and …
A New Globalization Blog: Found in Translation
Ryan Coleman, CTO of Clay Tablet, writes a blog about the globalization industry called Found in Translation. I just found it today, although he’s been publishing it since October. I’m …
Global CMS News: Translations.com and Clay Tablet
Two recent press releases worth mentioning… Translations.com has announced a strategic partnership with CMS vendor Percussion. Thrifty Rental Car (profiled in the July issue of Global By Design) is one …
SDL Announces Technology Partner Program
SDL today announced its technology partner program. The key word here is “open” as SDL seeks to convey a partner-friendly approach to other vendors in the content creation and management …
Lionbridge to Triple Workforce in India
According to this article Chief Operating Officer Satish Maripuri says Lionbridge will triple its India workforce over the next few years. Lionbridge had its Q3 earnings call this morning… With …
Language Weaver Takes Statistical Machine Translation to Enterprises
In the August issue of Global By Design, in the article Machine Translation: The Next Generation, I introduced statistical machine translation (SMT): SMT is a data-driven translation technology. Rather than …
TransPerfect Acquires Crimson; Expands Into Life Sciences
TransPerfect Translations announced today that it had acquired Crimson Language Services. According to the press release, the “merger creates a newly-formed Life Sciences Division that combines Crimson’s ISO 9001:2000/ISO 13485:2003 …