Globalization Firms Go Mainstream
The globalization services and software industry has for years labored under the radar of the mainstream media. But this is gradually changing thanks in part to consolidation among top players …
Vendors
TransPerfect to Translate the Restaurant Industry
TransPerfect Translations announced that it was selected by the National Restaurant Association Education Foundation (NRAEF) to “produce translations of multicultural training tools.” According to the press release, the restaurant and …
SDL and Astoria Team Up For Siemens Medical Devices
Globalization services provider SDL and XML authoring software provider Astoria have partnered to help Siemens Medical Solutions save an estimated $1 million on localization costs, according to this press release. …
There’s a New Global CMS Vendor in Town
Its name is Clay Tablet and it is focused purely on helping companies manage multilingual Web sites. It claims to have a patent-pending technology that makes the process of sending …
Notes on Lionbridge Earnings Call
Here are notes from today’s Q2 earnings call… -> A strong quarter: $41.3 million. Margins are up. -> Even though their revenues from HP are down (due largely to HP’s …
Welocalize, Growing Quickly, Announces Revenues For First Time
Globalization services vendor Welocalize has publicly announced, for the first time, its revenues. For years the company has blasted out glowing press releases about record quarters of growth with little …
SDL + TRADOS: The Executive Interview
Last week I interviewed Mark Lancaster, CEO of SDL, and Joe Campbell, CEO of TRADOS (now on the board of SDL), about the merger and their visions for the SDL …
SDL/TRADOS Deal is Official
On Wednesday, SDL shareholders approved the SDL acquisition of TRADOS. This makes SDL the hands-down leader of the globalization software market. So let the games begin! The timing of this …
Idiom Tries to Capitalize on TRADOS Acquisition
With SDL buying TRADOS, the maker of the leading desktop translation memory (TM) tool, globalization tools competitor Idiom is betting that translation agencies will be reluctant to buy TM tools …
The Other Shoe Just Dropped: Lionbridge Acquires Bowne Global
The rumors were true: Lionbridge announced that it is acquiring Bowne Global Solutions (BGS) “for at least $180 million (excluding cash received), in a combination of cash and common stock. …
SDL/TRADOS Reactions Mostly Positive
Last week, I asked for reactions to the SDL/TRADOS acquisition and boy did I get an earful, most of it positive and most if it from translation agencies. Here are …
Lionbridge & Bowne: Waiting For the Other Shoe To Drop
So now that SDL has announced its plans to buy TRADOS, the buzz around the industry is when Lionbridge is going to finally pull the trigger on purchasing its larger …
SDL to acquire TRADOS
SDL International, the world’s third-largest translation/localization agency announced today its plans to acquire TRADOS, the maker of the world’s most popular machine translation software. In the translation industry, this is …
DITA Becomes a Standard (Now What Is It Exactly?)
The standards organization OASIS recently approved Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) version 1.0 as an OASIS Standard — a “status that signifies the highest level of ratification.” So what exactly …
Will Google Kill the Translation Industry?
Last week I received a “Factory Tour” invite from Google but didn’t give it much thought. I wish I had because I missed a preview of the company’s ambitious machine …