SDL today announced an update to Trados Studio, a new edition for freelancers, and an open application programming interface (API) for Trados. The freelancer version and API respond to longstanding demands in the marketplace for lower-priced translation memory (TM) software and a more open global information management (GIM) ecosystem.

This morning, California-based Language Line Services announced that the company was chosen to provide nationwide interpreting services for asylum proceedings — both in person and via telephone — for the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. While the total potential award amount was not disclosed, the asylum contract is just one of […]

This month, U.S. President Barack Obama called for an end to the 16-year-old “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. The top two defense officials, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Admiral Michael Mullen, followed suit. How will this change affect the U.S. military’s ability to staff languages of limited demand and critical need?

Yesterday employment services provider Manpower announced that it would acquire COMSYS IT Partners, a professional staffing firm. Both companies offer language services in their portfolio — Manpower is the fourteenth largest company on our list of top 30 language service providers (LSPs), generating US$55 million in language-related revenue in 2008 (we are working on our […]