Inc. magazine publishes an annual list of the fastest-growing private companies in the United States. This year’s list includes 14  language services providers (LSPs) — many of which are growing at a significantly faster rate than the average market growth rate we last reported of 13.15%.

We’re avid readers of Engadget, a web magazine with in-depth reviews and coverage of electronic devices for consumers. And, we’re longtime observers — and occasional participants — of the practice of community, crowdsourced, and collaborative translation. So, when we saw a review of a new tablet PC with, “We wish we spoke Hindi” in the [...]

“Any language. Anytime. Anywhere.” It could be a tagline plucked directly from the website of nearly any of the 23,380 translation and interpreting agencies in our directory. We’ve often scoffed at such claims, knowing full well that no language service provider (LSP) on earth has a vendor database robust enough to deliver on such promises. [...]

This week, three language technology suppliers and a language service provider (LSP) launched a partnership to pull several advanced technologies together into a unified translation and localization solution. The four companies — Acrolinx , Asia Online, Clay Tablet, and Milengo — announced that they would work together to “create an end-to-end translation solution that delivers [...]