Canadian Academics Call on Government to Reverse Cuts to Translation Bureau – slator.com

In March 2025, the Canadian Association of Professional Employees (CAPE), a Canadian public services union, published a press release denouncing a five-year plan from the Canadian government’s Translation Bureau to cut over 300 positions by attrition. These job cuts are reportedly part of an effort by government agency Public Services Procurement Canada (PSPC) to ensure […]

XTM International Acquires TXTOmedia, Redefining Multimedia Localization – slator.com

XTM International, the global leader in localization technology, announces today its acquisition of TXTOmedia, an AI-powered global video automation company specializing in rapid creation and localization of training, instructional, and how-to videos at scale. The strategic acquisition underscores XTM’s commitment to empower organizations to offer customer engagement with all markets in any language and in […]

Denmark Says Post-Editing Is Not Translation – slator.com

A passage taken from a statement (in Danish) published in April 2025 by the Danish Translators’ Association and the Danish Authors’ Society says that “some people have wrongly received public lending money for books where they were listed as translators. In these instances, no real translation work was done; instead, they only edited text that […]

How Question Answering Can Transform AI Translation Evaluation – slator.com

Two recent papers explore how question answering (QA) can serve as a tool for automatic AI translation evaluation, pointing to a shift in how the language industry might approach translation quality assessment. The first paper from the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University, introduces ASKQE, a framework that generates factual questions from the source […]

DeepL Hosts Language AI Leaders at Technology Roundtable in Zurich – slator.com

On April 3, 2025, representatives from 14 organizations gathered at the beautiful FIFA Museum in Zurich for a series of roundtable presentations and discussions organized by Slator on behalf of DeepL. Titled “The Boom of ‘Bring Your Own Language AI’ – Opportunities and Risks,” the event brought together diverse stakeholders from the insurance, banking, government, […]

How to Expand Into AI Data Services with DATAmundi CEO Véronique Özkaya – slator.com

Véronique Özkaya, Co-CEO of DATAmundi, returns to SlatorPod for round 2 to talk about the company’s strategic rebrand and how it is positioning itself as a key player in the data-for-AI space. Véronique details her journey to leading DATAmundi, formerly known as Summa Linguae, where she now drives a strategic shift from traditional language services […]