Matinée Multilingual Founder Passes Leadership to Next Generation – slator.com

UK-based Matinée Multilingual announced on January 29, 2025, that Lauren and Callum Stott will take over as joint directors. They succeed Lauren’s father, Chris Broderick, who founded the company in 1982. The Stotts joined the company six years ago with the view to transition from Broderick once they had gained a full understanding of the […]

DeepSeek Translation, ElevenLabs AI Dubbing, Sorensen M&A – slator.com

Florian and Esther discuss the language industry news of the week, where they reviewed ElevenLabs’ AI dubbing, on the back of a USD 3bn+ valuation. While they found the translation quality was strong, minor timing issues and lack of lip-syncing meant the output felt slightly unnatural. Esther then provided an update on M&A activity, where […]

China’s AI Researchers Triple Down on AI Speech Translation – slator.com

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Off-Screen Drama Pits AI Dubbing Against French Voice Actors – slator.com

How do US actor Sylvester Stallone, France’s minister for gender equality Aurore Bergé, and a multilingual/multibillion voice AI company collide in a tense drama? Since early January 2024, multiple online media sources have highlighted a clash that began with news that “Armor,” a film starring Stallone, would feature AI dubbing. For 50 years, Alain Dorval […]

TransPerfect Acquires Apostroph Group, Expands Presence in Switzerland and Germany – slator.com

TransPerfect has announced that it has acquired one of the leading language service providers in Switzerland and Germany, Swiss-based Apostroph Group. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Apostroph Group has consolidated its position as a regional leader through its buy-and-build strategy led by private equity owners ECM Equity Capital Management, which acquired the […]

AI Upskilling #4 — Post-Editing and AI Translation – slator.com

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Meta Launches ‘Language Technology Partner Program’ to Source AI Translation Data – slator.com

On February 7, 2025, Meta announced its new Language Technology Partner Program, which looks for collaborators to help improve and expand its open-source language technologies, particularly AI translation tools. The Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) team’s latest initiative at Meta (side note: FAIR previously stood for Facebook AI Research) prioritizes what it calls “underserved languages” and […]