EU Language Law with Professor Stefaan van der Jeught – slator.com

Stefaan van der Jeught, Professor of EU Constitutional Law at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, and a Press Officer at the Court of Justice of the European Union, joins SlatorPod to talk about the complex relationship between language and law in the EU. Stefaan outlines the historical evolution of EU language policy, from French-only founding treaties to […]

UK Screen Sector Turns to AI for Subtitling and Dubbing, Report Finds – slator.com

A new report from the British Film Institute (BFI) and the CoSTAR Foresight Lab, published in June 2025, outlines how generative AI is being adopted across the UK’s film, TV, and gaming. Drawing on surveys, expert interviews, and public consultation, the report identifies a number of AI use cases across the screen sector, including several […]

OpenAI Doubles Down on Live Speech Translation in ChatGPT – slator.com

OpenAI is rolling out enhancements to ChatGPT‘s Advanced Voice Mode (AVM) feature for paid subscribers, promising more natural and human-like interactions, alongside a new real-time language AI speech translation capability. AVM leverages natively multimodal models, specifically GPT-4o, which are engineered to directly “hear” and generate audio. “Just ask Voice to translate between languages, and it […]

Language Industry Data and News Briefing June 2025 – slator.com

Slator is the leading source of research and market intelligence for translation, localization, interpreting, and language AI. Slator’s Advisory practice is a trusted partner to clients looking for M&A services and independent analysis. Slator has offices in Zurich (HQ) and London, and Analysts based in Asia, Europe, and the US. Source link

Big Tech’s Big Month Sees Hyperscalers Launch Torrent of Language AI Features – slator.com

Fueling media coverage and creator tests and reviews on YouTube, tech giants Google, Amazon, Nvidia, Microsoft, and OpenAI had a busy month of May in 2025, sounding off at events about AI projects, products, and advancements that included a few notable language AI announcements. One such announcement was the introduction of real-time, speech-to-speech translation within […]

Slator Language Industry Buyer Tracker for June 2025 – slator.com

Slator is the leading source of research and market intelligence for translation, localization, interpreting, and language AI. Slator’s Advisory practice is a trusted partner to clients looking for M&A services and independent analysis. Slator has offices in Zurich (HQ) and London, and Analysts based in Asia, Europe, and the US. Source link

EU Again Postpones Spain Language Decision – slator.com

Almost two years after the first formal petition, Spain once again pushed for its three co-official languages, Catalan, Basque, and Galician, to be added as official languages within the European Union (EU). On May 27, 2025, the EU postponed any decision on the matter for a second time. The first time the proposal was rejected […]

Quebec to Introduce French-Language Requirements for Streaming Platforms – slator.com

The Minister of Culture and Communications for the National Assembly of Quebec, Mathieu Lacombe tabled a new bill on May 21, 2025, that would create rules for forcing streaming platforms like Netflix, Amazon, and Spotify to increase the “discoverability” of a certain amount of francophone content. Bill 109 is described as “An Act to affirm […]