The Year in Review and 2025 Predictions! – slator.com

In the 2024 year-end episode of SlatorPod, hosts Florian Faes and Esther Bond, along with guest Anna Wyndham, explore pivotal language industry trends from the past year and predictions for 2025. First, the language industry news of the week, with LXT’s acquisition of clickworker, which aims to expand its AI data capabilities and potentially double […]

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 […]

How AI Is Creating Opportunities for LSPs in Audiovisual Translation – slator.com

For a few years now, AI has been reshaping how audiovisual content is localized and used.  From AI-automated subtitling and captioning to AI dubbing and advancements in sign language, AI-generated audio description, and many other services, audiovisual translation (AVT) presents both exciting opportunities and challenges for language service providers (LSPs). Data from the 2024 Slator […]