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#245 Dealmaker Wows with 10M Translation Education Gift
31 minutes Posted Mar 28, 2025 at 11:00 am.
Intro and Agenda
SlatorCon London 2025 Speakers Announced
Slator 2025 LSPI Highlights
Unexpected USD 10M Gift for Translation Program
Translator Hiring Trends from McKinsey State of AI Report
TransPerfect Buys Technicolor Games and Blu Digital Group
BlueLion and GATS Merge to Form TransNarrative
Korn Translations and Zaum Langs Merge Under Idlewild Burg Group
Teleperformance Invests in ‘Accent Translator’ Sanas
Lingo.dev Raises USD 4.2M Seed Round
Dubformer Raises USD 3.6M to Develop the ‘Photoshop of AI Dubbing’
US Language Industry Associations React to Trump’s EO on Language
Slator 2025 Localization Buyer Survey Insights
Amazon Prime AI Dubbing Pilot
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Florian and Esther discuss the language industry news of the week, breaking down Slator’s 2025 Language Service Provider Index (LSPI), which features nearly 300 LSPs and reports 6.6% combined growth in 2024 revenues, totaling USD 8.4bn. Florian touches on a surprise USD 10m donation from private equity executive Mario Giannini to launch a new MA translation and interpreting program at California State University, Long Beach. The duo talks about McKinsey’s State of AI report, which continues t...