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2 months ago | 
slator.com | Rocío Txabarriaga
On January 29, 2025, the UK National Register of Public Service Interpreters (NRPSI) published a call to action on the Register’s site asking court interpreters to withdraw services (stage walkouts) from HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) on multiple dates in February. The interpreters are protesting low pay, lack of transparency in procurement processes, and a breach of trust by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). There have been five of these walkouts previously around the same issues.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
slator.com | Rocío Txabarriaga
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
slator.com | Rocío Txabarriaga
On January 21, 2025, the European Union (EU) published a notice detailing the awards and selected companies to provide translation services, effective January 1, 2025, under a tender called “126176-2024 – Competition” that was announced in February 2024.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
slator.com | Rocío Txabarriaga
2024 was a most interesting year for the language industry. AI translation has irreversibly changed the way services are provided, and as has happened any time a disruptive technology takes hold of a market segment, there have been shifts for LSPs and buyers alike, with some bankruptcies but also a healthy amount of M&As and investment rounds.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
slator.com | Rocío Txabarriaga
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
slator.com | Rocío Txabarriaga
On January 7, 2025, LinkedIn News UK published its “Job trends 2025: The 25 fastest-growing jobs in the UK” list, where the role of interpreter comes in at #22. LinkedIn calls the list “Jobs on the Rise” and considers them indicators of areas of career opportunity based on data collected over the previous three years.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
slator.com | Maria Stasimioti |Alex Edwards |Seyma Albarino |Rocío Txabarriaga
Skip to content Researchers unveil EmoDubber, an AI dubbing system offering precision in lip-sync, and dynamic control over emotion type and density. The company releases the much anticipated AI dubbing feature in eight languages, as it sets expectations for quality output. YouTube hints at future updates to improve output. As SAG-AFTRA continues to strike, affecting more than 130 gaming companies, the updated agreement would apply to individual projects produced in a non-English language.
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Dec 23, 2024 | 
slator.com | Rocío Txabarriaga
The language industry will remember 2024 as bringing an interesting mix of rapid-fire innovations and developments, with some clear trends emerging on the technology side, including translation as a feature (TaaF), multimodal AI adoption, retrieval augmented generation (RAG) applications, and large language model (LLM) customization.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
slator.com | Rocío Txabarriaga
The European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) has announced a series of competitions for translator positions in eight European Union (EU) languages: Danish, Dutch, English, French, Greek, Italian, Maltese, and Spanish.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
slator.com | Rocío Txabarriaga
A new set of updates affecting the way certified and registered court interpreters work in California’s judicial system will come into effect in January 2025. Among the main changes is the very structure of the interpreters’ work relationship with the courts, approved as bill AB 1032 and contested by interpreters in 2023.
