Industry
News: There Will Be a Happy Ending
Julian Pintat offers a counter-narrative to industry doom-mongering, suggesting a positive outlook for the future of localization and pushing back against negative sentiment.
Technology
News: Timekettle Announcements
Timekettle has announced its 2026 breakthroughs in AI interpretation, introducing a state-of-the-art Translation Engine Selector and next-generation bone conduction voice capture.
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PR Newswire / Timekettle
Industry
News: AI Interpreting Disruption
Slator reports that AI interpreting is poised to be the next great disruption, urging Language Service Institutes (LSIs) to act decisively in 2026.
Operations
News: Coworking with Steve Rotter
A report from Marketing Brew featuring Steve Rotter discusses the nuances of coworking and collaboration in this evolving landscape.
Events
News: iFLYTEK at Pepcom 2026
iFLYTEK is showcasing real-world AI voice and translation technologies at Pepcom 2026, signaling a busy year for hardware-embedded language tools.
Market
News: Business Language Mistakes
Programming Insider published a piece on what businesses get wrong about language in 2026, highlighting common strategic errors.
Technology
News: AI Hardware Competition
Competitors are moving fast in the AI hardware space. Brands like EarFun and Otek are launching new translation-enabled devices.
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news.aibase.com/news/24267
Research
News: Cascades Outperform SpeechLLMs
Research highlighted by Slator reveals that cascades still outperform SpeechLLMs in translation tasks, suggesting modular approaches remain superior for quality.
Recognition
News: Leaders of Influence 2026
Marc Westray of Interpreters Unlimited has been named to the 2026 Leaders of Influence list.
Policy
News: NY Language Access Report
Slator released key insights from the New York Language Access Report, detailing regional language access developments.
Recognition
News: GlobalLink Honored by G2
TransPerfect’s GlobalLink technology has been honored in G2’s Winter 2026 report for its performance.
Community
News: Proof of Humanity
Sebastian Barros discusses the concept of "Proof of Humanity," suggesting it will become a premium differentiator in a synthetic content world.
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LinkedIn Post / Sebastian Barros
Recognition
News: Top eLearning Localization
Ingenuiti has secured a top 3 ranking for best eLearning localization services in 2025/2026.
Technology
News: NEC Deploys DeepL Voice
NEC has become the first company worldwide to deploy DeepL Voice for real-time AI speech translation, marking a major adoption milestone.
Technology
News: Evaluating LLMs for Translation
AWS has released guidance on how to evaluate Large Language Models (LLMs) for machine translation tasks, providing a benchmarking framework.
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aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning...
Product
News: W4 Pro Earbuds
Timekettle launched the W4 Pro Earbuds featuring Babel OS, supporting real-time, two-way call translation for natural cross-lingual conversations.
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PR Newswire / Timekettle W4 Pro
Product
News: EarFun AI Audio
EarFun has unveiled its own advanced AI translation and dual-unit wireless audio technology.
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PR Newswire / EarFun
Product
News: Otek AI Mouse
Otek has launched the BM09 in India, an AI mouse capable of voice typing, voice translation, smart writing, and OCR.
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PR Newswire / Otek BM09
Events
News: Lisbon Summit Collaboration
The EUATC reports that the Portuguese LSC association is teaming up with them for the upcoming Lisbon Summit.
Events
News: ELIS TEW Opening
The ELIS TEW is set to be opened by the Director-General for Translation.
Research
News: Linguistic Insights
Updates from the world of linguistics and language sciences via Language Log.
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languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/
Community
News: Engagement & Commerce
Stefan Huyghe argues that localization only matters if it drives actual user engagement and commerce.
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LinkedIn Post / Stefan Huyghe
Operations
News: Overlooked Metrics
Stefan Huyghe warns about the most overlooked metrics in localization in his recent piece.
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LinkedIn Pulse / Stefan Huyghe
Community
News: Association Updates
Updates regarding the European Language Industry Association and upcoming events like ELIA Together.
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LinkedIn Post / ELIA
Community
News: Industry Discussion
Trending topics and interactions within the professional localization community on LinkedIn.
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LinkedIn Activity
Culture
News: Hidden Meanings Guide
Osaka Language Solutions released a guide on hidden meanings in Japanese language and culture for 2026-2027.
Technology
News: French Tech & AI
Updates regarding French Tech and Mistral AI innovations.
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LinkedIn Post / Nenba Barret
Opinion
News: Innovation vs Marketing
Diego Cresceri argues that the localization industry suffers more from a marketing problem than an innovation problem.
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LinkedIn Pulse / Diego Cresceri
Industry
News: Meta Acquires Manus
Diego Cresceri notes that Meta is set to acquire the Chinese-founded startup Manus.
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LinkedIn Post / Diego Cresceri
Community
News: Industry Commentary
Soren Eberhardt shares insights and commentary on the current state of the profession.
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LinkedIn Post / Soren Eberhardt
Sales
News: Procurement Strategies
Jakov Milicevic questions why language service buyers often undermine themselves with poor procurement strategies.
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LinkedIn Post / Jakov Milicevic
Community
News: Exec Talks
Discussions and executive talks featuring industry leaders like Petr Sedláček and others.
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LinkedIn Post / Ludek Janda
Community
News: Optimism for 2026
Stefan Huyghe suggests we should be optimistic about the new year and the opportunities ahead.
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LinkedIn Post / Stefan Huyghe
Community
News: Addressing Nervousness
A piece addressing translators who feel nervous about the future, offering perspective on the changing landscape.
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LinkedIn Pulse / Stefan Huyghe
Research
News: ELIS 2026 Data
Yota Georgakopoulou highlighted upcoming data from ELIS 2026 and the European Master's in Translation.
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LinkedIn Post / Yota Georgakopoulou
Operations
News: CTO Evaluating AI
Muhammad Ugais shares insights on how a CTO should evaluate Language AI technologies today.
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LinkedIn Post / Muhammad Ugais
Operations
News: LangOps Convergence
Rahat V Gora discusses the convergence of LSPs, LSIs, and LangOps in the modern language industry.
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LinkedIn Post / Rahat V Gora
Operations
News: Editing Standards
Alyssa Kruse provided clarity on non-fiction writing and book editing standards, which remains relevant for high-quality localization.
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LinkedIn Post / Alyssa Kruse
Operations
News: Error Management
Georgios Tziakos uses the metaphor of a broken "Ctrl+Z" to discuss error management in localization workflows.
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LinkedIn Post / Georgios Tziakos
Market
News: E-commerce Localization
Insights into what global brands get right about e-commerce localization in 2026.
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LinkedIn Pulse / E-commerce
Policy
News: Interpreter Accreditation
The American Translators Association reports that changes to freelance parliamentary interpreter accreditation in Canada have been criticized by the association.
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atanet.org/industry-news/in-canada...
Policy
News: Multilingual Learner Support
Connecticut has published a guide to help school districts support multilingual learners, reported by the ATA.
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atanet.org/industry-news/connecticut...
Industry
News: Neosapience Funding
Neosapience has raised 11.5 million dollars to further develop its AI voice technology.
Read more:
slator.com/neosapience-raises-usd-11-5m
Technology
News: African Languages Dataset
Cohere Labs has launched a vision-language dataset specifically for African languages, a critical step for low-resource language inclusion.
Market
News: Most Clicked Jobs
Slator published an analysis of the most clicked-on language jobs, offering insight into job market trends.
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slator.com/most-clicked-on-language-jobs
Community
News: Top Quotes of 2025
Slator wrapped up the previous year by publishing the top 25 language industry quotes of 2025.
Technology
News: Tech of the Week
Bureau Works has been named Tech of the Week by Nimdzi Insights.
Market
News: LangTech Innovation
Nimdzi Insights continues to track the rapid innovation occurring in LangTech and AI.
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LinkedIn Post / Nimdzi
Opinion
News: Industry Polarization
Diego Cresceri observed that localization often feels stuck between two opposite poles in the current environment.
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LinkedIn Post / Diego Cresceri
Community
News: Freelance Translator News
Antonella Speroni teased big news for freelance translators at Translated.
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LinkedIn Post / Antonella Speroni
Community
News: Social Update
Recent trending discussions and activities on LinkedIn.
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LinkedIn Activity
Industry
News: Medical Translation
Isabella Massardo covered developments in medical translation.
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LinkedIn Post / Italian Medical Translations
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