#5 Interpreter Strike, Amazon Machine Dubbing, Super Agencies 2019 Financials

SlatorPod #5! Florian Faes and Esther Bond discuss the 1,500-strong interpreter strike in the Netherlands. Florian talks about Amazon’s foray into automatic machine dubbing, which combines machine translation, text-to-speech, and audio rendering models. Esther unpacks the 2019 financial results for two Super Agencies — SDL and TransPerfect. TransPerfect’s acquisition of no less than seven media localizers in 2019 made it the most acquisitive LSP in 2019, just one of a number of highlights Esther shared from the recently released Slator 2019 Language Industry M&A and Funding Report.Links to the stories discussed in this episode:We’re On Strike: Dutch Linguists Oppose the Use of ‘Less Qualified’ Interpretershttps://slator.com/industry-news/were-on-strike-dutch-linguists-oppose-the-use-of-less-qualified-interpreters/Machine Dubbing: Amazon AI Opens New Chapter in Automating Media Localizationhttps://slator.com/technology/machine-dubbing-amazon-ai-opens-new-chapter-in-automating-media-localization/SDL Expects 2019 Revenues of Roughly USD 488mhttps://slator.com/financial-results/sdl-expects-2019-revenues-of-roughly-usd-488m/TransPerfect Revenue Climbs to Record USD 764m in 2019 but Growth Slowshttps://slator.com/financial-results/transperfect-revenue-climbs-to-record-usd-764m-in-2019-but-growth-slows/Slator 2019 Language Industry M&A and Funding Reporthttps://slator.com/data-research/slator-2019-language-industry-ma-and-funding-report/