#4 Lionbridge Lawsuit, HOOQ Media Localization, Translator Scams, CES and Translation Gadget

SlatorPod #4! Florian Faes and Esther Bond discuss South-East Asia streaming joint-venture HOOQ and their localization efforts across a handful of Asian languages. The two also talk about Lionbridge being sued over earn-out payments by the founders of Geotext, a legal translation company they acquired in 2015. Translation scams continue to be a problem with fake translators impersonating real ones. Esther talks about how those scams work and what can be done about it. Finally, the two discuss the ubiquitous “translation earpieces” which apparently were a hot topic at the Consumer Electronic Shows (CES) in Las Vegas.Links to the stories discussed in this episode:Streaming Platform HOOQ Sees ‘Great Return’ on Localization, Sets 100 Originals for 2020 Releasehttps://slator.com/features/streaming-platform-hooq-sees-great-return-on-localization-sets-100-originals-for-2020-release/Here’s What Translator Scammers Were Up to in 2019https://slator.com/industry-news/heres-what-translator-scammers-were-up-to-in-2019/Geotext Founders Sue Lionbridge Over Earn-Out From 2015 Acquisitionhttps://slator.com/industry-news/geotext-founders-sue-lionbridge-over-earn-out-from-2015-acquisition/Subscribe to SlatorSweep and SlatorPro herehttps://slator.com/slator-market-intelligence