In Internal Memo, Shopify CEO Says AI Has Already Sped Up Translations 100x

"Shopify CEO Tobias Lütke disclosed the leaking of an internal memo on AI on April 7, 2025, by posting on X with a provocative headline: “Reflexive AI usage is now a baseline expectation at Shopify.”

“Our task here at Shopify is to make our software unquestionably the best canvas on which to develop the best businesses of the future,” Lütke wrote. “For that we need to be absolutely ahead.”

In keeping with Shopify’s core values to “be a constant learner” and “thrive on change,” every employee is now “expected to use AI effectively,” Lütke explained, adding that “brilliant” usage of AI is already helping high-achievers accomplish “100x the work.”

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Multi-Agent AI Framework Aims to Improve Cultural Adaptation in AI Translation

"In a March 5, 2025 paper, researchers from Shahjalal University of Science and Technology and the University of Oklahoma proposed a multi-agent AI framework for culturally adaptive AI translation, particularly for low-resource languages.
This multi-agent approach comes as the translation industry increasingly explores the limitless opportunities that agents can offer, along with the huge potential of agentic machine translation, where specialized AI agents collaborate across different stages of a translation workflow."

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How Multi-Agent AI is Advancing Cultural Adaptation in AI Translation

A new multi-agent AI framework is reshaping AI translation, making it more adaptable to cultural nuances, especially in low-resource languages. By leveraging large language models, this approach enhances machine translation, bridging linguistic gaps like never before.

Slator is the leading source of research and market intelligence for translation, localization, interpreting, and language AI. We host SlatorCon, the language industry’s foremost executive conference, and publish SlatorPod, the weekly language industry podcast.

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Private Equity CEO Donates $10M to Launch New M&A Translation Program

A private equity CEO contributes $10 million to establish a cutting-edge M&A translation program. The initiative aims to enhance multilingual communication in mergers and acquisitions.

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Slator 2025 Legal Services and Language AI Report

"The 90-page Slator 2025 Legal Services and Language AI Report provides an extensive and in-depth view of the global trends and regulations of the legal services industry, and the impact that these have on the demand for language services, language AI, and technology.

The report analyzes macro-level trends in the legal services industry and offers insight into how these macro-trends impact the language services and technology industry. This includes trends in litigation vs. international arbitration, and how the growth of LegalTech is witnessing an increasing number of tools that incorporate translation as a feature."

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Multilingual AI Voice and Dubbing Startup pyannoteAI Raises EUR 8.1M

"Multilingual AI voice and dubbing startup pyannoteAI has announced that it has raised EUR 8.1m (USD 8.9m) in seed funding to grow and scale its core technology — speaker diarization — in multiple languages. Speaker diarization uses AI to understand who said what in a conversation.

The round was led by Crane Venture Partners and Serena, and included participation from angel investors Julien Chaumond, CTO at Hugging Face, and Alexis Conneau, ex-Research Scientist at Meta and Co-creator of the Advanced Voice Mode neural network at OpenAI."

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Language Discordance Raises Risk of Hospital Readmissions, U.S. Study Finds

A U.S. study reveals that language discordance between patients and healthcare providers significantly increases the risk of hospital readmissions. Learn why effective communication is critical in healthcare outcomes.

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Dealmaker Wows with 10M Translation Education Gift

"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 to classify translators as AI-related roles and shows that hiring them has become slightly easier."

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US Healthcare Firm Converts Multilingual Speech into Structured Medical Reports

"Inspired Spine, a US healthcare organization specializing in spine health and surgery, has developed SURI (Smart Universal Resource Identifier), an AI system that converts multilingual speech into structured medical reports.

The Inspired Spine researchers explained that traditional electronic health record (EHR) systems require manual input, contributing to physician burnout and increasing the risk of errors. Existing solutions, such as dictation tools and scribes, offer partial relief but remain costly and inconsistent—especially for providers who speak languages other than English or major European languages.

You can find more details on Slator."

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Does Word-Level Quality Estimation Really Improve AI Translation Post-Editing?

"AI translation has become an integral part of translation workflows, with post-editing being a standard practice in the language industry.
In this context, quality estimation (QE) has been proposed and integrated into many computer-assisted translation (CAT) tools to direct post-editors’ attention to segments that need revision."

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Smartling’s Global Ready Conference: Unlocking Global Success

"Explore why Smartling’s Global Ready Conference on April 30, 2025, is a must-attend virtual event for localization professionals, marketers, and global business leaders. Dive into AI-driven translation strategies, gain insights from industry pioneers at MongoDB, IHG, and Slator, and explore cutting-edge innovations in large language models and neural machine translation. This concise, high-impact conference offers actionable tactics to scale smarter, enhance global customer connections, and stay ahead in the evolving translation landscape—all from the comfort of your home or office. Register now for a day of inspiration, networking, and growth.

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5 Reasons to Attend the Global Ready Conference 2025 by Smartling

"Join industry leaders at Smartling’s Global Ready Conference 2025 to explore how AI, localization, and global growth strategies intersect. Discover real-world case studies, AI insights, and expert tactics—all in one virtual event.

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Dealmaker Wows with 10M Translation Education Gift

USD 10m donation from private equity executive Mario Giannini to launch a new MA translation and interpreting program at California State University, Long Beach. In Esther’s M&A corner, TransPerfect announced two acquisitions, Technicolor Games and Blu Digital Group, further expanding its presence in gaming and media localization. In Israel, BlueLion and GATS merged to form TransNarrative, and Brazilian providers Korn Translations and Zaum Langs joined forces under the Idlewild Burg group.

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SlatorCon Remote March 2025 Delivers Key Language Industry and AI Insights

Critical topics discussed at SlatorCon Remote March 2025, from the latest market data to field expert views on AI language technology.

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Unbabel Tackles Metric Bias in AI Translation

Slator reports on Unbabel’s initiative to tackle metric bias in AI driven machine translation tools. The article explores how skewed evaluation metrics can affect translation quality and fairness, with Unbabel leading efforts to develop innovative solutions that improve AI performance across diverse languages.

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