SOSi Awarded USD 260M DEA Language Support Contract
"Virginia-based defense and technology services private firm SOS International, LLC (SOSi) has secured a substantial language services contract from the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), valued at approximately USD 260m, according to a press release from July 3, 2025.
Founded in 1989, SOSi has a long-standing relationship with the DEA, securing contracts with the agency since its first year in operation. This enduring partnership marks what CEO Julian Setian calls a “35-year legacy of supporting the DEA’s mission.”
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"Virginia-based defense and technology services private firm SOS International, LLC (SOSi) has secured a substantial language services contract from the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), valued at approximately USD 260m, according to a press release from July 3, 2025.
Founded in 1989, SOSi has a long-standing relationship with the DEA, securing contracts with the agency since its first year in operation. This enduring partnership marks what CEO Julian Setian calls a “35-year legacy of supporting the DEA’s mission.”
Read the full study breakdown: https://slator.com/sosi-aw...
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SOSi Awarded USD 260M DEA Language Support Contract - Slator
Defense and technology company SOSi lands major language support contract with the US DEA, worth USD 260m.
https://slator.com/sosi-awarded-usd-260m-dea-language-support-contract/
05:47 AM - Jul 08, 2025 (UTC)
How Accurate is Google Translate?
"Mostly, Google Translate is very accurate. Since its inception in 2006, it has become one of the top-rated machine translation (MT) tools, currently supporting 133 languages, having added 24 in 2022 Accuracy varies depending on language pair and content type, though some reports show Google Translate reaching 94% accuracy.
Google’s 2016 shift to Neural Machine Translation (NMT) represented a turning point for output quality. The tech giant suggests GNMT reduced translation errors by over 60% for several major language pairs. It also eliminated the need to translate via English as an intermediary with “zero-shot translation”.
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"Mostly, Google Translate is very accurate. Since its inception in 2006, it has become one of the top-rated machine translation (MT) tools, currently supporting 133 languages, having added 24 in 2022 Accuracy varies depending on language pair and content type, though some reports show Google Translate reaching 94% accuracy.
Google’s 2016 shift to Neural Machine Translation (NMT) represented a turning point for output quality. The tech giant suggests GNMT reduced translation errors by over 60% for several major language pairs. It also eliminated the need to translate via English as an intermediary with “zero-shot translation”.
Read the full study breakdown : https://slator.com/resourc...
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08:12 AM - Jul 03, 2025 (UTC)
What Venture Capital Firms Look For When Investing in Language AI
"AI may have gotten top billing for SlatorCon London 2025’s Investor Panel, but investors Ignacio Monereo and Simone Cremonini stated up-front that when it comes to committing funds, they place great importance on the people behind the tech.
Prior to his current role, as Partner at USD 40m firm Boost Capital Partners, Monereo worked eight years at Google, where he met members of the team that would eventually found Madrid-based AI dubbing platform — and Boost Capital rising star — DubMe.io. Investing in a company at the pre-seed or Seed A round, he said, means betting on the team.
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"AI may have gotten top billing for SlatorCon London 2025’s Investor Panel, but investors Ignacio Monereo and Simone Cremonini stated up-front that when it comes to committing funds, they place great importance on the people behind the tech.
Prior to his current role, as Partner at USD 40m firm Boost Capital Partners, Monereo worked eight years at Google, where he met members of the team that would eventually found Madrid-based AI dubbing platform — and Boost Capital rising star — DubMe.io. Investing in a company at the pre-seed or Seed A round, he said, means betting on the team.
Read the full study breakdown : https://slator.com/what-ve...
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05:56 AM - Jun 27, 2025 (UTC)
EU Language Law with Professor Stefaan van der Jeught
"Stefaan van der Jeught, Professor of EU Constitutional Law at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, and a Press Officer at the Court of Justice of the European Union, joins SlatorPod to talk about the complex relationship between language and law in the EU.
Stefaan outlines the historical evolution of EU language policy, from French-only founding treaties to the gradual inclusion of all member state languages. Despite formal equality, institutions largely define their own internal language regimes, leading to fragmented and often English-centric practices.
Stefaan’s book EU Language Law, now in its second edition, examines these issues in depth.
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"Stefaan van der Jeught, Professor of EU Constitutional Law at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, and a Press Officer at the Court of Justice of the European Union, joins SlatorPod to talk about the complex relationship between language and law in the EU.
Stefaan outlines the historical evolution of EU language policy, from French-only founding treaties to the gradual inclusion of all member state languages. Despite formal equality, institutions largely define their own internal language regimes, leading to fragmented and often English-centric practices.
Stefaan’s book EU Language Law, now in its second edition, examines these issues in depth.
Read the full study breakdown: https://slator.com/eu-lang...
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EU Language Law with Professor Stefaan van der Jeught - Slator
EU Law Professor Stefaan van der Jeught unpacks the complex relationship between language, law, and multilingualism in the European Union.
https://slator.com/eu-language-law-with-professor-stefaan-van-der-jeught/
06:18 AM - Jun 24, 2025 (UTC)
Europe’s Large Multilingual Vision-Language Models Hit the Stage
"On June 10, 2025, Andre Martins, Head of Research at Language Solutions Integrator Unbabel, announced the release of a preview version of two large multilingual vision-language models (VLMs), EuroVLM-1.7B and EuroVLM-9B, developed in collaboration with Instituto Superior Técnico at the University of Lisbon.
The models support 35 languages, including all 24 official EU languages, along with Arabic, Catalan, Chinese, Galician, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Russian, Turkish, and Ukrainian.
Built on EuroLLM — a multilingual text-only model — the new VLMs combine strong multilingual language understanding with vision encoding. This enables them to process images alongside text and perform a range of multilingual vision-language tasks, such as:
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"On June 10, 2025, Andre Martins, Head of Research at Language Solutions Integrator Unbabel, announced the release of a preview version of two large multilingual vision-language models (VLMs), EuroVLM-1.7B and EuroVLM-9B, developed in collaboration with Instituto Superior Técnico at the University of Lisbon.
The models support 35 languages, including all 24 official EU languages, along with Arabic, Catalan, Chinese, Galician, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Russian, Turkish, and Ukrainian.
Built on EuroLLM — a multilingual text-only model — the new VLMs combine strong multilingual language understanding with vision encoding. This enables them to process images alongside text and perform a range of multilingual vision-language tasks, such as:
Read the full study breakdown : https://slator.com/europes...
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#Europe #LargeLanguageModels #Unbabel #slatorpod #slatorcon #slatornews
12:00 PM - Jun 23, 2025 (UTC)
Tom Elias Hanna on Why On-Site Interpreting Is Here to Stay and the Trump EO Impact
"Tom Elias Hanna, President of Hanna Interpreting Services (Hanna), joins SlatorPod to talk about how a family-run interpreting initiative grew into a national language solutions integrator (LSI).
Tom explained that the company was born out of necessity during an influx of Arabic-speaking refugees in San Diego, with his mother providing interpretation and him leveraging his legal background to establish a compliant, scalable business that now serves healthcare, government, education, and social service sectors across California.
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"Tom Elias Hanna, President of Hanna Interpreting Services (Hanna), joins SlatorPod to talk about how a family-run interpreting initiative grew into a national language solutions integrator (LSI).
Tom explained that the company was born out of necessity during an influx of Arabic-speaking refugees in San Diego, with his mother providing interpretation and him leveraging his legal background to establish a compliant, scalable business that now serves healthcare, government, education, and social service sectors across California.
See the full study breakdown : https://youtu.be/mIy6ZIJXn...
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12:21 PM - Jun 20, 2025 (UTC)
UK Screen Sector Turns to AI for Subtitling and Dubbing, Report Finds
"A new report from the British Film Institute (BFI) and the CoSTAR Foresight Lab, published in June 2025, outlines how generative AI is being adopted across the UK’s film, TV, and gaming.
Drawing on surveys, expert interviews, and public consultation, the report identifies a number of AI use cases across the screen sector, including several that relate directly to language-related applications — such as subtitling, dubbing, accent adaptation, and interactive dialogue generation.
At the BFI National Archive, large language models (LLMs), vision tools, and natural language processing methods are being used to make content more accessible and help users find relevant content more easily.
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"A new report from the British Film Institute (BFI) and the CoSTAR Foresight Lab, published in June 2025, outlines how generative AI is being adopted across the UK’s film, TV, and gaming.
Drawing on surveys, expert interviews, and public consultation, the report identifies a number of AI use cases across the screen sector, including several that relate directly to language-related applications — such as subtitling, dubbing, accent adaptation, and interactive dialogue generation.
At the BFI National Archive, large language models (LLMs), vision tools, and natural language processing methods are being used to make content more accessible and help users find relevant content more easily.
Read the full study breakdown: https://slator.com/uk-scre...
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UK Screen Sector Turns to AI for Subtitling and Dubbing, Report Finds - Slator
A new report maps generative AI use across the UK screen sector, including dubbing, subtitling, and accent adaptation.
https://slator.com/uk-screen-sector-turns-to-ai-for-subtitling-dubbing-report-finds
11:33 AM - Jun 20, 2025 (UTC)
Google Flips Stance on Automatic AI Translations, Requires Content Creators to Opt Out
"There is a reason that “Google Translate” has become shorthand, outside the language industry, for translation technology: Its relatively early appearance online, coupled with Google’s ubiquity, has made it an identifiable standard.
Now, Google has integrated its automated, AI-powered translation into its search engine and results pages — potentially to the detriment of content creators.
SEO specialist website Ahrefs published, in early June 2025, an article on the potential fallout from Google’s efforts to automatically translate English-language webpages into other languages following Google’s March 2025 Core.
Read the full study breakdown : https://slator.com/ai-live...
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#GoogleAI #AITranslation #AutomaticTranslation #ContentCreators #TranslationTechnology #slatornews #DigitalRights #AIPolicy #OptOutAI #machinetranslation #GoogleNews #languagetechnology #techethics #AIcontent
"There is a reason that “Google Translate” has become shorthand, outside the language industry, for translation technology: Its relatively early appearance online, coupled with Google’s ubiquity, has made it an identifiable standard.
Now, Google has integrated its automated, AI-powered translation into its search engine and results pages — potentially to the detriment of content creators.
SEO specialist website Ahrefs published, in early June 2025, an article on the potential fallout from Google’s efforts to automatically translate English-language webpages into other languages following Google’s March 2025 Core.
Read the full study breakdown : https://slator.com/ai-live...
Slator continues to lead the way in covering the latest breakthroughs in AI translation , machine learning, and translation management software. Stay ahead with trusted insights for linguists, tech innovators, and localization pros."
#GoogleAI #AITranslation #AutomaticTranslation #ContentCreators #TranslationTechnology #slatornews #DigitalRights #AIPolicy #OptOutAI #machinetranslation #GoogleNews #languagetechnology #techethics #AIcontent
12:48 PM - Jun 18, 2025 (UTC)
AI Live Translation Stars as Key Feature at Apple 2025 Developers Conference
"The 2025 installment of Apple’s annual World Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) kicked off online with announcements of AI live translation capabilities seemingly everywhere in the company’s platforms and products.
The event showcased features platform by platform, citing Apple Intelligence as the central engine for translation and other new or enhanced device functions. Setting the stage for a host of live translation mini demos, Apple Intelligence’s 17 supported languages were mentioned not five minutes into the broadcast opening.
Read the full study breakdown : https://slator.com/ai-live...
Slator continues to lead the way in covering the latest breakthroughs in AI translation , machine learning, and translation management software. Stay ahead with trusted insights for linguists, tech innovators, and localization pros."
#AppleWWDC2025 #AILiveTranslation #SpeechTranslation #AppleAI #realtimetranslation #languagetech #AITranslation #WWDC2025Highlights #slatornews #AIInnovation #LiveSpeechTech #TranslationTechnology #AppleUpdates2025 #slator
"The 2025 installment of Apple’s annual World Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) kicked off online with announcements of AI live translation capabilities seemingly everywhere in the company’s platforms and products.
The event showcased features platform by platform, citing Apple Intelligence as the central engine for translation and other new or enhanced device functions. Setting the stage for a host of live translation mini demos, Apple Intelligence’s 17 supported languages were mentioned not five minutes into the broadcast opening.
Read the full study breakdown : https://slator.com/ai-live...
Slator continues to lead the way in covering the latest breakthroughs in AI translation , machine learning, and translation management software. Stay ahead with trusted insights for linguists, tech innovators, and localization pros."
#AppleWWDC2025 #AILiveTranslation #SpeechTranslation #AppleAI #realtimetranslation #languagetech #AITranslation #WWDC2025Highlights #slatornews #AIInnovation #LiveSpeechTech #TranslationTechnology #AppleUpdates2025 #slator
10:33 AM - Jun 11, 2025 (UTC)
What Are Language Solutions Integrators and Language Technology Platforms?
"Florian and Esther welcome Slator’s Anna Wyndham and Alex Edwards to SlatorPod to explain the rationale behind the new industry framework introduced in the Slator 2025 Language Industry Market Report.
Drawing from the flagship report and echoing the buzz of SlatorCon London, the team explains why the traditional labels, Language Service Providers (LSPs) and Translation Management Systems (TMSs), no longer capture the scope and complexity of the evolving market. Instead, Slator has introduced two new terms: Language Solutions Integrators (LSIs) and Language Technology Platforms (LTPs).
SlatorPod breaks down new industry terms, Language Solutions Integrators (LSIs) and Language Technology Platforms (LTPs), reflecting the AI-driven evolution of language services."
https://youtu.be/hXvjRTAWj...
https://slator.com/what-ar...
#languagetechnology #LanguageSolutionsIntegrator #LanguagePlatforms #LSPInnovation #DigitalLocalization #languageai #MultilingualContent #LanguageIndustryTrends #slatorpod #slatornews
"Florian and Esther welcome Slator’s Anna Wyndham and Alex Edwards to SlatorPod to explain the rationale behind the new industry framework introduced in the Slator 2025 Language Industry Market Report.
Drawing from the flagship report and echoing the buzz of SlatorCon London, the team explains why the traditional labels, Language Service Providers (LSPs) and Translation Management Systems (TMSs), no longer capture the scope and complexity of the evolving market. Instead, Slator has introduced two new terms: Language Solutions Integrators (LSIs) and Language Technology Platforms (LTPs).
SlatorPod breaks down new industry terms, Language Solutions Integrators (LSIs) and Language Technology Platforms (LTPs), reflecting the AI-driven evolution of language services."
https://youtu.be/hXvjRTAWj...
https://slator.com/what-ar...
#languagetechnology #LanguageSolutionsIntegrator #LanguagePlatforms #LSPInnovation #DigitalLocalization #languageai #MultilingualContent #LanguageIndustryTrends #slatorpod #slatornews
06:59 AM - Jun 10, 2025 (UTC)
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