#2 Top 2019 Quotes, Kantan MT Acquisition, AB5 Law

Florian Faes and Esther Bond discuss the week’s language industry news.Featured this week: the top language industry quotes of 2019 including TransPerfect, BTI Studios, Unbabel’s venture capital backer, and Nike’s Global Localization Manager. Then, the two discuss California’s controversial AB5 gig worker bill, which the language industry is fighting tooth and nail, and Keyword Studio’s acquisition of machine translation provider KantanMT for EUR 7M.Links to the stories discussed in this episode:Top Language Industry Quotes of 2019https://slator.com/features/top-language-industry-quotes-of-2019/Capital Markets Day: What Keywords Studios Said About Game and Media Localizationhttps://slator.com/industry-news/capital-markets-day-what-keywords-studios-said-about-game-and-media-localization‘Translation Agencies Are Cancelling My Contracts’ — California’s AB5 Bill Starts to Bite https://slator.com/industry-news/translation-agencies-are-cancelling-my-contracts-californias-ab5-bill-starts-to-bite/Keywords Studios Buys Machine Translation Provider KantanMT for Up to EUR 7 Millionhttps://slator.com/ma-and-funding/keywords-studios-buys-machine-translation-provider-kantanmt-for-up-to-eur-7-million/From Translation Service to Globalization Consultancy: Transforming Localization at LogMeInhttps://slator.com/slatorcon/from-translation-service-to-globalization-consultancy-transforming-localization-at-logmein/How Localization Is Run at Nike, Bose, and KAYAK: SlatorCon Panel Insighthttps://slator.com/slatorcon/how-localization-is-run-at-nike-bose-and-kayak-slatorcon-panel-insights/