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The global language services market size: ca. 34.8 bln US$ Market is growing, but slower than predicted: 5.1% In 2011 about 7.1%, in 2012 about 12.1% Expected to boost growth rates in the next years Lionbridge Technologies the biggest company. But the market is still very fragmented (over 27000 LSPs) 2 Source: CSA, 2013
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3 Source: Smartling English % decreases China/Asian % increases In 3 years China added more users than exist for US 56% of online content in English 10 languages needed to reach 80% of the world online population
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4 LSPs open offices in Africa (e.g.. CETRA, Rubric, TransPerfect) Indian LSPs grow and expand MLVs from Europe and US looking to outsource some business either to cut costs or extend coverage Both regions not fully aware of language industry Translation buyers are not mature, not enough training institutions
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5 Source: CSA, 2013 Demand increased in most sectors Significantly less demand from government sectors (US) Interpreting getting trendy
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6 Smartling received 24 mln $ in 3rd investment round (proxy server technology for globalizing websites) Translation platform Gengo raises 12 mln $ funding (partnering with YouTube, 3Play Media, travel sites) Safaba landed a first private equity financing round (MT for enterprises, e.g. Dell, Paypal) Investors believe in companies that bring new approach to servicing translation buyers
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7 Global markets Mobile CMS, IT Big data TM Crowdsourcing Agile, on demand MT Transaction platforms Crowdfunding Pools of cheap workforce Automated workflow & QA „Translation is a feature” Social media
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8 *Source: WinterGreen Research, 2013 Increased number of MT platforms and services for clients MT supplements, not replaces other tools More options to deploy MT workflows (self-hosted option, via API, SaaS, packaged software, do-it-yourself) With MT getting matured, more content types will be covered by it MT market value: 1.6 bln $ in 2012, will grow 6.9 bln by 2019*
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9 Easy days for LSPs to grow their business is over Industry develops (outside funding, employment growth) Owners often need help: - to invest strategically in sales and marketing - to decide on technology solutions (TMS, CMS, automation) - to keep staff trained & motivated
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10 LSPs get better ways to pay translators – Payoneer, TranslatorPay, TelPay) Lingosec – solution to intercept requests to online MT and tokenize sensitive information „Big data” turns into „big problem” – growing, not maintained TMs, glossaries & tendency to use QA tools create huge overhead for LSPs and translators TM tools providers prefer APIs, not standards
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Questions? Grzegorz Wójcik, MAGIT grzesiekw@magit.pl
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