Mergers & Acquisitions in the Language Industry

Explore the latest mergers and acquisitions shaping the language industry. Get expert insights on business expansions, market trends, and key deals driving growth in translation, localization, and language technology with Slator. Stay informed with in-depth analysis and industry updates .

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Alibaba Outlines How LLMs Can Improve Speech-to-Text AI Translation

In a January 25, 2025 paper, researchers from Alibaba and Soochow University show how large language models (LLMs) can improve speech-to-text translation. The researchers propose a “joint refinement” approach, leveraging LLMs to simultaneously improve automatic speech recognition (ASR) transcriptions and speech-to-text translations.

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Nevada Agencies Face Urgency to Utilize $25M for Language Access Services

"Despite 30% of Nevadans speaking a language other than English at home, only about USD 5m of a language access plan fund worth a total of USD 25m had been appropriated as of January 2025, according to an AP article published on several news media.

Legislation passed in Nevada in 2021, specifically SB 318 for agencies and AB 266 for cities and counties, requires government offices to create and implement language access plans to serve limited English proficiency (LEP) residents.

AB 266 requires the board of county commissioners in counties with a population of 100,000 or more (and cities with 25,000 people or more in those counties) to publish certain notices in other languages. In general, services vary by agency and location, but should include translation as well as spoken language and sign language interpreting."

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Experts Weigh In on DeepSeek AI Translation Quality

"Chinese AI company DeepSeek made headlines in late January 2025 by launching large language models (LLMs) DeepSeek-R1 and DeepSeek-V3. DeepSeek is based in Hangzhou, a large city and major tech hub near Shanghai, which is also home to Alibaba.

The reason for all that buzz? The models are open-source, DeepSeek-R1 delivers performance comparable to OpenAI’s ChatGPT o1, and they reportedly operate at a fraction of the cost.

According to DeepSeek, the models are significantly more resource-efficient than their competitors, both in training and inference. (However, questions remain about the real training costs.)
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