
SlatorPod
SlatorPod is the weekly language industry podcast where we discuss the most important news and trends in translation, localization, interpreting, and language AI. Brought to you by Slator.com.
Episodes
253 episodes
#253 SlatorPod Tom Elias Hanna on Why On-Site Interpreting Is Here to Stay and the Trump EO Impact
Tom Elias Hanna, COO of Hanna Interpreting Services (Hanna), joins SlatorPod to talk about how a family-run interpreting initiative
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#252 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 La...
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#251 Inside the LSA–Lingolet Strategic AI Partnership
In a SlatorPod first, four guests — Scott Cooper, CEO of Language Services Associates (LSA), Pablo Tercero, COO of LSA, Jerry Song, CEO of
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#250 HeyGen CTO Rong Yan on AI Video Generation and the Language Challenge
Rong Yan, CTO of HeyGen, joins SlatorPod to recount the company’s transformation from a Metaverse-focused startup to leading the emerging field of AI vi...
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#249 How to Expand in AI Data Services with DATAmundi CEO Véronique Özkaya
Véronique Özkaya, Co-CEO of DATAmundi, returns to SlatorPod for round 2 to talk about the company’s strategic rebrand and how it is positioning itself as...
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#248 DeepL Plants Flag on iPhone, RWS Stock Puzzle
Florian and Esther discuss the language industry news of the week, with DeepL becoming the first third-party trans...
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#247 CIOL CEO John Worne on How AI Is Impacting the Language Profession
John Worne, CEO of the Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIOL), joins SlatorPod to discuss CIOL’s mission to support and promote language professionals and the va...
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#246 AI and the Future of Transcreation with Creative Translation CEO Luke Innes
Luke Innes, CEO of Creative Translation, joins SlatorPod to discuss how the global transcreation agency puts “human at the heart of the process” ...
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#245 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 rep...
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#244 AI in Multilingual Patient Care with Jaide Health CEO Joe Corkery, MD
Joe Corkery, MD, CEO and Co-Founder of Jaide Health, joins SlatorPod to discuss how Jaide Health is driving medical interpreting and translation with AI, bridg...
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#243 Gridly CEO Anna Albinsson on Efficient Localization
Anna Albinsson, CEO of Gridly, joins SlatorPod to talk about the company’s evolution into...
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#242 CEOs React as Trump Declares English the Sole Official Language of the US
In response to President Trump’s executive order designating English as the official language of the US, SlatorPod gathered Di...
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#241 memoQ CEO Peter Reynolds on Adaptive Generative Translation and AI
Peter Reynolds, CEO of memoQ, joins SlatoPod to talk about the impact of AI on translation technology and how
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#240 Anthropic Stuns with Fact About Claude Use for AI Translation
Florian and Esther, along with Slator Head of Research, Anna Wyndham, discuss the language industry and AI news of the week, with findings from Anthropic’s recent research on Claude’s usage. The a...
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#239 DeepSeek Translation, ElevenLabs AI Dubbing, Sorensen M&A
Florian and Esther discuss the language industry news of the week, where they reviewed ElevenLabs’ AI dubbing, on the back of a
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#238 Why Interpreting Remains a Growth Market with Boostlingo CEO Bryan Forrester
Bryan Forrester, Co-founder and CEO of Boostlingo, returns to SlatorPod for round 2 to talk about the company’s growth, the US
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#237 DeepL Voice Launch and Interpreter Job Surprise
Florian and Esther discuss the language industry news of the week, focusing on Slator’s latest M&A and Funding Report, which highlights over 50 mergers, acqui...
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#236 The Year in Review and 2025 Predictions!
In the 2024 year-end episode of SlatorPod, hosts Florian Faes and Esther Bond, along with guest Anna Wyndham, explore pivotal language industry trends from the past year and predictions for 2025.First, the language industry news of the w...
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#235 The Interpreting SAFE AI Task Force with Katharine Allen and Dr. Bill Rivers
Katharine Allen, Director of Language Industry Learning at Boostlingo, and Dr. Bill Rivers, Principal at WP Rivers & Associates, join SlatorPod to discuss the challenges and opportunities
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#234 RWS and BLEND Appoint New CEOs, Microsoft and Amazon Speech AI
Florian and Esther discuss the language industry news of the week, where they explore how AI is influencing content creation and translation, noting its progress and limitations. A
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#233 Charles Campbell on Juntos and the Future of Localization in Latin America
Charles Campbell, President of tbo., returns to SlatorPod for round 2 to talk about his efforts to unite and professionalize the language services industry ...
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#232 Reddit Rises on AI Translation, TransPerfect Buys Studio
Florian and Esther discuss the language industry news of the week, with Slator’s latest Translation as a Feature (TaaF) Report, which explores how AI translation is b...
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#231 AI Impact on Media Localization with ZOO Digital CEO Stuart Green
Stuart Green, CEO of ZOO Digital (ZOO), joins SlatorPod to discuss the role of AI in media localization ...
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