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SlatorPod is the weekly language industry podcast where we discuss the most important news and trends in translation, localization, and language technology. Brought to you by Slator.com.

Florian and Esther discuss the language industry news of the past few weeks and Slator’s newly launched website , which reflects a clearer p...

Paul Carr, CEO of Welo Global , joins SlatorPod to talk about the company’s strategic repositioning, continued AI investment, and evolving d...

Ben Faes, CEO of RWS , joins SlatorPod to talk about the markets’ perceptions of LSIs, the company’s AI strategy, and how RWS is repositioni...

Jessica Powell, CEO of AudioShake , joins SlatorPod to talk about how AI-powered audio separation is making audio more usable for both human...

Daniel Sebesta joins Florian and Esther on the pod to talk about the latest language industry news, AI translation developments, and key ins...

Georg Ell, CEO of Phrase , returns to SlatorPod for round 3 to talk about how the language technology platform (LTP) is evolving amid the AI...

Daphne Tay, Founder and CEO of Bluente , joins SlatorPod to talk about building an AI-powered document translation platform that goes beyond...

Slator’s Head of Research Anna Wyndham joins Florian on the pod to discuss Slator’s new Pro Guide: Growth Hacks for Language Technology Plat...

Florian and Esther discuss the language industry news of the past few weeks, starting with senior hires in revenue and operations at DeepL a...

JC Penet, Reader in Translation Industry Studies at Newcastle University, and Joss Moorkens, Associate Professor at DCU, join SlatorPod to t...

In the 2025 year-end episode of SlatorPod, hosts Florian Faes and Esther Bond reflect on a year defined by rapid AI investment, shifting pol...

Josh Miller and Christopher Antunes, Co-Founders and co-CEOs of 3Play Media , join SlatorPod to talk about the company’s trajectory as a lea...

Florian and Esther discuss the language industry news of the past few weeks, reflecting on SlatorCon Remote and announcing that SlatorCon Lo...

Amir Haramaty, Co-Founder and President of aiOla , joins SlatorPod to talk about how spoken, multilingual data can transform enterprise work...

Tom Kocmi, Researcher at Cohere , and Alon Lavie, Distinguished Career Professor at Carnegie Mellon University , join Florian and Slator lan...

Nikita Agarwal, Founder of Milestone Localization , joins SlatorPod to talk about her journey founding a language solutions integrator (LSI)...

Thordur Arnason, Global AI GTM Lead at Capgemini Invent, joins SlatorPod to talk about how the consulting giant is embracing language AI thr...

Florian and Esther discuss the language industry news of the week, with congratulations to Villam Language Services on its sale to InAnyLang...

Tom Bridges, CEO and Founder of CaptionHub , joins SlatorPod to talk about how a small in-house tool evolved into a global AI-powered multim...

Florian and Esther discuss the language industry news of the week, with breaking news that DeepL is reportedly exploring an initial public o...

Slator’s Senior Research Analyst Alex Edwards joins Esther and Florian on the pod to discuss ElevenLabs ’ move from a pure-play language tec...

Florian and Esther discuss the language industry news of the past few weeks, beginning with a recap of SlatorCon Silicon Valley 2025 , where...

Dipak Patel, CEO of GLOBO , joins SlatorPod to talk about his journey into language services and the challenges and opportunities of integra...

Gayatri Shahane, Founder and CEO of early-stage startup Naitiv , joins SlatorPod to talk about her entrepreneurial journey and building a co...

Rick Woyde, Co-Founder of Pairaphrase , joins SlatorPod to talk about his entrepreneurial journey co-founding a language technology platform...

Slator’s Head of Research Anna Wyndham joins Florian on the pod to discuss Microsoft ’s research paper “Working with AI: Measuring the Occup...

Martina Russo, CEO of The Action Sports Translator (TAST), joins SlatorPod to talk about her journey from being a multilingual outdoor sport...

Florian and Esther discuss the language industry news of the week, including the newly released Slator 2025 Language AI 50 Under 50 , showca...

Florian and Esther catch up on a few weeks’ worth of language industry news with a surge of developments in speech translation. Apple’s on-d...

Davit Baghdasaryan, Co-Founder & CEO of Krisp , joins SlatorPod to talk about the platform’s journey from a noise cancellation tool to a com...

Stefaan van der Jeught, Professor of EU Constitutional Law at Vrije Universiteit Brussel , and a Press Officer at the Court of Justice of th...

Tom Elias Hanna, COO of Hanna Interpreting Services (Hanna), joins SlatorPod to talk about how a family-run interpreting initiative grew int...

Florian and Esther welcome Slator’s Anna Wyndham and Alex Edwards to SlatorPod to explain the rationale behind the new industry framework in...

In a SlatorPod first, four guests — Scott Cooper, CEO of Language Services Associates ( LSA ), Pablo Tercero, COO of LSA, Jerry Song, CEO of...

Rong Yan, CTO of HeyGen , joins SlatorPod to recount the company’s transformation from a Metaverse-focused startup to leading the emerging f...

Véronique Özkaya , Co-CEO of DATAmundi , returns to SlatorPod for round 2 to talk about the company’s strategic rebrand and how it is positi...

Florian and Esther discuss the language industry news of the week, with DeepL becoming the first third-party translation app users can set a...

John Worne, CEO of the Chartered Institute of Linguists ( CIOL ), joins SlatorPod to discuss CIOL’s mission to support and promote language...

Luke Innes, CEO of Creative Translation , joins SlatorPod to discuss how the global transcreation agency puts “human at the heart of the pro...

Florian and Esther discuss the language industry news of the week, breaking down Slator’s 2025 Language Service Provider Index (LSPI), which...

Joe Corkery, MD, CEO and Co-Founder of Jaide Health , joins SlatorPod to discuss how Jaide Health is driving medical interpreting and transl...

Anna Albinsson, CEO of Gridly , joins SlatorPod to talk about the company’s evolution into a content operations platform, its expansion beyo...

In response to President Trump’s executive order designating English as the official language of the US , SlatorPod gathered Dipak Patel, CE...

Peter Reynolds , CEO of memoQ , joins SlatoPod to talk about the impact of AI on translation technology and how memoQ is enhancing its tools...

Florian and Esther, along with Slator Head of Research, Anna Wyndham, discuss the language industry and AI news of the week, with findings f...

Florian and Esther discuss the language industry news of the week, where they reviewed ElevenLabs ’ AI dubbing, on the back of a USD 3bn+ va...

Bryan Forrester , Co-founder and CEO of Boostlingo , returns to SlatorPod for round 2 to talk about the company’s growth, the US interpretin...

Florian and Esther discuss the language industry news of the week, focusing on Slator’s latest M&A and Funding Report , which highlights ove...

In the 2024 year-end episode of SlatorPod, hosts Florian Faes and Esther Bond, along with guest Anna Wyndham, explore pivotal language indus...

Katharine Allen, Director of Language Industry Learning at Boostlingo , and Dr. Bill Rivers, Principal at WP Rivers & Associates, join Slato...