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Research Outline

Prepared for Che O. | Delivered November 30, 2019

Top Global Translation Companies

Goals

To determine some of the key translation companies offering global services, including the services they offer, the number of translators, whether they support gig economywork, SLA, UX, platforms, leading customers, market perception and competitive advantage.

Early Findings

The five biggest players, excluding OnePlus and Fiver, include TransPerfect, WeLocalize, SDL, LionBridge, and Language Line Solutions. We determined those to be the biggest by going through multiple industry reports and extrapolating only those that were mentioned the most.
Another five leading companies include RWS Holdings, Translate Plus, Appen, Keyword Studios, and Hogarth Worldwide. 
TransperfectThe company was founded in 1992 in New York City and has more than 90 offices around the world.
The company has an ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 17100:2015 certifications on top of its 300,000 successfully completed projects.
The company has over 5,000 translators around the world.
The company supports over 170 languages and services 12 industries.
LionBridgeThe company was founded in 1996 in Waltham, Massachusetts.
It is an ISO-certified company that has over 500,000 experts in more than 5000 cities around the world.
The company has over 4,000 completed projects in 250 different industries, with 3.5 billion units translated.
Lionbridge specializes in a wide variety of content, from written text, voice, audio, video, to structured and unstructured data.