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Paid Research - Membership Required - Industry Providers

The Language Services Market: 2010

Keywords

Top 20 Translation Companies, Top 25 Translation Companies, Top 30 Translation Companies, Top 35 Translation Companies, Top 35 Language Service Providers, translation market, interpretation market, localization market, globalization services market, largest translation companies, largest interpreting companies

Abstract
“How big is the global market for translation and interpreting services, and how fast is it growing?” “How many language service providers (LSPs) are there in the entire world?” “How much of the market corresponds to each region?” “Is it true that this market is recession-proof?”“Who are the biggest players?” These are questions we hear all the time. In this report, we answer them. We also provide insight into our methodology and answer questions about the process we used to collect the data, develop our rankings, and calculate the market size.

Physical Details
Authors: Nataly Kelly and Robert G. Stewart
Date: 28 May 2010
Pages: 52
Availability: Industry Providers Research
ISBN: 1-933555-80-7
Companies
AAC Global Corporation, Amesto Translations, Applied Language Solutions, Arabize, BLC - Brazilian Localization Company, CBG Konsult AB, CEET, CLS Communication AG, CPSL (Celer Pawlowsky SL), CSOFT, Ccaps Translation and Localization, Certified Languages International, Chizai Corporation, Cogen, Contentech, Crestec, Inc., Cyracom International, Inc., EGO Translating Company, Elanex, Inc., eLocalize, euroscript International S.A., Fasttranslator.com / Snelvertaler BV, Folio Online, hiSoft Technology International Ltd., HP ACG, Honyaku Center Inc., Idea Factory Languages, Ishida Taiseisha Inc., Janus Worldwide Inc., Jonckers Translation & Engineering s.a., KERN AG, L-3 Linguist Operations & Technical Support, Language Direct, Language Line Holdings, Language Services Associates, LanguageWire, Lingo24, Lionbridge Technologies, Lloyd International Translations, Logos Group, Logoscript Translations and Software Localization, MASRYA, Manpower, Inc., Maruboshi Co., Ltd., McNeil Technologies, Inc., Merrill-Brink International, Moravia Worldwide, OMNIA S.r.l., PTSGI, Pacific Interpreters, RR Donnelley, RWS Holdings PLC, Rosario Traducciones y Servicios, SDL, SOS International Ltd., Sajan, Semantix AB, SeproTec Multilingual Solutions, Skrivanek Group, Språkservice Sverige AB, TRANSN Co., Ltd., Technicis SAS, Telelingua International, thebigword Group, TransPerfect / Translations.com, Translation Back Office, Verztec Consulting, VistaTEC Ltd., Welocalize, Inc., Wordbank.

Table of Contents

  • Topic 1
        Past Research on This Topic 1
        Why We Wrote This Report 2
        What You’ll Find in This Report 3

  • Data 4
        How We Identified the Global LSP Population 4
            Validating the Targets 4
            Removal of Duplicates 5
            Post-Collection Testing and Size Adjustment 6
        Where the LSPs Are Located 6
        How We Conducted Our Global Market Survey 7
            Recruitment Activities 7
            Data Collection 8
        How We Sized the Global Language Services Market 9
        How Big Is the Language Services Market? 10
        How Fast Is the Market Growing? 11
        Differences between Past and Current Estimates 12
            How the Recession Affected the Language Services Industry 13
            Still, Most Companies See the Glass as Half Full 14
  • Suppliers 16
        How We Identified the Largest Industry Providers 16
            Creating a List of the World’s Largest LSPs Has Its Challenges 17
            A Word about Data Validation and Accuracy 18
            Technical Notes on the Global Ranking 19
        The Top 35 Global Language Service Providers 20
            #1 – HP ACG 21
            #2 - McNeil Technologies, Inc. 22
            #3 – Lionbridge Technologies 22
            #4 – Language Line Holdings 23
            #5 – SDL 23
            #6 – TransPerfect/Translations.com 24
            #7 – L-3 Linguist Operations & Technical Support 24
            #8 – Manpower 25
            #9 – SOS International Ltd. 25
            #10 – euroscript International S.A.  26
            #11 – RWS Holdings PLC 26
            #12 – thebigword Group 27
            #13 – CLS Communication AG 27
            #14 – Logos Group 28
            #15 – Welocalize, Inc. 28
            #16 – Honyaku Center, Inc. 29
            #17 – Moravia Worldwide 29
            #18 – AAC Global Corporation 30
            #19 – Semantix AB 30
            #20 – Skrivanek Group 31
            #21 – Cyracom International, Inc. 31
            #22 – hiSoft Technology International Ltd. 32
            #23 – Crestec, Inc. 32
            #24 – Jonckers Translation and Engineering s.a. 33
            #25 – Merrill-Brink International 33
            #26 – KERN AG 34
            #27 – CBG Konsult AB 34
            #28 – VistaTEC Ltd. 35
            #29 – SeproTec Multilingual Solutions 35
            #30 – CSOFT 36
            #31 – Ishida Taiseisha, Inc. 36
            #32 – Language Services Associates 37
            #33 – Pacific Interpreters 37
            #34 – Telelingua International 38
            #35 – Språkservice Sverige AB 38
  • The Largest Suppliers in Eight Major Regions of the World 39
        The Top Language Service Providers in Africa 39
        The Top Language Service Providers in Latin America 40
        The Top Language Service Providers in Eastern Europe 40
        The Top Language Service Providers in Asia 41
        The Top Language Service Providers in Southern Europe 42
        The Top Language Service Providers in Western Europe 42
        The Top Language Service Providers in Northern Europe 43
        The Top Language Service Providers in North America 44
  • FAQs 45
        About the Companies that Appear in Our Rankings 45
        About Our Ranking Methodology 46
        About Subsidiaries, Business Units, and Collective Entities 48
        About the Global Market Size Estimates 50
  • Acknowledgments 51
        About Common Sense Advisory 52
        Future Research 52
        Applied Research and Advisory Services 52
     
  • Figures
        Figure 1: Language Service Provider Population Density 7
        Figure 2: Global Language Services Market Share by Region 11
  • Tables
        Table 1: Projected Language Services Revenues and Regional Distribution 12
        Table 2: The Top 35 Global Language Service Providers (2010) 21
        Table 3: The Top 5 Language Service Providers in Africa 40
        Table 4: The Top 5 Language Service Providers in Latin America 40
        Table 5: The Top 5 Language Service Providers in Eastern Europe 41
        Table 6: The Top 10 Language Service Providers in Asia 41
        Table 7: The Top 5 Language Service Providers in Southern Europe 42
        Table 8: The Top 10 Language Service Providers in Western Europe 42
        Table 9: The Top 15 Language Service Providers in Northern Europe 43
        Table 10: The Top 15 Language Service Providers in North America 44

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