Slator Pro Guide: The Future of Language Industry Jobs

The 80-page Slator Pro Guide: The Future of Language Industry Jobs provides an in-depth analysis of job dynamics in the language services and technology industry during the AI era. It examines the creation, adaptation, and displacement of jobs from the viewpoints of language service providers (LSPs), enterprise buyers of translation and localization services, and freelance linguists.

More specifically, the report analyzes how AI is affecting the tasks of localization professionals, how it is forging new jobs, modifying existing roles, or creating entirely new career paths across the industry.

Drawing on a blend of desk research, proprietary data, interviews, and custom surveys, the report analyzes qualitative and quantitative data to extract overall trends that are shaping the language services and technology industry today.

The report examines job creation in relation to the annual revenue of leading LSPs and their median employee tenure. It also explores the challenges that LSPs face when sourcing and retaining localization talent. 

The report discusses how changes in departmental headcount can indicate shifting LSP strategies and priorities, particularly in terms of AI-related services, and provides an analysis of current LSP employees with AI-related roles or responsibilities.

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This is complemented by an analysis of current job vacancies within LSPs that are AI-focused, offering a spotlight on how LSPs are hiring for AI-related functions within multiple internal departments.

In addition, the report presents the perspective of enterprise buyers of localization services. More specifically, it details which companies have reduced headcount in localization functions in recent years, which companies have created roles — particularly in terms of AI — and how jobs are being adapted to the new AI landscape. It also provides insight into how AI has changed the way that localization divisions view the collaboration with LSPs, and how AI is shifting the priorities of enterprise buyers.

The report also contains detailed insight into the changing supply and demand of freelance and in-house linguists. As key actors in the language services and technology industry, these linguistic experts reveal how AI has affected the demand for their services, how they believe demand will fluctuate in the future, and how this is impacting their own career prospects and ambitions.

These insights are relevant for localization professionals across the full spectrum of the job market, from new entrants to seasoned professionals, regardless of the role or department that they occupy. 

The information and data presented in this report will allow professionals to make informed decisions on their own careers, as well as hiring decisions within localization departments of LSPs and buyer organizations.

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How to Use This Report

The Slator Pro Guide: The Future of Language Industry Jobs can be used to gain a deeper understanding of the job market among LSPs, enterprise buyers, and freelance linguists, and how AI is affecting the supply and demand of language-related jobs across the language services and technology industry. 

The report contains curated sources, data, and insights to allow all language industry professionals, whether LSPs, enterprise buyers, or freelance linguists, to make informed decisions on their own careers, as well as hiring decisions within localization departments of LSPs and buyer organizations.