Language industry

The language industry is the sector of activity dedicated to facilitating multilingual communication, both oral and written. According to the European Commission's Directorate-General of Translation, the language industry comprises following activities: translation, interpreting, subtitling, dubbing, software and website globalisation, language technology tools development, international conference organisation, language teaching and linguistic consultancy.^[1]

According to the Canadian Language Industry Association, this sector comprises translation (as seen in interpreting, subtitling and localisation), language training and language technologies.^[2]

The European Language Industry Association limits the sector to translation, localisation, internationalisation and globalisation.^[3]

An older, perhaps outdated view confines the language industry to computerised language processing and places it within the information technology industry.^[4]

An emerging view expands this sector to include editing for authors who write in a second language, especially English, for international communication.^[5]

^ "Language industry web platform". EC DG Translation. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
^ "Our industry". Language Industry Association. Archived from the original on 6 March 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
^ "ELIA membership application". European Language Industry Association. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
^ "Glossary - Translation Bureau". Public Works and Government Services Canada. Retrieved 2009-04-12.
^ Matarese, Valerie. Supporting research writing in non-anglophone Europe: reflections and recurring themes (2013). Matarese Valerie (ed.). Supporting research writing: roles and challenges in multilingual settings. Oxford: Chandos. pp. 257–268.

[1] "Language industry web platform". EC DG Translation. Retrieved 3 April 2013.

[2] "Our industry". Language Industry Association. Archived from the original on 6 March 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.

[3] "ELIA membership application". European Language Industry Association. Retrieved 3 April 2013.

[4] "Glossary - Translation Bureau". Public Works and Government Services Canada. Retrieved 2009-04-12.

[5] Matarese, Valerie. Supporting research writing in non-anglophone Europe: reflections and recurring themes (2013). Matarese Valerie (ed.). Supporting research writing: roles and challenges in multilingual settings. Oxford: Chandos. pp. 257–268.

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