Table of Content


1. Executive Summary


2. Introduction

2.1 Language Service Industry: An Overview

2.1.1 Language Service Industry: Meaning
2.1.2 Segments of Language Service
2.1.3 Language Service Provider in Terms of Structure
2.1.4 Benefits of Working with a Small-Scale Language Service Provider
2.1.5 Elements Required for Selection of a Language Services Provider
2.1.6 End-Users of Language Services


3. Market Sizing

3.1 Global Language Service Market: An Analysis

3.1.1 Global Language Service Market by Value
3.1.2 Global Language Service Market by Growth Rate
3.1.3 Global Top 100 Language Service Companies by Region

3.2 Global Language Service Market: Segment Analysis

3.2.1 Global Language Service Market by Segment (Translation and transcreation, Interpreting, Localization services & Other services)
3.2.2 Global Translation, Localization and Transcreation Market
3.2.3 Global Interpreting and Other Language Services

3.3 Global Language Service Market: Regional Analysis

3.3.1 Global Language Service Market by Region (EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) and America & Asia-Pacific)
3.3.2 European Language Service Companies by Sales Volume
3.3.3 European Language Service Companies by Vertical


4. Market Dynamics

4.1 Growth Drivrs
4.1.1 Increasing Globalization
4.1.2 Growing E-Commerce
4.1.3 Increasing Online and Offline Content Volume
4.1.4 Emergence of new markets with specific language requirements
4.1.5 Growing Demand for CAT Software
4.1.6 Rising Regulatory Translations

4.2 Challenges
4.2.1 Data Security
4.2.2 High Pricing Pressure
4.2.3 Getting Mobile Application and Social Media Savvy

4.3 Market Trends
4.3.1 Importance of Video Translation
4.3.2 Demand for Neural Machine Translation Tools
4.3.3 Subtitling, Dubbing, Captioning and Voice-Over
4.3.4 More Relevant ISO Certification


5. Competitive Landscape

5.1 Global Language Service Market: Competitive Landscape

5.1.1 Global Language Service Market by Top 100 Player Share
5.1.2 Global Language Service Market by Top 20 Player


6. Company Profiling

6.1 TransPerfect
6.1.1 Business Overview
6.1.2 Business Strategy

6.2 Lionbridge
6.2.1 Business Overview
6.2.2 Business Strategy

6.3 LanguageLine Solutions
6.3.1 Business Overview
6.3.2 Business Strategy

6.4 RWS Holding
6.4.1 Business Overview
6.4.2 Financial Overview
6.4.3 Business Strategy



List of Figures




Figure 1: Benefits of Working with a Small-Scale Language Service Provider
Figure 2: Elements Required for Selection of a Language Services Provider
Figure 3: End-Users of Language Services
Figure 4: Global Language Service Market by Value; 2015-2018 (US$ Billion)
Figure 5: Global Language Service Market by Value; 2019-2023 (US$ Billion)
Figure 6: Global Language Service Market by Growth Rate; 2012-2017 (Percentage, %)
Figure 7: Global Top 100 Language Service Companies by Region; 2018 (Percentage, %)
Figure 8: Global Language Service Market by Segment (Translation and transcreation, Interpreting, Localization services & Other services); 2018 (Percentage, %)
Figure 9: Global Translation, Localization and Transcreation Market; 2017-2018 (US$ Billion)
Figure 10: Global Translation, Localization and Transcreation Market; 2019-2023 (US$ Billion)
Figure 11: Global Interpreting and Other Language Services; 2017-2018 (US$ Billion)
Figure 12: Global Interpreting and Other Language Services; 2019-2023 (US$ Billion)
Figure 13: Global Language Service Market by Region (EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) and America & Asia-Pacific); 2017 (Percentage, %)
Figure 14: European Language Service Companies by Sales Volume; 2017 (Percentage, %)
Figure 15: European Language Service Companies by Vertical; 2017 (Numbers)
Figure 16: Global KOF Globalization Index; 2017 (Percentage, %)
Figure 17: Global Digital Buyers; 2016-2021 (Billion)
Figure 18: Global Internet Users; 2017 (Billion)
Figure 19: Emerging Economies Worldwide; 2018 (Percentage, %)
Figure 20: Daily Online Video Penetration Rate; January 2018
Figure 21: Global Machine Translation Tools; 2017-2024 (US$ Million)
Figure 22: Global Language Service Market by Top 100 Player Share; 2018 (Percentage, %)
Figure 23: RWS Holding Revenue; 2013-2017 (US$ Million)
Figure 24: RWS Holding Revenue by Segment; 2017 (Percentage, %)
Figure 25: RWS Holding Revenue by Region; 2017 (Percentage, %)
Table 1: Difference Between CAT Tools and Machine Translations
Table 2: Top 20 Language Service Providers: 2018