#53 Supertext Co-founder Fabian Dieziger, Brexit & Translators, SBA regulations for US LSPs

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In the first episode of 2021, Fabian Dieziger, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Swiss-based language service provider (LSP) Supertext, joins the pod to discuss the local Switzerland market, Supertext’s US and Germany expansion and their copywriting roots, and why they’ve chosen to shun M&A in favor of organic growth.

Florian and Esther talk about Slator’s all-new 2021 Data-for-AI Report, which is designed to help LSPs evaluate and pursue opportunities in the fast-growing niche of providing data for AI customers.

Esther shares an update on how the UK-EU trade and cooperation agreement will impact freelance translators and interpreters on short-term missions to Europe post-Brexit, while Florian unpacks the US proposal to extend small business perks to LSPs generating up to USD 20m in annual revenues. In a last look back at 2020, the two select their top quotes of the year.

Chapters

1. Agenda and Intro (00:00:00)

2. Recap Data and AI Report for LSPs (00:04:00)

3. Brexit & Translators update (00:11:22)

4. US Proposal impact on small LSPs (00:14:34)

5. Florian's top quotes of 2020 (00:18:11)

6. Esther's top quotes of 2020 (00:21:21)

7. Fabian Dieziger joins the pod (00:22:49)

8. Fabian's background and origin of Supertext (00:25:16)

9. Supertext's transition to translation (00:29:48)

10. Insights and comparison of the Swiss market (00:33:22)

11. Expansion into the US (00:37:20)

12. Impact of Covid on customer demand and operations (00:40:12)

13. Approach to Sales and Marketing (00:44:10)

14. Supertext's organic growth (00:44:10)

15. Effect of TMS and MT funding boom (00:49:09)

16. Automation and the creative side of translation (00:52:34)

17. Fabian's top 3 predictions of 2020 (00:56:06)