S01E11: Language Industry Review with Rick Antezana

In episode 11 of the Translation Company Talk podcast show, I had the opportunity to speak with Rick Antezana, the President of the Association of Language Companies (ALC). We cover the current state of the translation industry, in particular in the US, in the context of recent developments. Rick talks about regulatory changes affecting our the language service companies, COVID impact on interpreting, accomplishments of the ALC, advocacy on behalf of the language industry, the upcoming conference, and many other interesting topics.

Rick has been part of the language services industry for more than 25 years. He is currently a partner at Dynamic Language—a Seattle-based Language Service Company, established in 1985 and a charter member of ALC. He has helped guide the company since 2004, leading to appearances in the Inc. 5000 list for six consecutive years. Dynamic is a family-owned business in its second generation of leadership and is one of the largest agencies in the Western United States.

As an ALC contributor since the beginning, Rick led the effort to organize two ALC conferences by serving as chair for the 6th and 7th conferences in San Francisco and Austin, respectively, and has most recently served as president of the Association of Language Companies since 2018. Overall, Rick has been part of the association leadership on and off for more than 10 years. He is a graduate of the University of Washington. 

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