The European Commission issues EUR 2.4m tender for language technology research. The mandate is to look into how the EU’s proprietary machine translation system can be optimized and how language technology can accelerate EU’s Digital Single Market in ways that go “beyond simple translation.” Continue reading
The video portal’s Translation Marketplace failed to live up to YouTube’s ambitions. YouTube originally launched the service to make content accessible to more of its worldwide users. Instead, many content creators removed the videos again once the subtitles had been translated. Continue reading
The language industry’s fast growing market and rapid technological progress offer fertile ground for entrepreneurs looking to upend the status quo. It is in app and mobile localization, translation project management, and remote interpreting that this batch of founders see opportunity. Continue reading
Professional interpreters in California are decrying the alleged priority being given to non-certified interpreters for professional work. An interpreter advocacy group is lobbying the state to tap only certified professionals for medical and legal interpretation services. Continue reading
In 2013, the European Patent Office (EPO) partnered with Google to power its for-information-only Patent Translate portal. In May 2017, the EPO rolled out neural machine translation. And as Europe implements a new patent regime in the coming years, machine translation will play an ever more important role. Continue reading
Remote interpreting likely to benefit from the state government’s added investment as rural and regional areas are in focus. A local language service provider says signing up interpreters to cloud-based interpretation platforms remains a challenge. Continue reading
Finnish language service provider Transfluent nets nearly EUR 0.7m in crowdfunding campaign. Investor Q&A reveals interesting insights into how a small LSP plans to grow and differentiate itself in a highly competitive market. Continue reading
Remote simultaneous interpretation startup Interprefy adds another CHF 0.85m in funding in third financing round in less than 18 months. While the company appears to get traction in the markets, it faces opinionated opposition from the interpreter community. Continue reading
The United Nations General Assembly has given its stamp of approval to the celebration of an International Translation Day, officially recognizing the role of professional translation in connecting nations. Twenty-seven countries fully supported the resolution. Continue reading
Eleven countries are pushing for the approval of draft UN resolution declaring September 30 International Translation Day and recognizing the role of professional translation in connecting nations. Resolution highlights efforts by the UN Secretary-General in preserving high-quality and craftsmanship in translation. Continue reading
Court rejects challenge brought by interpreter advocacy group against change in how interpreters are reimbursed by government. Interpreter representatives say ruling not all bad as it, at least, clarifies the reimbursement process. Continue reading
As interest in neural machine translation reaches new heights — with even Mark Zuckerberg posting about it on his personal Facebook page — academia continues to churn out NMT papers at a record clip; 2017 output already on par with whole of 2016. Continue reading
Mark Zuckerberg looks forward to “making universal translation a reality” by open sourcing a new approach to neural machine translation. NMT expert impressed by faster training times of the new models but cautions against inflated quality expectations. Continue reading
Six new automated translation projects will receive funding from the EU’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) program in the telecommunications sector to improve multilingual support for public sector organizations. Continue reading
With Oracle’s resources now at its disposal, NetSuite is going more global and part of the strategy is to invest big in the localization of its software for more than 20 countries in the next few years. Continue reading
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