Microsoft and Amazon Announce Similar New Machine Translation Features a Day Apart
Microsoft and Amazon make similar new machine translation feature announcements within a day of each other, both intended for enterprise users.
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Here’s What Happened at ATA’s Expert-in-the-Loop and AI Conference
Speakers at the ATA MT and AI virtual conference coincided in a message urging attendees to embrace the changes AI brings to the way translators and interpreters work.
Media Localization Provider Visual Data Acquires France’s EVA
US-based media localization provider Visual Data acquires EVA Localisation, a year after its initial strategic investment in the France-based dubbing and accessibility provider.
Google Bard Refuses to Translate, Launching Slator Answers
Slator launches new AI feature, Google’s Bard is super cautious on translation, K-pop star uses Youtube’s multi-audio track, and M&A in media localization.
How Many Language Companies Compete in the Transcription and Captioning Market?
With advances in tech driving down costs and demand skyrocketing, language service providers increasingly offer transcription and captioning. Who are their biggest competitors?
Slator 2023 Language Industry Market Report
140-page flagship report on market-size, LLM and GPT impact, TMS, AI dubbing, interpreting, game loc, market outlook, and more.
Slator 2023 Language Industry Market Report
The 140-page flagship Slator 2023 Language Industry Market Report features comprehensive market-size and buyer-segment analyses, sales and marketing insights, language tech, and more.
MotionPoint Rounds Out Executive Leadership Team With Additional Hires
MotionPoint appoints new CFO, CIO, Head of Technology Enablement, and Senior VP of Sales.
VSI Group Continues Investment in Mexico City Facility
The VSI Group has completed the first phase of renovations for its Mexico City-based facility with planned expansions to increase the studio footprint and offer clients expanded dubbing capacity throughout 2023 and beyond.
Argos Multilingual Achieves Silver-Level Sustainability Rating from EcoVadis
Argos Multilingual is proud to announce that it has achieved a Silver-level sustainability rating from EcoVadis.
K-Pop Star Uses Youtube’s New Multi-Track Audio Feature to Launch Multilingual Single
K-Pop star publishes music video in six languages using AI voice cloning. The move indicates broader adoption of YouTube’s early access multi-track audio.
What Are the Most Common Words in Translation or Localization Company Names?
Slator’s 2023 Language Industry Market Report features analysis of company names in the language industry, unveiling top terms, trends, themes, and a preference for full transparency.
Google Explores How Large Language Models Actually Translate
Just 1.4% of large language model PaLM’s natural language exposure is “unintentional consumption” of bilingual signals — which seems to be enough to contribute to the model’s translation abilities.
Media Localization and Content Providers Merge in Sweden to Form JuneFirst
In Sweden, media localization provider Firstlight Media merges with tech company June to form JuneFirst, a year and a half after June’s holding company acquired Firstlight.
Translation and Interpreting Drive Return to Growth for Honyaku Center in FY2023
Japan-listed LSP Honyaku Center reported revenue growth of 5.9% to almost USD 80m in FY2023, as demand for translation and interpreting offset declines in other divisions.
How Large Language Models Mimic the Human Translation Process
Research shows that incorporating preparatory steps and self-generated knowledge into the translation process of LLMs enables them to emulate human translation strategies.
Interpreters Unlimited Gives a Human Touch to AI and Machine Translation
The IU hybrid approach to translation takes the speed and efficiency of Machine Translation, powered by AI, and combines it with the expertise of human translators.
How Many Language Service Providers Have Piloted ChatGPT in Workflows?
A Slator survey looks at the extent of LLM adoption by language service providers, and asks — what are generative AI’s most promising applications?
Meta Challenges Whisper with ‘Massively Multilingual Speech’ Launch
Meta says its new system, which offers text-to-speech and speech-to-text for more than 1,100 languages, has half the word error rate of Whisper. Critics say, Apples and oranges.
US Immigration Departments Gauge Interest in 54,000 Hours Language Work Annually
The Department of Homeland Security prepares to open RFP for translation, interpreting, and transcription in almost 300 languages for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Domain Adaptation On-The-Fly: Boosting In-Context Machine Translation with Coherence
Researchers from John Hopkins University explore the role of domain and local coherence in in-context machine translation revealing improvements in quality.
Here Are the Key 2022-23 Translation and Localization Industry Milestones
Overview of key language industry events up to May 2023 covering funding, M&A, LLM events, AI launches, significant industry hires, and Slator releases.
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