Monsters, Aliens, and Lip-Synced Dubbing with MARZ CEO Jonathan Bronfman
Jonathan Bronfman of AI-enabled visual effects company MARZ on how they are fixing the mismatch between the spoken word and the visuals for dubbed content.
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ChatGPT Translation Quality Reality Check
Concerns about ChatGPT's translation quality, Meta's SeamlessM4T release, financial challenges faced by Appen, and a debate over discounts for typos in translation.
Winning Translation and Localization RFPs with memoQ RFP’s Mark Shriner
memoQ’s Mark Shriner unpacks the challenges of winning requests for proposals in the language industry and discusses the launch of memoQ RFP, a new spin-off company.
Next Generation Localization Software with Phrase CEO Georg Ell
Georg Ell on his first 15 months leading Phrase and how they are prioritizing capabilities such as quality estimation, no-code workflow automation, TMS, and dynamic MT engine routing.
New Trends in Machine Translation with Large Language Models by Longyue Wang
Longyue Wang on Tencent's approach to language technology and his research on the potential of large language models in more context-aware and personalized machine translation.
Slator Pro Guide: Subtitling and Captioning
Pro Guide for buyers and LSPs on how to leverage captions and subtitles for video content to grow viewership and improve engagement. Features 10 x 1-page use cases.
BUY NOWBuilding a SaaS Product for Subtitling, Dubbing with Checksub Founder Florian Stègre
Checksub Founder Florian Stègre on building an automated subtitling and AI dubbing platform that stays competitive in the fast-evolving AI landscape.
Transcreation and Generative AI with Jellyfish’s Rocio Martinez
Jellyfish Language Services VP, Rocio Martinez, on the integration of language services in the creative industry, and the impact of AI on content generation and localization workflows.
LSP Performance Check, Llama 2, Phrase, Language I/O, LanguageWire
AI replaces LSP in multi-million dollar contract, Meta's Llama 2 model's language limitations, listed LSPs see revenue growth but shares pummeled in 2023.
Where DeepL Beats ChatGPT in Machine Translation with Graham Neubig
Graham Neubig on the cost, performance, and potential applications of language models and their competitiveness versus special-purpose machine translation engines.
Dotsub Collapses, Microsoft Delights, ChatGPT Traffic Peaks, EU Chooses MT
ChatGPT traffic hits its peak, large language model inflation, EU's little ‘housekeeping announcement’, Dotsub says goodbye, Microsoft’s Language Portal is back.
Hollywood-Grade AI Dubbing with Deepdub CEO Ofir Krakowski
Deepdub CEO Ofir Krakowski on AI dubbing for Hollywood and content creators, balancing human creativity and tech in the translation workflow, and launching Deepdub GO.
Clinical Translation and Linguistic Validation at Scale with ICON’s Brian Mallon
ICON Senior Vice President Brian Mallon on the role of language services in CROs, the rationale for bringing translation in-house, and the intricacies of linguistic validation.
Our GPT SWOT Analysis for the Language Industry
RWS outlines the benefits of AI and LLMs, Synthesia’s billion-dollar valuation, Cohere competes with OpenAI, GPT SWOT analysis and impact on the language industry.
Dubbing for Top Youtube Creators with Unilingo CEO Farbod Mansorian
Farbod Mansorian, CEO of Unilingo, on helping content creators reach a global audience, the limitations of AI dubbing, and improving working conditions for voice actors.
United Language Group CEO Nic McMahon on Language Access and Outcomes
United Language Group CEO Nic McMahon on serving non-English speaking communities, their approach to language services in healthcare, and AI adoption.
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 Large Language Models Prove Chomsky Wrong with Steven Piantadosi
UC Berkeley’s Steven Piantadosi on the transformative impact of LLMs on our understanding of language and how it challenges Noam Chomsky’s theories.
Translation and Localization Industry Maintains Growth in 2022 to USD 27.9bn
Highlights from Slator’s 2023 Language Industry Market Report, OpenAI to trademark GPT, and a Swiss NLP corner with new research, debates and launches.
Super Agency New Hires, RWS Results, ZOO Capital Raise
Jonckers sold to private equity firm, Welocalize and Lionbridge announce new C-level hires, financial update for RWS, and ZOO raises USD 15.5m for Japan acquisition.
How Fireflies.ai is Tripling Down on Becoming a Large Language Model-based Firm
Fireflies.ai CEO Krish Ramineni on finding their product-market fit and leveraging large language models for transcription, summarization, and translation.
The Future of Live Multilingual Captioning Ai-Media CEO Tony Abrahams
Ai-Media CEO Tony Abrahams on scaling in the fast-evolving field of live multilingual captioning, setting quality KPIs, product innovation, and leading a publicly listed language tech firm.
The Great ChatGPT and Translation Debate
Adam Bittlingmayer, Varshul Gupta, and Mihai Vlad on LLMs and machine translation, client perspectives, state-of-the-art research, and GPT’s impact on the language industry.
Microsoft’s Christian Federmann on the Translation Quality of Large Language Models
Christian Federmann on working with Microsoft Translator, research on large language models and machine translation, and Microsoft's approach to expanding language support.
Inside the Large Language Model Revolution with Nikola Nikolov
Nikola Nikolov on the evolution of large language models, their potential and limitations, the pros and cons of API-based apps, and why specialized machine translation providers retain their edge.
The GPT-4 Exposure of Translators and Interpreters
OpenAI evaluates how exposed translators and interpreters are to GPT-4, Acolad’s new CEO, Google launches machine translation for games console, Disney's leaked Ant-Man script.
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