Apple Is Giving Developers a New Set of NLP Tools
At Apple’s annual online conference, BERT features in a new update to Create ML app, giving developers access to 27 languages that use Latin, Cyrillic, and certain Asian scripts.
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Apple is Improving the Grammar in Multilingual Apps with User Preferred Pronouns
Apple WWDC 2023: users can choose a way to be addressed in their language; apps adapt to gender-based preferences and part of speech for grammatical agreement.
Apple Proposes New Solution for Multilingual Machine Translation
Apple researchers propose a solution and claim it can improve multilingual machine translation without pivoting and increasing the inference cost.
New Localization Opportunities As Spain’s Audiovisual Hub Plan Gains Momentum
Increased foreign investment, revamped visa laws, and new audiovisual production and training facilities make Spain fertile ground for media localization providers.
Language Service Provider STAR7 Raises EUR 15m in Milan IPO
Italy-based language service provider STAR7, part of STAR Group, raises EUR 15m in December 2021 IPO in Milan.
The 10 Most Popular Language Industry Stories of 2021
After an extraordinary year, our look back on 2021 — from Big Tech to big buys, machine translation to translators’ job prospects — shows the language industry is thriving.
STAR7 Acquires Ireland-Based LocalEyes, Localization Provider to Apple
Italy-based STAR7, part of the STAR Group, acquired Ireland-based LSP LocalEyes, a localization provider to Apple for more than two decades.
Linguists Wanted! 10 Language Jobs Big Tech Is Hiring For Right Now
Curating datasets, reviewing user-generated content, and liaising with locals — all in a day’s work for a linguist hired by big tech. (No computer science degree or published research required.)
Gamers Debate: Does Machine Translation Make Game Localization Worse?
Studios release machine translated games and players run QA. Fan translations predate MT, but new tools may help gamers contribute to more seamless localizations.
Judging Google Translate, TransPerfect’s Road to the Billion, Spain as Media Loc Hub
TransPerfect closes in on billion-dollar target, Spain becoming an audiovisual hub, US court’s take on Google Translate, and key takeaways from new Localization Buyer Pro Guide.
Spain Recasts Itself as Audiovisual Hub, Creating Opportunities for Media Localizers
Netflix’s first European production hub opens in Madrid; Apple expands its AI/ML work in Barcelona; Spanish PM pledges more than EUR 1.6bn for the country’s audiovisual sector.
Google’s Latest Phone, Pixel 6, to Feature Live Translated Captions for Audio and Video
Google uses own system on a chip, Tensor, to power Google Live Caption and Interpreter Mode features for its latest smartphone, Pixel 6, slated for fall release 2021.
Streaming Boom Changes Buyer Perception of Subtitling, Dubbing
David Lee, CEO of media localization provider Iyuno-SDI, on expanding scale, scope, and capacity to thrive in the new era of global content distribution.
Machine Translation Left Unaddressed by EU in Proposed AI Legislation
How risky are machine translation and other natural language processing applications? “First AI legislation on the planet” aims to mitigate risk. Violators may face significant fines for breach.
Reader Polls: Non-English Netflix, Open to Work, AI Voices at a Screen Near You
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