World’s Second Largest Cryptocurrency Fan Translates Its Ecosystem
The world’s second largest cryptocurrency, Ethereum, is translating its website and community material into 15 languages, with the help of volunteer translators.
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Facebook Patents Alternative to ‘Expensive’ BLEU
Facebook has been granted a patent for its machine translation quality evaluation system, which relies on user engagement data to decide which translation users prefer.
Appen and Lionbridge Will Have to Compete Against This Latest Unicorn Startup
AI support services startup Scale AI uses a combination of crowd and automation to label data incl. NLP, putting it in direct competition with Appen and Lionbridge.
Ranking and Analysis: H1 2019 Performance of Listed Language Service Providers
Australia’s Appen leads a H1 2019 ranking of listed language service providers. The language industry again outperformed the broader markets.
Rozetta’s Market Cap Nears USD 400m as Bet on Machine Translation Pays Off
Japanese LSP enters period of “rapid growth” for MT segment. Revenue and operating income up strongly. Shares rally, propelling market cap to nearly USD 400m.
Continuous Localization of WebCEO’s SaaS Platform, Wiki-Style
WebCEO enlists users as volunteers to translate its software-as-a-service SEO platform and has turned out more than 2 million words in the last year through its Crowd Translation Center.
Build vs Buy: Why Evernote Built Its Own Localization Platform from Day One
Evernote began localization with zero budget, internally developed tech and crowdsourced translations. Now they handle 2.4 million words across 25 languages with their open source stack and direct freelancers.
Windows 10 to Accept User Suggestions to Improve Bad Translations
Come October 17, users can suggest translation corrections on their Windows 10 OS through the new Language Community app. The program has already opened for so called Windows Insiders.
Avira Enlists the Crowd to Expand Language Coverage
German security software company Avira translates marketing materials for its products in at least 13 languages, but starts experimenting with crowdsourced translations to broaden language coverage.
Unbabel Raises USD 5m in Series A Round
San Francisco and Portugal-based Unbabel raises USD 5m from Notion Capital and Caixa Capital to build out its heavy on tech, light on humans model. CEO says, despite recent progress, the quality gap between neural machine translation and human translation is still huge.
If Doctors Work for Free, Why Not Translators, Healthcare Startup Hopes
Healthcare platform startup HealthTap, whose 100,000 participating doctors and millions of users contributed nearly 5 billion questions and health tips, launches portal to translate its vast knowledge base into more than 100 languages. How? Free crowdsourcing.
Rozetta Pays USD 14m for Tokyo Translation Crowdsourcer Conyac
Signs of life in the Japanese startup world, as two co-founders of translation crowdsourcing platform Conyac sell to language service provider Rozetta for USD 14m in cash and stock deal.
The Buy-Side: Inside Swiss Post’s Language Service Unit
The Head of Swiss Post’s Language Services Unit, Martina Bellodi, talks about how her unit handles an annual translation volume of up to 18 million words, and shares her thoughts on working with LSPs and the future of language technology.
Spanish Translation Team of Crowdsourced Game Localization Goes on Strike
Valve Software is facing a strike by a vocal group of crowdsourced fan translators for Spanish on its Steam Translation Server platform. Row highlights potential pitfalls of crowdsourcing model.
6 to Watch: How These Translation Startups Disrupt the Supply Chain
Predictive typing, no more middlemen, visualized app translation, machine translation edited by the crowd, and more. What is shaping tomorrow’s language industry. And are the incumbents ready for what’s coming?
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