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Is TensorFlow ‘for Boomers’? PyTorch May Gain More Ground in Machine Translation

1 month ago

March 22, 2021

Is TensorFlow ‘for Boomers’? PyTorch May Gain More Ground in Machine Translation

1 month ago
Machine Translation ·

by Seyma Albarino

On March 22, 2021

Developers praise PyTorch, Facebook’s open source framework, for its flexibility, speed, and usability. But the machine translation world is not ready to dethrone TensorFlow just yet. Continue reading

Facebook AI Open Sources New Multilingual Automatic Speech Recognition Data Set

3 months ago

January 29, 2021

Facebook AI Open Sources New Multilingual Automatic Speech Recognition Data Set

3 months ago
Machine Translation ·

by Seyma Albarino

On January 29, 2021

After promising results in English, researchers hope Multilingual LibriSpeech’s 50,000 hours of audio across eight languages will improve automatic speech recognition around the world. Continue reading

Slator Language Industry Buyer Tracker November 2020

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November 5, 2020

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Slator Language Industry Buyer Tracker November 2020

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by Gerard Castañeda

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In the November 2020 edition of our buyer tracker, we provide SlatorPro subscribers with a selection of some of the most important changes among buy-side decision-makers. Continue reading

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Facebook Says This Is the Culmination of Years of Work in Machine Translation

6 months ago

October 20, 2020

Facebook Says This Is the Culmination of Years of Work in Machine Translation

6 months ago
Machine Translation ·

by Seyma Albarino

On October 20, 2020

The new machine translation model, trained on 2,200 language directions, builds on Facebook’s past research on parallel sentences not aligned with English. Continue reading

US, China, Big Tech, and What’s New in Machine Translation Research

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October 16, 2020

US, China, Big Tech, and What’s New in Machine Translation Research

6 months ago
Machine Translation ·

by Seyma Albarino

On October 16, 2020

US and Chinese tech giants continue to churn out research on speech-to-text translation, machine translation for rare languages, and more. Time to check in. Continue reading

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Shares in Language Service Provider Ai-Media Rise After IPO

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September 17, 2020

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Shares in Language Service Provider Ai-Media Rise After IPO

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by Seyma Albarino

On September 17, 2020

Shares in translation, transcription, captioning, and subtitling provider Ai-Media open strong after Sydney IPO, boosting company’s market cap to nearly AUD 200m. Continue reading

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Slator Language Industry Buyer Tracker September 2020

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September 4, 2020

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Slator Language Industry Buyer Tracker September 2020

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On September 4, 2020

In the September 2020 edition of our buyer tracker, we provide SlatorPro subscribers with a selection of some of the most important changes among buy-side decision-makers. Continue reading

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Facebook Ramps Up Open Source Drive Into Speech Translation

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August 6, 2020

Facebook Ramps Up Open Source Drive Into Speech Translation

9 months ago
Machine Translation ·

by Seyma Albarino

On August 6, 2020

Facebook AI invites developers to improve a speech translation dataset and a open sources a toolkit that evaluates simultaneous speech and text translation. Continue reading

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August 5, 2020

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Slator Language Industry Buyer Tracker August 2020

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Facebook Researchers Say Machine Translation Quality Estimation Lacking

9 months ago

August 4, 2020

Facebook Researchers Say Machine Translation Quality Estimation Lacking

9 months ago
Machine Translation ·

by Seyma Albarino

On August 4, 2020

New research suggests biases of QE datasets lead to guesstimates on machine translation quality. Researchers propose modified dataset, debut it at WMT 2020. Continue reading

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Thai Mistranslation Shows Risk of Auto-Translating Social Media Content

9 months ago

August 3, 2020

Thai Mistranslation Shows Risk of Auto-Translating Social Media Content

9 months ago
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by Marion Marking

On August 3, 2020

Facebook deactivates auto-translate in Thailand after translation of post about King’s birthday angers Thai people; police collects evidence, investigates those who shared Facebook post. Continue reading

TWB, Big Tech, Academia Take on Covid-19 Language Challenge

10 months ago

July 7, 2020

TWB, Big Tech, Academia Take on Covid-19 Language Challenge

10 months ago
Machine Translation ·

by Marion Marking

On July 7, 2020

Collaboration between Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, etc., and Translators Without Borders aims to fight Covid-19 infodemic through machine translation research. Continue reading

Slator Language Industry Buyer Tracker May 2020

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May 7, 2020

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Slator Language Industry Buyer Tracker May 2020

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In this eighth monthly edition of our buyer tracker, we provide SlatorPro subscribers an easy-to-use selection of some of the most important changes happening among buy-side decision-makers. Continue reading

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How Facebook Scaled Terminology Management

12 months ago

April 28, 2020

How Facebook Scaled Terminology Management

12 months ago
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by Marion Marking

On April 28, 2020

Facebook’s Head of Terminology, GBM explains how terminology management improves the consistency and quality of translated content at the social media giant. Continue reading

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