After pushback, Switzerland’s national postal service reverses ban on employees using DeepL, Google Translate. Ban remains for PostFinance bank, which must rely on internal MT engine, Post Translate.
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.
Ahead of annual I/O conference, Google launches into a flurry of activity halfway through May 2022: a translation gizmo unveiled, a Google Translate update, and a presentation that drew critics.
Studios release machine translated games and players run QA. Fan translations predate MT, but new tools may help gamers contribute to more seamless localizations.
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.
US Court rules that Google Translate, although useful for basic communication, is inadequate in getting consent during a warrantless search.
How DeepL outmaneuvered big tech, won a following, and is now rapidly moving into machine translation as a managed service for enterprise customers.
Google publishes translation dataset of biographies from Wikipedia in hopes of reducing gender bias in Google Translate output.
Google I/O 2021 unveils key developments relating to language technology — from assisted writing to new and powerful language models.
Study published in peer-reviewed medical journal says Google Translate, despite achieving high accuracy in two languages, is still not ready for use in emergencies.
Court says an LSP’s use of Google Translate could mean a gross violation of professional practices and a client’s IP rights; ruling defines what constitutes a ‘professional translator.’
From gender biases to unjust arrests, a database — inspired by transparency in aviation and cybersecurity — hopes to become the “collective memory” of AI systems’ failings.
Real-time translation / transcription morphed from niche to core feature — and tech is trying to catch up. Here’s what Google did to reduce distracting flicker during live speech-to-text translation.
Much of the industry flourished despite Covid, proving just how essential it is to commerce. Here are the most popular stories of a year that redefined life and work in the global language industry.
Google study shows human-paraphrased reference translations and new evaluation metric, BLEUP, produce better translations. Findings to be integrated into consumer-facing products.
A group of AI researchers takes the perennial human vs. machine debate to the next level by claiming their system outperforms professional translators...in news, on adequacy (read on for more caveats).
Apple reveals iOS 14 will feature a Translate app, competing with Google’s Translate app and the array of standalone translation gadgets out in the market today.
Technical issue with (now retired) Google Translator Toolkit prompts Internet giant to send apology email to users for data glitch, advising them what to do next.
Google Translate unveils a new approach to solving gender bias in machine translation, after its “99% reliable” 2018 model encountered problems and failed to scale.
How was December business for LSPs? What are the most-used MT services? Should the EU rethink its translation RFPs and tests? What’s the language industry outlook for 2020?
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