Now We Know Why Apple Stepped Up Machine Translation Research
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. Continue reading
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Google Fixes Gender Bias in Google Translate (Again)
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. Continue reading
Reader Polls: December Business, Machine Translation, EU Translation RFPs, 2020 Outlook
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? Continue reading
Which Engines Work for Me? Machine Translation as a Managed Service at One Hour Translation
At SlatorCon Amsterdam 2019, One Hour Translation’s Yaron Kaufman shared his strategy for showing customers why now is the time to adopt machine translation. Continue reading
HackHarvard 2019 Winners Built This Useful Translation App in Just 36 Hours
Four college students harnessed recent Google Cloud releases to build a translation app that works offline and makes forms accessible to users with disabilities. Continue reading
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Researchers Propose New Way to Detect Machine Translation — Maybe Google Could Use It
Google has admitted machine translated content is a challenge to ranking algorithms. Researchers at the University of Tokyo may have found a solution: back-translation. Continue reading
Bridging the Gap Between NMT’s Theoretical Promise and Practical Limitations
A practical guide for buyers on how to put neural machine translation’s impressive capabilities to practical use in real-life localization workflows Continue reading
Google to Shelve Translator Toolkit After Decade of Failing to Gain Traction
Mixed reactions from linguists and industry experts as search giant shelves its in-house translation productivity tool Translator Toolkit, which failed to gain real traction since launching in 2009. Continue reading
What’s so Massive About Google’s Massively Multilingual Neural Machine Translation?
New research by Google AI explores multilingual NMT on an unprecedented scale. Good for low-resource languages, less so for the rest, results show. Continue reading
Multilingual Chatbots: The Conversation Has Yet to Get Longer
Virtual assistants are already part of the e-commerce setting, but taking them multilingual and training them for conversations with multiple variables still poses challenges. Continue reading
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Slator 2019 Language Industry Market Report
Slator’s inaugural comprehensive language industry market report. It examines total market size, the 10 main end-buyer industries, competitive landscape, productivity tech, NMT and much more. Continue reading
Machine Translation Largely MIA at Google I/O and Microsoft Build 2019
Google I/O and Microsoft Build 2019 were short on big language tech reveals, although relevant announcements and previews were sprinkled throughout both events. Continue reading
Google Translate Shortcut Goes Viral, Lures Newbie App Localizers
How a simple language-learning shortcut using Google Translate went viral and inspired newbie app localizers to try a DIY approach to localization. Continue reading
Amazon, Google, Microsoft Press Further into Customized Language Tech and Services
Amazon, Google, Microsoft are adding features, platforms, even certifications to their MT offerings, slowly but steadily encroaching on LSP territory. Continue reading
He Said, She Said: Addressing Gender in Neural Machine Translation
Google is concerned it might be mistakenly assuming genders in machine translation; initial effort to reduce gender bias only the first step in dealing with similar challenges in neural machine... Continue reading
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