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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
Studios release machine translated games and players run QA. Fan translations predate MT, but new tools may help gamers contribute to more seamless localizations. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
US Court rules that Google Translate, although useful for basic communication, is inadequate in getting consent during a warrantless search. Continue reading
How DeepL outmaneuvered big tech, won a following, and is now rapidly moving into machine translation as a managed service for enterprise customers. Continue reading
Google publishes translation dataset of biographies from Wikipedia in hopes of reducing gender bias in Google Translate output. Continue reading
Google I/O 2021 unveils key developments relating to language technology — from assisted writing to new and powerful language models. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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.’ Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
Google study shows human-paraphrased reference translations and new evaluation metric, BLEUP, produce better translations. Findings to be integrated into consumer-facing products. Continue reading
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