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
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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
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
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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
Google Steps Up Competition in Customized Machine Translation
Google launches a new service called AutoML Translation in beta that lets users upload translated language pairs to train machine translation engines. Continue reading
Business Insider Just Totally Used Google Translate Word-for-Word in a China Story
Neural machine translation increasingly being adopted in the media with zero editing as Business Insider copy-pastes Google translated Chinese government statement. Continue reading
Google Translate Not Enough to Obtain Consent for a Search, US Court Finds
Police arrest man for possession of 14 pounds of illegal drugs, but the case does not hold up in court because Google Translate was used to ask the defendant for permission to search his vehicle. Continue reading
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Amazon Singles out Language Service Providers in Neural MT Launch
Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy launches the cloud computing giant’s enterprise neural machine translation offering at its annual conference in Las Vegas. Language service providers among core... Continue reading
Linguee’s Founder Launches DeepL in Attempt to Challenge Google Translate
Servers in Iceland. A million words per second. Record BLEU scores. The founders of Linguee launch their neural machine translator DeepL with bold claims. Experts agree that DeepL will challenge... Continue reading
SDL Turnaround Hits A Speed Bump
SDL posts 5% revenue growth but expansion into new verticals and in Asia hits gross margins. CEO Adolfo Hernandez discusses what affected the bottom line in the first six months, his plans for... Continue reading
Google Pitches Tensorflow to Neural Machine Translation Developers
Google publishes a tutorial on how to build a neural machine translation model from scratch in a push to accelerate adoption of its machine learning framework Tensorflow. Experts call the... Continue reading
Amazon Plans to Take On Google Translate, Media Reports
CNBC reports that Amazon is looking to offer the translation technology it built for internal use to third parties. The move would be a direct challenge to Google Translate and the many other MT... Continue reading
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