24-page report. Blockchain and Translation industry overview. ICOs, business use-cases, solution analysis, crypto chatter and further reading, a cautionary tale. Continue reading
The drivers of growth in Asia’s language industry came into focus as Slator hosted its inaugural SlatorMeet in Hong Kong on October 11th, 2018. Continue reading
New Zealand’s Straker Translations is on a roadshow to secure potential institutional investors for an Initial Public Offering on the Australian Stock Exchange next month that would value the USD 17m revenue LSP at a premium USD 57m. Continue reading
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Neural machine translation is fluent to the point that Google’s ranking algorithm may rate machine translated content as legitimate content created by humans, hinting at complex implications for search engine optimization and digital marketing. Continue reading
August 2018 became the busiest month ever for neural machine translation research as more papers call for improved evaluation methods and big tech companies step up the number of submissions. Continue reading
Language data and search engine training company Appen delivers triple digit revenue growth on the back of Leapforce acquisition and strong organic performance. AI boom drives shares to all-time high. Continue reading
Research submissions on neural machine translations ballooned from 91 in the first half of 2017 to 196 in the first half of 2018, although by July 2018 submissions were slowing down. Continue reading
Incumbent LSPs are optimistic about their own H2 2018 business outlook, but doubtful about the staying power of the new UK language companies. How is NMT filtering through the supply chain and is Google’s MT customization a big deal? Continue reading
In its last set of results before consolidating Donnelley Language Solutions, SDL posts first half revenues of GBP 143.1m and adjusted EBITA of GBP 12m. CEO Hernandez sees the benefits of transformation finally beginning to make an impact. Continue reading
As India’s local-language internet is expanding quickly, private and public sector leaders are calling for “barrier-free communication” and language-related startups are getting media attention and funding. Continue reading
In the UK, more and more language professionals are launching their own businesses. Who starts a language service provider in 2018 and why? Continue reading
Google launches a new service called AutoML Translation in beta that lets users upload translated language pairs to train machine translation engines. Continue reading
The language industry is huge, worth around USD 40bn per year. Yet, unlike other industries of this size, there is no one single provider generating a billion US-Dollars in revenue. Here’s how it could be done. Continue reading
Professor Laura Burian, the new dean of the Middlebury Institute’s Graduate School of Translation, Interpretation, and Language Education, says her priority is to adapt the curriculum to prepare students to lead in a rapidly evolving language and technology market. Continue reading
Some familiar names helped pushed May 2018 to the top of the charts in terms of neural machine translation research. Meanwhile, the hottest research trends appear to be the race to better quality and translating low-resource, non-Latin languages. Continue reading
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