How Language Access, or the Lack of It, Affects What Indians Do Online
Where, how, and when do Indian consumers access services or products in their own language? What are the business drivers that hinder or make this possible? Continue reading
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Behold, the Translatotron! Google’s Latest Move in Speech Translation
Google researchers approach speech-to-speech translation a little differently in a proof-of-concept that completely takes away reference text, but underperforms compared to existing models. Continue reading
Automated Transcription Provider Trint Secures USD 4.5m in Series A
AI-based transcription provider Trint has increased its total funding raised to USD 7.8m, with the unique twist of adding NMT into its platform to allow multilingual content distribution. Continue reading
Video Games Are Moving to a Netflix Model and It Will Impact Localization
With Google Stadia, Microsoft’s xCloud, and Apple Arcade bursting into the cloud-based game streaming scene, how will game localization be affected? Continue reading
Financial Printer Takara Expands into SE Asia through TRANSLASIA Investment
Japanese financial printing giant Takara Printing has taken a majority investment in TRANSLASIA to expand into Southeast Asia. Continue reading
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Jargon Raises USD 1.8m Seed Round for Voice App Content Platform
Jargon raises USD 1.8m for voice app content management and localization with support from the Amazon Alexa Fund and other investors. Continue reading
Sweden’s Semantix Acquires Boutique Local Rival Teknotrans
Nordic LSP Semantix acquires local rival Teknotrans, a boutique company with a focus on automotive and industrial verticals, which also operates an office in Croatia. Continue reading
Corporates Going All in on Neural Machine Translation Research
Long the domain of academia, fundamental research in machine translation has become a battleground for big tech and niche providers. Continue reading
Natural Language Processing’s Crazy Busy Start to 2019
As NLP developments march on unabated, recent news reflects the state of research, investor excitement, and production deployment levels for current technologies. Continue reading
Appen Spends Big on Data Annotation Platform Figure Eight in Preemptive Move
Appen pays up to USD 300m for automated data annotation platform Figure Eight, preempting an emerging threat to its crowd-based business model. Continue reading
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Is Google’s New Lingvo Framework a Big Deal for Machine Translation?
Neural machine translation experts weigh in on Google’s open sourcing of Lingvo, a sequence modeling framework built on TensorFlow. Continue reading
Reader Polls: Know Your Translator, LSPs and Big Tech, Pricing Translate.com
How much is too much to pay for a web domain? Is big tech a threat to LSPs? Should translators talk to end-customers? Should an LSP operate more than one brand? 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
What Happened in Vegas: Translation Earpieces, Google Interpretation Mode
A rundown of the translation and interpretation gadgets and earpieces presented at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Continue reading
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