Appen’s shares plunge, TRSB acquires local rival Anglocom, Google MT evaluation paper released, USD 72m interpreting tender in Sweden, Slator Job Index rises again. Continue reading
New Google research shows that automatic MT evaluation metrics trained by professional translators can outperform inexperienced (human) crowd workers, who favor “easy-to-rate” literal translations. Continue reading
Voice producers fluent in a range of languages will work with synthetic speech to improve Siri — but Apple could be setting the stage for broader use cases, such as dubbing. 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
Dating powerhouse Match Group (Match.com) makes biggest purchase to date: Korean tech startup Hyperconnect; pays USD 1.73bn or about 8.6x 2020 revenues for app built on Google Translation API. Continue reading
At startup Descript, translation is one of the most requested features. Descript’s technology may offer interesting new opportunities for LSPs to expand their offering in media content. 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
The most-cited neural machine translation research papers show how NMT came to dominate the field — and how academia and industry’s interests have evolved. 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
US and Chinese tech giants continue to churn out research on speech-to-text translation, machine translation for rare languages, and more. Time to check in. Continue reading
In the October 2020 edition of our buyer tracker, we provide SlatorPro subscribers with a selection of some of the most important changes among buy-side decision-makers. Continue reading
A group of AI researchers takes the perennial human vs. machine debate to the next level by claiming their system outperforms professional translators...in news, on adequacy (read on for more caveats). Continue reading
Google Cloud AI will provide automated translation services, such as chatbots and live translated captioning in a multiyear partnership with US telehealth platform Amwell. Continue reading
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