Working Around Machine Translation’s Need for Large-Scale Training Data
Unlike some fields in machine learning, machine translation still requires large sets of training data. The solution? Creating more data when none (or not enough) exists.
Unlike some fields in machine learning, machine translation still requires large sets of training data. The solution? Creating more data when none (or not enough) exists.
New research from IBM and UC San Diego explores synthetic parallel data as a means of pre-training machine translation models — with promising results.
New Zealand-based language service provider (LSP), Straker Translations, reports slowed growth as a result of worsening trading conditions and delayed IBM project.
DeepL’s mega-round, LanguageLine buys Capita TI, Straker’s biggest client extends contract, machine translation at Europe’s second-largest bank, and Descript raises USD 50m.
Sydney-listed language service provider, Straker Translations, announces extension of IBM contract. Market reacts favorably.
Straker Translations Q1 FY23 revenues up 66% versus same period last year. Sydney-listed LSP stays on track to deliver on guidance despite some weakness in Europe.
Language services provider Straker tops guidance, reporting unaudited full year revenues of USD 36m. Annualized revenue by Project Manager crosses USD 0.5m.
New Zealand-based language service provider (LSP) Straker roughly doubles quarterly revenues vs. the prior year, and sets its sights on Europe’s public sector after IDEST acquisition.
New Zealand-headquartered language service provider Straker Translations reports 66% growth in Q2 FY22, with adjusted EBITDA turning positive in the month of September.
Lingotek acquisition supports Straker Translations’ full-year results as New Zealand LSP posts close to 50% revenue growth to USD 29m for the full year ended June 30, 2021.
New Zealand-headquartered language service provider Straker Translations reports 49% growth in Q1 FY22, as Lingotek adds first full-quarter reporting and IBM boosts revenues.
Shares in Straker Translations climbed 14% the day they announced results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021. LSP plans SaaS subscription push among technology customers.
Australia-listed language service provider Straker Translations credits “high-margin” Lingotek acquisition and IBM win for strong March and growth in Q4 2021.
Sydney-listed Straker Translations lands major deal win with IBM; shares zoom up as investors bet on long awaited boost to profitability.
Lionbridge hires former Moody’s CIO, Tony Stoupas, as Chief Technology Officer. Stoupas will oversee global technology, development, and information security.
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.
Long the domain of academia, fundamental research in machine translation has become a battleground for big tech and niche providers.
Amazon adds a custom terminology feature, Microsoft rolls out custom NMT, and IBM’s Watson Language Translator now preserves document formatting between source and target text.
Research into neural machine translation in 2018 is exploding, with April 2018 being the busiest month ever for NMT, as Big Tech companies from Google to Facebook to Amazon go full throttle on multiple areas of research.
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 offerings by big tech companies.