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Machine Translation • By Marion Marking On 23 Jul 2020

Egypt Inks Machine Translation, NLP Deal with China’s iFlytek

Chinese speech recognition and AI provider iFlytek signs R&D deal with Egypt’s ICT Ministry to develop natural language processing and machine translation solutions.

Research & Reports • By Slator On 20 Jan 2020

Slator 2019 Language Industry M&A and Funding Report

Download the Slator 2019 Language Industry M&A and Funding Report — an in-depth summary and analysis of the 60 language industry M&A and 15 start-up and tech funding rounds.

Industry News • By Esther Bond On 5 Aug 2019

Slator Job Index Climbs During Record-Breaking August 2019

Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI), which tracks how employment activity is trending across the global language industry, hits record levels in August 2019.

Investment & Funding • By Marion Marking On 22 Jul 2019

State-Sponsored Speech Recognition: China’s iFlytek Raises USD 400m in ‘Private’ Placement

Chinese language technology and voice recognition company iFlytek raises over two billion yuan from state actors, including a railway development fund and a provincial “VC” fund.

Research & Reports • By Slator On 15 May 2019

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.

Features • By Marion Marking On 26 Apr 2019

Here Are Some Translation Devices Consumers Are Actually Buying

Rundown on the latest translation gadgets; from the bestsellers to those that ended up in the gadget graveyard.

Technology • By Gino Diño On 10 Jan 2019

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.

Machine Translation, Research & Reports • By Slator On 5 Dec 2018

Slator 2019 Neural Machine Translation Report—Deploying NMT in Operations

Through five case studies and nearly 30 commentaries from the buy (enterprise, government, and more)- and sell-side (LSPs), this report shines a light on the sentiment of industry practitioners towards current-state NMT technology.

Machine Translation • By Esther Bond On 22 Nov 2018

Is Machine Translation Essential to U.S. National Security?

The US government is asking for public comment to determine whether a range of “emerging technologies,” including machine translation, are essential to national security and should be subject to export controls.

Technology • By Lance Ng On 26 Sep 2018

China Tech Leader Accused of Faking AI-Generated Simultaneous Interpreting

An interpreter accused multi-billion listed company of passing off human interpretation as the output of its AI translation engine on social media. The post sparked off a media frenzy questioning company’s marketing spin.

Technology • By Gino Diño On 26 Sep 2017

Asia’s Race to Productize Translation for the Consumer Market

The pace of translation product launches targeting the mass consumer market is accelerating in Asia. Earpieces, apps, and handheld devices are sold across potentially vast markets like China, Japan, and Korea.

Technology • By Marion Marking On 27 Feb 2017

How Translation Gadgets Overpromise and Underdeliver

While the folks at Skype Translator admit their technology still has a negative impact on conversation, many others a far less modest. A short history of hype, broken promises, and much ado about nothing.

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