Intento has published a report on the evaluation of 23 different stock (pre-trained) Machine Translation models across 48 popular language pairs Continue reading
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TAUS launches Matching Data: a new technique of selecting language data for the training and tuning of machine translation (MT) engines. This new approach is a perfect fit for the new generation of Neural MT, which is much more sensitive to the quality of the training data. Continue reading
Download Slator’s 2018 Language Industry M&A and Funding Report — an in-depth summary and analysis of the 48 language industry mergers and acquisitions and ten startup funding rounds Slator covered in 2018. Continue reading
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A rundown of the translation and interpretation gadgets and earpieces presented at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Continue reading
The public sector was a significant source of contracts, conflicts, and developments for the language services industry in 2018. Here’s what you need to know. Continue reading
Iconic gets a new Marketing Manager, Global Lingo appoints an interim Head of Translation and Interpretation, Livewords appoints a new Business Development Manager, Lionbridge places another key executive position in the role of Head of Sales, APAC, and Ubiqus USA welcomes a new Vice President of Sales, Translation Division. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
Francesco Bombassei, Senior Technical Program Manager at Google, presented at SlatorCon and discussed AutoML Translate, how ever accelerating computing power impacts development, and the human and technological challenges in machine learning. Continue reading
Ubiqus CEO Vincent Nguyen walked SlatorCon participants through Ubiqus’ one-and-a-half year journey towards implementing neural machine translation in production and how they are encouraging internal and external stakeholders to get onboard. Continue reading
Fast-growing German machine translation provider DeepL sells 13.6% stake to Silicon Valley venture capital firm Benchmark Capital as usage continues to accelerate. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
Aglatech14 welcomes a new Interim COO, Global Lingo and Metafraze each appoint new Directors for Business Development, ONCALL hires a new Operations Manager for its Translation department, and CyraCom gets a new CFO. Continue reading
A lot of Slator’s readers think Europe is lagging behind the US and China in language tech, translation productivity tools are widely seen as over-engineered, M&A-driven consolidation is a net negative, and MT should stay off national security’s radar. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
The industry is gradually moving towards Autonomous Localization, a process with minimal human work required, and the ideal one-click localization solution clients demand. Continue reading
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