Google Translator Toolkit Discontinued – What’s Next?
For website owners looking for an alternative to the Google Translator Toolkit, Easyling is ready to assist with finding the ideal solution for their translation needs. Continue reading
Tag: machine translation
Traductions Serge Bélair Appoints New CEO; Strikes Deal With Private Equity Investor
New partnership allows TRSB to enter the M&A race; founder takes on strategic role as longtime VP of Business Development Mary Kazamias is named CEO. Continue reading
Keywords Studios Buys Machine Translation Provider KantanMT for Up to EUR 7 Million
Game localizer and technical service provider Keywords Studios will spend up to EUR 7m on proprietary machine translation technology in buying Ireland’s KantanMT. Continue reading
To Future-Proof a Language Service Provider, Embrace Data, Tech, and Client Goals
Michal Antczak, Head of Localization Technology at PayPal, urges SlatorCon Amsterdam 2019 attendees to think beyond standard pitches and customize solutions for end users. Continue reading
Which Engines Work for Me? Machine Translation as a Managed Service at One Hour Translation
At SlatorCon Amsterdam 2019, One Hour Translation’s Yaron Kaufman shared his strategy for showing customers why now is the time to adopt machine translation. Continue reading
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A Warning About Data Annotation as a Business From a Man Who Sells AI to AI Firms
Acrolinx Founder Andrew Bredenkamp walked SlatorCon Amsterdam 2019 attendees through AI’s current challenges and his predictions for the next three years. Continue reading
Key Takeaways from SlatorCon Amsterdam 2019
Key highlights and insights from SlatorCon Amsterdam 2019 including video interview, photos, and speaker presentations. Continue reading
Reader Polls: Rev Pay Cut, Shift to Hourly Rates, Edit Distance, Translation Regulations
LSPs moving toward hourly rates for linguists? Edit distance a viable metric long-term? Are regulations important to translation demand? Will Rev recover from bad press over transcriptionist pay cuts? Continue reading
What We Learned From Listening in on the Straker Translations H1 2020 Investor Call
Straker Translations holds investor call to announce first-half 2020 results; eyes more acquisitions and strikes partnership with AppTek to expand media localization offering. Continue reading
Machine Translation and ASR Provider AppTek Buys Speech Tech Firm Ignite-Tek
MT and speech recognition company AppTek expands natural language understanding (NLU) capabilities with acquisition of speech technology provider Ignite-Tek. Continue reading
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A Gen Z Take on Preparing Translation Students for the Realities of the Language Industry
As the language industry becomes more and more competitive, what are universities doing to ensure that their translation students are ready to enter the marketplace? Continue reading
HackHarvard 2019 Winners Built This Useful Translation App in Just 36 Hours
Four college students harnessed recent Google Cloud releases to build a translation app that works offline and makes forms accessible to users with disabilities. Continue reading
Honyaku Center Posts Decline in Translation Revenues for H1 FY 2020
Honyaku Center reports decline in all sectors of core Translation Business, except for Patents. Banks on “active use” of machine translation to grow. Continue reading
Reader Polls: ATA Decoupling, RSI at EU/UN, MT in CAT, Tricky Terminology
Should ATA decouple certification from membership? How hard is corporate terminology? Is MT well integrated into translation productivity tools? Should institutions move to RSI? Continue reading
A Quick Primer on Edit-Distance, a Key Metric in Post-Editing Machine Translation
As the language industry transitions to an operating model where the first draft is mostly generated by machines, many are looking for ways to quantify linguists' value-add. Edit-distance can help. Continue reading
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