Does Google’s BERT Matter in Machine Translation?
Less than one year after Google open-sourced its much-discussed language model BERT, experts weigh in on its potential uses in neural machine translation. Continue reading
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How a ‘Virtuous Cycle’ of People, Tech, Analytics Can Help Businesses Thrive
As global content production becomes more complex, Smartling CEO Jack Welde recommends tech integration, decisions backed by data, and an appreciation for human translators. Continue reading
Apple May Be Stepping Up Its Game in Machine Translation
Leaked documents list additional machine translation capabilities for Siri as part of an upgrade for 2021; tech giant publishes rare neural MT research paper. Continue reading
What Makes a Good Post-Editor: Research Examines Activity Patterns of over 300 Linguists
Characterizing post-editors based on their keystrokes, mouse activity, and other editing actions can help predict speed and, eventually, quality, says a new paper by Unbabel researchers. Continue reading
Lingua Custodia Raises USD 1.3m Ahead of Luxembourg Launch
Financial machine translation company Lingua Custodia raises USD 1.3m with help of angel investor platform; plans to open new office in European fund hub Luxembourg. Continue reading
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Supreme Court of India Begins Translating Judgments Into Indian Languages
The apex court is said to be using “translation software” to translate judgments into six Indian languages — a first in India, where the language of the law is still largely English. Continue reading
Yes, Post-Editese Is Real, Study Finds
Post-editing machine translation versus unaided human translation from scratch — new research reveals how the output differs. Continue reading
SDL Gearing Up for General Release of AI-Packed SDL Language Cloud
Set to go live in September 2019, SDL Language Cloud combines productivity, workbench, and PM features in an end-to-end solution for continuous localization. Continue reading
Third Revolution in Language Is Upon Us and Will Impact Translators, Interpreters — EU
EU Institutions publish paper on language technologies and AI, as most EU translation departments now use NMT and provide machine translated output to their linguists. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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Inside Translation, Localization, and NLP on GitHub, the World’s #1 Code Sharing Site
Over two dozen charts and tables and high-level visualizations as well as analysis of GitHub code repositories relevant to the language industry. Continue reading
At F8: Facebook Says It Now Has a ‘Powerful Tool to Think About Language Problems in a Language Agnostic Way’
Natural language processing and neural MT feature heavily as Facebook discusses developments in artificial intelligence at their developer conference F8 2019. Continue reading
Reader Polls: Netflix for Games, Med Students as Interpreters, MT at Amazon
Are voice content and in-browser gaming localization demand drivers? Does it makes sense for medical students to double up as interpreters? And how is Amazon faring in MT? Continue reading
Alon Lavie Joins Unbabel — He’s Not the Only Exec Who Recently Left Amazon’s Machine Translation Group
Unbabel hires Amazon’s former Machine Translation Group Manager, Alon Lavie, as VP of Language Technologies; Lavie’s former business partner leaves Amazon for Uber. Continue reading
Spain’s AT Language Solutions Buys Domestic Rival AABAM
When told that someone wanted to buy her business, AABAM’s founder thought it was a vendor cold call. But AT Language Solutions’ offer was genuine and she ended up selling. Continue reading
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