Neural machine translation is fluent to the point that Google’s ranking algorithm may rate machine translated content as legitimate content created by humans, hinting at complex implications for search engine optimization and digital marketing. Continue reading
A fluent understanding of NMT—neural fluency—is a must for localization departments who need to constantly do more with less for the globalization efforts of their multinational companies. Continue reading
August 2018 became the busiest month ever for neural machine translation research as more papers call for improved evaluation methods and big tech companies step up the number of submissions. Continue reading
Slator readers give their opinion on public sector demand for language services and technology, the impact of startups on the industry in the next three years, the highest potential growth regions, and how neural machine translation should be evaluated. Continue reading
Smartcat gets USD 7m from storied VC firm Matrix Partners to further scale its translation management platform and freelance translator marketplace. Continue reading
Increased spending by existing clients boosts Edinburgh-based Lingo24 in the first half of 2018. CEO Christian Arno says impact of NMT on clients’ pricing expectations is still very limited but is picking up momentum. Continue reading
Microsoft’s “human parity” claims drew skepticism from a team of neural machine translation researchers as they found that much of the research and industry community is looking at the problem from the wrong angle. Continue reading
Research submissions on neural machine translations ballooned from 91 in the first half of 2017 to 196 in the first half of 2018, although by July 2018 submissions were slowing down. Continue reading
In its last set of results before consolidating Donnelley Language Solutions, SDL posts first half revenues of GBP 143.1m and adjusted EBITA of GBP 12m. CEO Hernandez sees the benefits of transformation finally beginning to make an impact. Continue reading
In the UK, more and more language professionals are launching their own businesses. Who starts a language service provider in 2018 and why? Continue reading
The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) has announced a EUR 5m grant to fund the collection of language resources for eTranslation, the European Union’s newly launched neural machine translation (NMT) facility, and its integration into multilingual online services. Continue reading
Google launches a new service called AutoML Translation in beta that lets users upload translated language pairs to train machine translation engines. Continue reading
Translation productivity startup Lilt adds tech industry veteran and Sequoia Capital Partner Bill Coughran to its board of directors and steps up hiring. Continue reading
Neural machine translation increasingly being adopted in the media with zero editing as Business Insider copy-pastes Google translated Chinese government statement. Continue reading
Autodesk’s Director of Localization Solutions Jennifer Johnson talks about why she outsources production entirely to vendors, how audits are used to ensure translation quality, and what she thinks neural machine translation’s impact will be on the localization process. Continue reading
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