US, China, Big Tech, and What’s New in Machine Translation Research
US and Chinese tech giants continue to churn out research on speech-to-text translation, machine translation for rare languages, and more. Time to check in. Continue reading
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Slator Language Industry Buyer Tracker February 2020
In this fifth monthly edition of our buyer tracker, we provide SlatorPro subscribers an easy-to-use selection of some of the most important changes happening among buy-side decision-makers. Continue reading
Language Data Startup UTH Raises Series C From China Big Tech
Backed by big China tech, language data startup UTH International raised a Series C, bringing total funds raised to about USD 30m. 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
The State of Neural Machine Translation for Asian Languages
Asian languages present unique challenges for NMT researchers, and a key to unlock emerging economies for providers. How far along is NMT for Asian languages? Continue reading
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Corporates Going All in on Neural Machine Translation Research
Long the domain of academia, fundamental research in machine translation has become a battleground for big tech and niche providers. Continue reading
SlatorCon 2018—Your Definitive Guide And Key Takeaways
SlatorCon tour took in four global cities across three continents in 2018 and featured a grand total of 35 speakers representing the full breadth of the language industry from startups, language... Continue reading
Slator’s Most Popular Language Industry Stories of 2018
How not to fall prey to bogus LSPs, arrests for pirated translations, translation missteps seen around the world, humble admissions from online giants, and the end to the ownership battle for the... Continue reading
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... Continue reading
GoPro, Tencent, Wordbee Share Stage at SlatorCon SF 2018 Technology Panel
Executives from Wordbee, GoPro, and Tencent discussed a number of key issues at SlatorCon San Francisco 2018 during the Technology Panel, and one takeaway was the limitations of neural machine... Continue reading
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A Rundown on SlatorCon San Francisco 2018
Hot take on SlatorCon San Francisco 2018. A rundown of main themes and speakers from Slator’s one-day flagship event for the language industry including photo gallery. Continue reading
Neural Machine Translation Research Output Ballooned in the First Half of 2018
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
TransPerfect Buys TranslateNow as Sales Surge 21% in First 5 Months
TransPerfect buys San Francisco-based TranslateNow in first acquisition since legal battle ended. Sales up 21% to USD 275m in first five months of 2018 as execs who had left in protest over... Continue reading
May 2018 Marked (yet) Another Record Month for Neural Machine Translation
Some familiar names helped pushed May 2018 to the top of the charts in terms of neural machine translation research. Meanwhile, the hottest research trends appear to be the race to better quality... Continue reading
AI Interpreter Fail at China Summit Sparks Debate about Future of Profession
Tencent’s attempt to showcase their latest AI voice recognition and real-time translation engines backfired. Netizens screenshot and circulated embarrassing mistakes, sparking off an online... Continue reading
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