Stay on top of how technology shapes the language, translation, and localization services industries
Select users test OpenAI’s 175-billion-parameter language model GPT-3 in private beta and light up Twitter with examples of its output. Could it impact the language industry? Continue reading
University of Bologna at Forlì launches free, open-source, online training platform for remote simultaneous interpreters. Continue reading
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
Virtual assistants are already part of the e-commerce setting, but taking them multilingual and training them for conversations with multiple variables still poses challenges. Continue reading
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
Natural language processing and neural MT feature heavily as Facebook discusses developments in artificial intelligence at their developer conference F8 2019. Continue reading
How a simple language-learning shortcut using Google Translate went viral and inspired newbie app localizers to try a DIY approach to localization. Continue reading
As NLP developments march on unabated, recent news reflects the state of research, investor excitement, and production deployment levels for current technologies. Continue reading
Language industry startups Unbabel and Lilt took to the stage at one of Europe’s largest machine learning conferences and explained how they build atop evermore sophisticated AI tech. Continue reading
US research agency IARPA is conducting an open competition under one of its main programs that challenges participants to build a system where users search audio and text documents in... Continue reading
A rundown of the translation and interpretation gadgets and earpieces presented at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Continue reading
As language data becomes increasingly prominent in the age of neural networks and machine learning, a number of use cases highlight the need for high quality training data, such as South Korea’s... Continue reading
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Adopting the right language technology is essential to improving productivity and remaining competitive in the translation and localization industry. Advances in artificial intelligence (AI), natural language processing (NLP), machine translation (MT) and translation management systems (TMS) are making significant changes into the way language solution providers (LPSs) and their clients work. Read More
What translation technologies and pricing models will work best for your company is dependent on a number of variables including the company type (LSP or client), company size, industry focus, industry regulations, technology platform, budget and more. Companies need to have the latest translation technology updates and commentary from industry experts to know which technology will be best applied to their business model.
Whether the company focus is in the business of media, gaming, finance, legal, life sciences, public sector or any of a number of other industries, it will rely on exacting and articulate translation and localization and its success is determined by its embrace and utilization of the latest in translation technologies.
In addition to aiding in your business sector, staying abreast of the latest language technology can help companies to research and expand into new market sectors. For example, understanding the similarities in the operating models and client requirements in the media and gaming industries can support the expansion from one of these industry sectors into the other.
The expansion into new markets and adoption of language technology is only the beginning. There are constant advances in the User Interface (UI) and features designed to improve the user experience and these functionalities can also be customized to the client’s unique requirements.
Underpinning all of this is the constant drive towards automation and cloud-based solutions. Slator’s new and research help firms stay on top of these rapid changes in the technology landscape.
By subscribing to Slator’s free weekly newsletter and market intelligence services, and attending the translation localization conferences and events hosted by Slator around the world, companies will stay well-informed on all the latest translation technology updates.
Slator is the trusted source of information for the latest time-sensitive advances in language technologies, as well as a highly-regarded source of research reports and market intelligence. These last two features can help firms look deeper into the latest advances in language technology and adapt their business models to include them in order to stay ahead of the competition.
In addition to raising awareness through Slator’s news and research, attending Slator’s localization events and conferences enables companies to engage language industry experts on the technologies and solutions they have developed. For example, recent technology speakers at SlatorCon events include Acrolinx Founder Andrew Bredenkamp, Systran CEO Jean Senellart, Smartling CEO Jack Welde and memoQ CEO Norbert Oroszi.
Access to these language technology leaders provides a complete understanding of why the technology in question was developed and how it is being utilized in real case studies. It also will expose attendees to a broad spectrum of opinions and analyses of the latest technologies and allow you to participate in the discussion.
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