AI Writing: Threat or Opportunity for Language Service Providers?
Natural language generation (NLG) startups can help content creators write copy in multiple languages. But are AI writers a threat or an opportunity for LSPs?
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New UK Immigration Guidelines Address ‘Electronic Translation Devices’
While intended primarily for informal interactions, new UK immigration guidelines suggest exceptional cases where staff might use a translation device instead of on-site or telephone interpreting.
Research on Speech-to-Speech Translation is Booming
In just three months, universities and tech companies released over two dozen papers on speech-to-speech translation (S2ST), highlighting continuing trends, new directions in research.
‘Most important AI Model in the Last Decade’ — Meet Large Language Model BLOOM
Open-sourcing large language models is catching on among tech giants, such as Google and Meta. Now comes BLOOM, whose 1,000 contributors designed it with multilingualism in mind.
Some UN Interpreters Push Back Hard Against Remote Interpretation
UN interpreters blame technology for the decline in their working conditions. But the benefits of technology are real and should not be ignored by the interpreting community.
Slator 2023 Language Service Provider Index (Data as a Spreadsheet Download)
Spreadsheet with underlying data for the Slator 2023 LSPI: ca. 350 LSPs, 2022 revenues (USD), growth, ownership, headquarters, and more.
Appen Updates Investors on Productizing Linguistic Expertise
Among the platforms and workflows featured in Appen’s 2022 Investor Technology Day: Ontology Studio, which “productizes core components” of Appen’s “linguistic expertise.”
In Tech-Assisted Interpreting, the Tricky Problem of Non-English ‘Person Names’
New research shows that automatic speech recognition and speech translation systems also improve when training data includes multiple instances of a given name.
ICYMI: Meta Already Has Download-on-Demand Translation for Android and iOS
Among the many things cooking at Meta: downloadable language packs for Android and iOS users to enjoy download-on-demand translation.
Meta ‘Open-Sources’ Its Latest Large Language Model
Meta AI wants to make large language models more accessible to researchers with the release of OPT-175B; advocates R&D transparency and a “research mindset.”
In SEO, Google Says AI-Generated Content Is ‘Spam’
Google weighs in on how we should expect GPT-3-generated, multilingual content to figure in search rankings; explains why AI content violates its Webmaster Guidelines.
How Automation Affects the Translation Profession
With translation automation, users are able to focus on high-value tasks rather than repeating workflows; new, less mechanical, more dynamic human roles here to stay.
The Great Language Model Scale Off: Google’s PaLM
What does Google’s 540-billion parameter language model, PaLM, mean for machine learning and the language industry? Experts weigh in.
How Translators and Post-Editors Benefit From Speech Technologies
From increasing productivity to allowing a more flexible, translator-centered, ergonomic workflow and workspace, this is how translators and post-editors benefit from speech technologies.
Google Not Indexing Translated Content Remains an Issue, User Reports
Ever wonder why your multilingual website isn’t ranking higher on Google Search despite all the SEO fairy dust — and dollars — you’ve thrown at it? Here are some reasons straight from a Google Expert.
Neural Dubber: TikTok Parent Company ByteDance Explores Automated Dubbing
ByteDance publishes research examining whether synthesized human speech could come close to the “impressive ability” of professional voice actors in dubbing.
Facebook AI’s SOTA Speech Translation Models Go Against Grain
As the language industry turns to speech-to-speech translation, Facebook AI partners with “AI community” Hugging Face to release speech-to-text translation models for four languages.
Open-Source Tool Helps Users Anonymize Data in 24 EU Languages
EU data anonymization tool released in pre-beta; final version will be an open-source, deployable toolkit in 24 EU languages.
Behind the Scenes of the European Parliament’s Pivot to Remote Interpreting
The pandemic forced the European Parliament to quickly adopt remote interpreting and reconfigure on-site interpreting setups, with plans to establish regional interpreting hubs.
Smartling, memoQ, XTM Trade Differing Views at SlatorCon Remote
This is what happens when the CEOs of Smartling, XTM, and memoQ exchange views about trends in the TMS space and the future of the language market.
Still a Hassle for Translation Project Managers, But OCR Is Improving
Processing uneditable file formats remains a headache for Translation Project Managers — but better tools, aspirational disruptors, and accelerated research may change that.
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