Ten questions to ask about translation technology
Because of the inefficiency and expense of traditional translation, it’s no wonder companies are looking for options that are faster and more cost efficient....
Conversational User Experience: Language Learning with Duolingo
Duolingo user experience shows how smart use of people and technology delivers satisfied users and increases language skills. For many, Duolingo is the “only game” in town.
Kudos and Comhghairdeas* to Duolingo’s Irish Language Volunteers
The Irish President (Uachtarán Na hEireann) Michael D. Higgins (Micheál D Ó hUigínn) (@PresidentIRL) has publicly recognized seven volunteers for their work in building up the Irish...
Disruptive innovation in translation management systems
It wasn't all that long ago that computer-aided translation tools and translation memory (TM) were a new concept. By the late 1990s, language service...
Boaty McBoatface: Man versus Machine at Localization World
Yes, the whole Boaty McBoatface thing has now entered the language space too.
Parsey McParseface, part of Google's SyntaxNet, an open-source neural network framework implemented in TensorFlow...
ICU joins Unicode Consortium. What does that mean?
On 18th May, Unicode Consortium announced that ICU joined the Unicode Consortium.
What does that mean? it's not your usual announcement that this or that...
Wearabletech: Gucci Translate Anyone?
This innovation from IconSpeak caught my eye recently, though not the attention of my credit card.
It's a t-shirt printed with icons that enables global...
Emerging localization technology for startups
Our Startup localization issue went live today, and in celebration, we’re sharing a guest post on the subject from Blazej Szperlinski of Text United....
“Hello. Is it .ME You’re Looking For?” L10n Storytelling for Coders
Using plain language and reflecting the user's world are long-established tenets of software user experience (UX). These days we might talk more about context and...