Tag: machine translation (MT)
Linguistic prejudice, race and machine translation
There are two basic approaches to grammar: the kind that says “this is what the rule book has said since 1858” and the kind...
Today’s new machine translation releases
Our January 2018 machine translation (MT) issue has just gone online, prominently featuring a host of new case studies on neural MT. It happens...
Google Translate’s deep AI upgrade represents the future of machine translation
Artificial intelligence may seem like science fiction, but it’s technically existed for decades. In 1951, students at the University of Manchester created a program...
Making the most of machine translation
Machine translation (MT) is ever-present in the translation industry. The technology is being used to shorten project timelines for language service providers (LSPs) and reduce...
Common Sense Advice about Machine Translation and Content
You'd need to be living on the moon if you still don't get it about how data quality impacts machine translation quality (actually, every...
Google Translate is Finished. Again.
We've heard this before. This time it's somewhat truer. Google Translate itself (http://translate.google.com/) isn't finished, but the API allowing third-party developers to use Google...
Not Convinced About Need for MT? A Must Read
If you are still not convinced of the about the need for effective machine translation (MT) then check out this PowerPoint deck from Greg...
¿Socially-Enabled What?
The big myth that the web is bringing us closer to other cultures or countries.
Far Too Easy: Knocking Machine Translation
Time for a more balanced, constructive debate about machine translation (MT).