Tag: machine translation
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Back up and running
It’s hard for me to believe that my last post here was May 2019. So much has happened. Apart from the obvious (i.e., pandemic), the language services market finds itself in the midst of major transition, as it adapts to the widespread use and acceptance of artificial intelligence, large language models, and ever-improving machine translation.…
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Convergence in Language Services
The average person tends to think of translation and interpreting as essentially the same thing. If you can speak, read, and write in two languages, you should be able to translate as well as you interpret, and vice versa. Those of us in the language-service industry know better. We understand how different these professions can…
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How close are we to real-time translation technology?
In an excellent recent article that examines the state of real-time translation technology, Professor David Arbesú, of the University of South Florida, explores where we stand in terms of knocking down the global language barrier. The short answer: technology is quickly improving, but it still relies heavily on human translators to make it work.
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Keeping abreast with technology
What lessons, as language service professionals, can we take from this year? Technology continues to make inroads into our business and livelihoods. For translators, this comes in the form of more advanced CAT tools and ever-improving machine translation, along with an increasing number of cloud-based applications at our disposal. For interpreters, VoIP software, from Skype…