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Top 100 Open Datasets to Train AI Translation Models

A Guide for Localization Managers, AI Engineers, and Researchers Machine translation (MT) is transforming how we communicate across languages, and at the heart of this revolution are high-quality machine translation datasets. Whether you’re working with computer-assisted translation (CAT) tools, building custom MT models, or managing multilingual content, the right dataset can streamline your work, improve […]

New Pricing – 2H2025

Over the past year, Custom.MT focused on implementing AI with localization teams. Custom.MT Console’s key features are most effective when used by groups and teams: building increasingly more reliable localization workflows with large language models for translation, editing and terminology. At the same time, despite 200+ individual translators becoming users, the Translator Edition didn’t reach […]

Inside MT Summit 2025: Helena Moniz on the Future of Machine Translation, Ethics, and Emerging Trends

MT Summit 2025 marked a clear shift towards discussing deployments, inclusive design, and ‘communication’ instead of ‘translation’. We’ve already highlighted some of the most impactful papers presented this year in a curated list. But today, we’re going deeper with someone who shaped the summit from the inside out. Helena Moniz was General Chair of MT […]

MT Summit 2025: Curated List of Impactful Papers

The 20th Machine Translation Summit held in Geneva featured 76 presentations, including 37 poster sessions that shape the future of machine translation as a field. We present a curated list of impactful papers based on the User track proceedings. Key Trends from MT Summit 2025 Key topics this year included: Top 10 Innovations from MT […]

Deepseek for Translation 2: a Robin Hood Moment in AI

Part 1 of the evaluation with scores Full-sized infographic Сommunity’s evaluation of Deepseek’s translation accuracy is complete. Conclusion: Deepseek is a top-notch translation powerhouse racing nose-to-nose with the market leaders. The differences were small, and the ratings depended more on personal preferences of evaluators towards computer-generated translation, rather than model performance. And it will get […]

Deepseek for Translation: a Flash Evaluation

On January 28 we called for language industry peers to evaluate the new large language model Deepseek for translation tasks. More than 30 volunteers came forward, and the first results have already come in. We’re hoping to have at least 10-15 language combinations evaluated within the scope of this expercise. We will publish information as […]

Quality Estimation Draws Nearer to Adoption

Machine Translation Quality Estimation (QE) is a method to triage good and bad machine translations with the goal of reducing translation costs. In October, a translation company claimed they recently achieved savings of 35% in a $1 million localization contract. This is one of the first public proofs of the economic benefits of QE, and […]

Guide: How to Fine-Tune GPT-4o for Translation

OpenAI has recently expanded its offerings by making GPT-4o available for fine-tuning! Just in time for us to explore the custom translation opportunities provided by this advanced solution on the market. This new capability allows users to tailor GPT-4o to meet specific localization requirements, ensuring that the translation output adheres to pre-defined terminologies, translation memories, […]

Guide: How to Fine-Tune GPT-3.5 for Translation

OpenAI platform offers its users an opportunity to fine-tune GPT-3.5. For localization needs, one can train the AI to generate translation output with specific terminology, translation memory, and style guides. After the training, the model will not be able to generate dialogue-like answers anymore and will become a tool only for translation. When you train […]

Shopware 6 Connector

Custom.MT has developed a translation plugin for Shopware 6, a Germany-based eCommerce platform. The plugin connects online stores with machine translation and GenAI workflows in our Console. Expanding European shops for cross-border trade is complex, and this application provides support for nuanced and high-quality automated translation for various product categories. A medium-sized online store has […]

Mix Machine Translation + GenAI

Custom.MT Console has rolled out a key update: a way to combine the output of popular machine translation engines with generative AI. Localization specialists may now easily style MT output and “mix and blend colors” to get a more accurate and evocative machine translation that speaks with the audience. Machine translation engines are reliable but […]

Measuring Language Quality with Gen AI

This article details tactics to detect and label translation errors with GPT-4 AI model and to build bots for language quality assurance. In the example of error labeling above, Rembrandt’s name is misspelled. That’s a Fluency error – not something critical impeding our understanding, but looking sloppy on a marketing piece that refers to a […]