The year starts with two major trends: a boom in AI, and a dim economic outlook. To stay relevant in a world where globalization processes are slowing down, and machines are becoming more adept at language tasks, localization teams need to reinvent themselves once more. We present a collection of specific ideas that respond to market trends and advances in technology.
With the impact ChatGPT had on localization industry and most other fields, millions of people learned that computers can already communicate and brainstorm better than most humans. Businesses are now aware of its capabilities, while AI labs roll out a much bigger GPT-4 model. I offer you an early outline the impact of this technology […]
Running professional human evaluations of machine translation performance requires detailed methodology and software tools to streamline the process. The most detailed approach to evaluation today is through labeling data such as errors and assign weights to critical issues using a variation of DQF/MQM ontology. In this article, we outline Custom.MT’s journey to selecting and implementing […]
Founded in 2005 as a think tank, TAUS has turned into a prominent marketplace for machine translation training datasets, and a data services provider. Gone are the days of hosting conferences, the TAUS team is now busy collecting text and speech data for the likes of Google and Microsoft in a crowded space alongside Appen, […]
Machine translation is an important field that connects humans across the planet, giving each person unprecedented access to information. Yet very little is published about the people who drive the industry forward. Starting out in MT, we realized that neither the business nor the scientific communities have a clear vision of who the movers and shakers in the industry are today.
Nowadays the world of translation is turning more and more to machine translation for several reasons. Before going through that, though, we need to make the point of what machine translation is.
By: Geri Mileva As machine translation grows as a field and welcomes new people, there is an increasing contribution of female leaders in the areas of implementation, advocacy, engineering, and computer science. With this article, we hope to provide to highlight the achievements of female leaders in MT and create mentoring opportunities for fresh specialists […]
We’re seeing a rise in the number of projects and requests that rely on raw machine translation. When Custom.MT started, clients wanted to train models to improve the productivity of human translators, and to reduce the cost. Today, more than half of the requests we get are about doing the translation fully automatically, without a […]
In 2018, the European Union set a milestone for data protection when it enforced the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This legislation made it compulsory for all types of organizations to delete personal data involving European citizens. Compliance with GDPR is now a requirement for all companies dealing with such data, whether they are based […]
Today’s race for leadership in machine translation (MT) is between IT Giants Google and Microsoft, a few small specialized companies like DeepL and ModernMT, and open-source projects. What does it take, and how does it feel — to expand the boundaries of science and business at the very top of the machine translation field?
In this article, you will discover new ground-breaking opportunities for localization companies and companies in other fields that are willling to optimize their efforts with machine translation. The insights are here to assist you in building a perfect strategy, both tech-intensive and cost-efficient, for 2022. Author: Konstantin Dranch 1. Bigger, Bolder Programs Salvo Giammarresi (AirBnB) […]
Infographic Machine Translation could signify a great boost for humanity, although being a rather niche business. According to research done over the last 2 years, it is calculated to have gained a 16% in growth. Important: MT is at least twice as big as TMS, and growing faster! Custom.MT Co-founder and researcher Konstantin Dranch has […]