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Translation memory goes open source: An interview with Smith Yewell of Welocalize

July 8th, 2010 · 7 Comments

Translation memory helps companies re-use previously translated text, improving consistency and potentially saving money. But translation memory requires using translation memory software, which has for years largely meant using SDL Trados software. When a company hires a translation agency and requires that they use translation memory — not only must that agency have Trados software, [...]

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Tags: Machine Translation · Software Localization · Translation · Vendors

TAUS drops membership fees, finally

June 16th, 2010 · No Comments

The Translation Automation User Society has always been an organization that I’ve admired more in theory than in practice. That is, I admire the organization’s goal of broadly sharing translation memories (TM). But I’ve been less than enthusiastic about how this organization operates. TAUS always felt a bit like a country club — in which [...]

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Tags: Machine Translation · Translation

For the love of Chinglish

May 5th, 2010 · No Comments

As Shanghai cleans up its more humorous Chinese to English mistranslations, some folks are feeling wistful. Check out the NYT slideshow. Also, I was just told that the Telegraph has quite a trove of mistranslated signage here.

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Tags: China · Translation

When machine translation and volunteer translators collide: A YouTube/TED case study

April 2nd, 2010 · 1 Comment

Google recently announced a rather nifty feature in YouTube: Auto-translation of auto-generated video captions. So not only is Google automatically transcribing the text of its videos, it’s also providing translations — via machine translation. Now I just need a “machine reader” so I can process all of this new content — as I’m running out [...]

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Tags: Google · Machine Translation · Translation

Signs of a translation rebound in Latin America

March 17th, 2010 · No Comments

Idea Factory Languages, with 85 full-time employees and production centers in Brazil and Argentina, specializes in translation and localization for the Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese language markets. CEO Teddy Bengtsson periodically sends out “state of the business” updates which I always find interesting. I asked him if I could pass along his note and he [...]

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Tags: Languages · Translation · Vendors