CLD Café: Bringing Your I to AI – The Rapidly Changing Technology Landscape in Language Services
August 1 / 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EDT
Artificial intelligence is playing an ever-increasing role in the language services industry. Everyone—from individual translators and interpreters to the CEOs of the largest language services companies—is struggling to adapt to a future increasingly driven by AI and by customers’ expectations for radical new solutions. It is crucial to be aware of the current state of technology, how it is being used, and what the future holds for you as a language professional.
By attending this event, you will learn about NMT, large language models, and generative AI in a way that is understandable to non-techies from a leading expert in the field. You will learn how these technologies are being used in translation and localization, and gain insight into the kinds of centrally important roles for language professionals that are in demand as these technologies are applied more broadly.
About the Speaker
Jay Marciano has spent more than 27 years at the forefront of developing, applying, and explaining machine translation (MT). He has held senior positions at Transparent Language (1998-2001), SDL (2001-2010) and Lionbridge (2010-2020), where he was responsible for the global strategy of using MT to increase translation efficiency, and at Lengoo, where he was deeply involved in the creation of an AI product strategy. Jay is president of the Association for Machine Translation in the Americas (AMTA) and the International Association for Machine Translation (IAMT) and presents widely on MT, AI, and the future of the translation industry.