Three (Surprising) Reasons for Poor Quality Translations
This post was originally published on Content Rules. It is reposted with permission. Usually, when someone tells you that your translations are poor, the…
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The New Espacenet Tools for Patents Translation
Originally, the Espacenet interface (now called classic Espacenet) was available in the three official languages of the hosting European Patent Office (EPO) site: English,…
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Voice Recognition in Windows 11
Operating systems have become increasingly less important now that so much has moved to the cloud and so many browser-based applications don’t care whether…
Read MoreIntento for Translators
What are the pros and cons of using a tool like Intento that allows you simultaneous access to dozens of machine translation (MT) engines?…
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Savvy Diversification Series – Diversification into Machine Translation
The Savvy Newcomer team has been taking stock of the past year and finding that one key priority for many freelance translators and interpreters…
Read MoreOPUS-CAT: A State-of-the-Art Neural Machine Translation Engine on Your Local Computer
Neural machine translation (NMT) is one of the success stories of deep learning and artificial intelligence. Revolutionary innovations in the computational architectures made in…
Read MoreIs Applying ISO Standards to Information Security the New Black in Translation?
Machine translation has grown exponentially. Translators need to adjust their standard practice to this new reality to provide high-quality translation services.
Read MoreLanguage Access in the Courts: How Technology Saved the Day During a Pandemic
On March 17, 2020, the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara received approval for an emergency order to suspend all non-emergency services—all criminal, civil, family, traffic, small claims, and probate proceedings—until April 3. Little did we know the courthouse would remain closed physically, but operational nonetheless, for more than a year.
Read MoreData Privacy and MT Engines
I know some of you might not be enthusiastic about me writing again about data privacy when using generic machine translation (MT) engines like…
Read MoreAutomating Computer Tasks Is Easier than You Think
Whenever I face a repetitive task, I wonder if there’s a way to automate it to make it go faster. This weekend, for instance,…
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