Machine Translation and the Savvy Translator
Using machine translation is easy; using it critically requires some thought. Tick tock! As translators, we’re all too familiar with the experience of working…
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and the Future-Proofed Translator: What I Learned from TAUS
As language specialists, we tend to think of machine translation and artificial intelligence as the monsters under the bed. But if we’re willing to embrace these monsters, we can use them to our advantage.
Fake News
Yes, I hate this buzzword as much as you do, at least as it’s used in the present political climate. But it did capture…
Translation Commons: A Community for Language Professionals
Reblogged from The ATA Chronicle, with permission Translation Commons is a nonprofit, volunteer-based online community designed to facilitate collaboration among diverse sectors and stakeholders…
Using Neural Machine Translation Beyond Post-Editing
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So You Want to be a Freelance Translator or Interpreter: Tech and Tools
So You Want to be a Freelance Translator (or Interpreter): Tech and Tools When an artist sits down to begin a new project, he…
Artificial Intelligence and Translation Technology
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ATA Position Paper on Machine Translation: A Clear Approach to a Complex Topic
ATA’s Position on Machine Translation Machine translation is one of several valuable tools that translators can use to produce a professional translation. For reliable…
Language Technology Wiki: A Project “Devoted to Helping Evolve the Next Generation of Language Technology with Your Help”
At the end of last year I made a list of personal and professional achievements from 2017, which made me feel very positive about…
Tablets for Interpreters: The Device You Didn’t Know You Wanted
Reblogged from The ATA Chronicle with permission by the authors (incl. the images) Just as increases in laptop storage and processing capacity led to the replacement…
DeepL Questions
When DeepL, the neural machine translation engine (www.deepl.com/translator), was released at the end of August, it took me a few weeks to talk to…