Artificial Intelligence and Translation Technology

By The ATA Chronicle | March 8, 2019

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ATA Position Paper on Machine Translation: A Clear Approach to a Complex Topic

By ATA | August 14, 2018

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”

By The ATA Chronicle | March 20, 2018

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

By The Savvy Newcomer | January 30, 2018

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

By The ATA Chronicle | October 31, 2017

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…

Translators without Borders and Technology

By The ATA Chronicle | July 17, 2017

Translators without Borders is a nonprofit organization based in the U.S. that “aims to close the language gaps that hinder critical humanitarian and development…

Morphing into the Promised Land

By The ATA Chronicle | March 21, 2017

I’ve been very interested in morphology in translation technology. No, let me put that differently: I’ve been very frustrated that the translation environment tools…

Computer-Assisted Translation Tools: A Digest

By The Savvy Newcomer | March 14, 2017

I recently asked the community of translators on ATA’s Business Practices listserv to weigh in on the pros and cons of the Computer-Assisted Translation…

Neural Machine Translation

By The ATA Chronicle | September 9, 2016

Do we need to start shivering in fear when we hear folks talking about neural machine translation? There has been much in the news…

Taking Advantage of an Opportunity

By The ATA Chronicle | May 19, 2016

The story of how one translator taught himself what he needed to know to be able to take advantage of an opportunity. Let me…

Why Machine Translation Should Have a Role in Your Life. Really!

By The Savvy Newcomer | May 3, 2016

By Spence Green (@LiltHQ) Reblogged from the The Language of Translation blog with permission from the author (incl. the image) Guest author Spence Green talks…

Tech Talk: Software and Tools for Translators

By The Savvy Newcomer | February 9, 2016

In 2014, I made two life-changing decisions: I committed to working as a freelance translator, and I purchased a PC after years of Apple…