What’s the top trend in machine translation this year? For LexWorks, the answer, hands down, is diversity. Diversity of engines, diversity of services. In years past, our major request was for machine translation as a turnkey solution. That is, providing the gains of machine translation (turnaround speed, quality and, of course, price) but without the [...]
If you’re a new user of translation memory technology, the cost and time savings of not translating the same content over and over again can be pretty impressive. But what happens when, as a mature user, your company is seeing diminishing returns? When, at the same time, your translation memories are starting to show their [...]
Progressive companies today know that translation is not a cost center but a profit center, fueling international growth, customer satisfaction and profitability. So, how do your translation and localization processes stack up against global best practices? Take our quiz and find out. Centralization Which best applies to your company? 1. We have one department that [...]
Fully automated translation, or Machine Translation as it’s commonly known, is still an early adopters game for leading global enterprises – the Global 2000 or so. As a result, the older technology, Translation Memory, has yet to see any real impact. But we predict that this will change in the very near future, and that [...]
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 6,100 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 5 trips to carry that many people. Click here to [...]
I am writing to express my delight at last week’s meeting in Nairobi during the cocktail for Nairobi based translators. It was an eye opener in as far as we were reminded that translation isn’t only about translating the foremost world languages as we have all tended to believe. Early last year, I accompanied a [...]
Fraser Canyon, 1984 “This is the year of Dacker,” he tells us, dragging the back of his hand across his wet forehead and leaving behind a trail of dirt. Hs forehead, cheeks and the spot on the top of his head where his hair is thinning, have been reddened by the sun. The rest of [...]
Translators without Borders is initiating a free mentoring program for translators in emerging languages in Africa such as Swahili, Kikuyu and Kikamba. This will help develop local capacity for translating at precisely the time that it is needed most. As Africans go online in greater numbers than ever before, there will be a huge need [...]
This powerful photo essay is from the book “Hungry Planet”. It shows food expenditures for one week for a typical family in various countries of the world. If you click on the photos, you’ll see an enlarged view.