California Court Interpreter Workforce Pilot Program Is in Full Swing – slator.com

The California Court Interpreter Workforce Pilot Program was approved by the Judicial Council in May 2024 and as of April 2025, it had engaged 117 participants across 19 courts.  The program offers an incentive to candidates by reimbursing them for their interpreting training expenses and examination fees, covering up to three exams. It also requires […]

The European Commission Launches a Free Web AI Translation Plugin – slator.com

The European Commission (EC) has unveiled WEB-T, a new, free plugin designed to automatically translate website content into more than 24 languages.  Developed under the Commission’s DIGITAL Europe program, the AI translation tool is designed to increase access to online information and help businesses reach a wider audience in and beyond Europe. Research from DG […]

Get Ready for MT Summit 2025: Highlights and Expectations – slator.com

The 20th edition of the Machine Translation Summit (MT Summit 2025) will take place in Geneva from June 23 to 27. Organized biennially, the Summit brings together researchers, practitioners, and industry stakeholders working on machine translation and adjacent language technologies.  This year’s conference will feature a broad scientific program, including over 70 peer-reviewed research papers, […]

Huawei Steps up Work on Document-Level AI Translation – slator.com

In an April 8, 2025 paper, researchers from Huawei and Soochow University proposed a new approach to improving document-level AI translation using large language models (LLMs).  Previously, the researchers suggested improving document-level AI translation by first promoting the LLM with a summary of the document and translations of key entity terms (e.g., names, places, events). […]