Slator Language Industry Buyer Tracker for July 2024 – slator.com
One key group in the USD 27.9bn language industry is the buyers and users who make or influence decisions about which technologies are deployed and which vendor or group of vendors gets a company’s business. Slator’s Language Industry Buyer Tracker monitors activity among more than 700,000 localization professionals on the social network. Our comprehensive monitoring captures the […]
How to Teach Large Language Models to Translate Through Self-Reflection – slator.com
In a June 12, 2024 paper researchers from Tencent AI and the Harbin Institute of Technology introduced TasTe, a method for teaching large language models (LLMs) to translate through self-reflection. The key idea is to enable LLMs to generate preliminary translations (i.e., drafts), self-evaluate their own translations, and make refinements based on the evaluation. The […]
Mars Translation Addressed Major Market Gaps with Its Comprehensive Translation Solutions – slator.com
The internet has shrunk the world, and borders seem less defined as digital technologies connect us like never before. It has ignited a global business landscape where more companies are looking beyond their domestic markets. There are endless opportunities for companies in global markets; however, the competition is getting even more dense. It has now […]
eBay’s New In-House Large Language Model for E-commerce Can Also Translate – slator.com
In a June 17, 2024 paper, eBay introduced its own series of large language models (LLMs), tailored specifically for the e-commerce sector. These models, named LiLiuM 1B, 7B, and 13B, were developed in-house to meet eBay’s specific needs across various applications, including translation, in the e-commerce domain, providing full control over licenses, data, vocabulary, and […]
XTM International Unveils XTM Cloud 13.7 Featuring Revolutionary XTM AI SmartContext – slator.com
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, July 1, 2024 – XTM International, a global leader in translation technology, is thrilled to announce the launch of XTM Cloud 13.7. This latest release comes with a wide range of innovative features designed to drive efficiency, elevate translation quality, and offer a new level of control and flexibility. At the forefront […]
European Commission Announces Tilde as a Winner of the Large AI Grand Challenge – slator.com
EC Commissioner Thierry Breton just announced Tilde, a leading European language technology company, as a winner of the Large AI Grand Challenge. The award includes a € 250,000 monetary prize and 2 million GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) hours on the fastest supercomputer in Europe, LUMI, to develop a foundational Large Language Model (LLM) for European […]
thebigword Showcases Commitment to CSR and ED&I – slator.com
thebigword, a leader in language solutions, is proud to highlight a series of new initiatives designed to enhance Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) efforts and further promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (ED&I) within the organisation and communities served. As part of its commitment to environmental sustainability, thebigword planted 60 trees at a local primary school, capturing […]
Google Translate Almost Doubles its Language Coverage Overnight – slator.com
Google has announced that — for the first time in its history — it has released over 100 languages at once to its Google Translate product, almost doubling its language coverage overnight from 133 languages to 243. The languages span from small indigenous languages with few native speakers, to major world languages with over 100 […]
ETH Zurich and Microsoft Unveil an AI Tool for Human Evaluation of Machine Translation – slator.com
In a June 18, 2024 paper, Vilém Zouhar and Mrinmaya Sachan from ETH Zurich, along with Tom Kocmi from Microsoft, presented a new approach to the human evaluation of machine translation (MT) systems that integrates AI assistance to improve the efficiency and consistency of the evaluation process. Evaluating the performance of MT systems is an […]
EasyTranslate Launches HumanAI: Revolutionising Translation with The Best Of Humans And AI – slator.com
Copenhagen, Denmark – June 27 2024 – EasyTranslate, an AI-powered language operations platform, has launched HumanAI, designed to transform the translation industry. The translation market has long been split into two segments: technology providers and service providers. This separation has created a gap, as there has not been a single solution that combines both. The […]