Language AI Briefing June 2024 – slator.com
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Apple Offers Developers New Translation API When ‘Localization Alone Isn’t Sufficient’ – slator.com
[ad_1] Apple has announced two new translation APIs at its annual World Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), which ran from June 10 to June 14, 2024. While consumers were the audience for the newly unveiled Apple watch translation gadget, this API announcement is firmly targeted at app developers who wish to reach a wider user base. […]
Researchers Propose First ‘Transcription-Free’ Automatic Subtitling Model – slator.com
[ad_1] In a May 17, 2024 paper, Marco Gaido, Sara Papi, Matteo Negri, Mauro Cettolo, and Luisa Bentivogli from the Fondazione Bruno Kessler introduced a new approach to automatic subtitling (AS) that eliminates the reliance on intermediate transcripts for timestamp prediction. The researchers explained that subtitles consist of text blocks with corresponding time durations to […]
Humanless LSP as a Fun Weekend Project – slator.com
[ad_1] Florian and Esther discuss the language industry news of the week, giving a recap of SlatorCon London and exploring some use cases from the Slator Pro Guide: Language AI for Consumers. Florian talks about Andrew Ng’s recent project on agentic machine translation, which involves using large language models (LLMs) to create a virtual language […]
AI Pioneer Says ‘Agentic Machine Translation’ Has ‘Huge Potential’ – slator.com
[ad_1] An early software prototype for AI agentic translation was released on 11 June 2024 by a leading AI researcher. The experiment was a “fun weekend project” for Andrew Ng, who released the results as an open-source demo. Now Andrew Ng is not just another AI researcher. Ng is a co-founder of Coursera, the founder […]
RWS Shares Rally on Half-Year Results as Investors See AI Strategy Gaining Traction – slator.com
[ad_1] UK-based Super Agency, RWS, announced a 4% drop in half-year revenues in its financial results for the six months to March 31, 2024. The results, which are in line with the company’s recent trading update to investors, confirm the challenging market conditions for the language service and technology provider, with group revenues of GBP […]
Terra Translations CEO Marina Ilari on Why Game Localization Is Her Passion – slator.com
[ad_1] Marina Ilari, CEO of Terra Translations and Terra Localizations, joins SlatorPod to talk about her professional journey and the world of game localization. The CEO shares the strategic decision to create Terra Localizations in 2008 to cater specifically to the gaming industry’s requirements. She attributes the company’s growth to the ability to offer boutique-level […]
ZOO Digital Acquires Italian Dubbing Partner LogoSound – slator.com
[ad_1] Media localization provider, ZOO Digital, has acquired long-time dubbing partner LogoSound. The acquisition of an Italian-based dubbing studio is a first for ZOO, and has enabled the media localizer to establish Milan-based “ZOO Italia”. Founded in 2006, LogoSound provides dubbing services in Italian to Agostini Editore, Boing, Malvista Entertainment, Turner Broadcasting System Europe, and […]
New Members of the European Master’s in Translation Network Announced for 2024-2029 – slator.com
[ad_1] The European Commission (EC) has announced the new members of the European Master’s in Translation (EMT) Network for the term 2024-2029. A total of 81 Master’s in Translation programs from 23 countries across Europe and beyond have been selected, showcasing the highest standards in translator training. The European Master’s in Translation is recognized as […]
Apple Watch Set to Get a Translation Widget – slator.com
[ad_1] The big theme for Apple’s annual conference (this year’s iteration – WWDC 2024) was clearly AI — more specifically, the variant the tech behemoth has called “Apple Intelligence.” The nearly two-hour-long keynote on June 10, 2024, discussed a range of new developments, for a variety of Apple products, with many of the new or […]