Anthropic’s Claude 3 Opus Is a Good Low-Resource Translator – slator.com

[ad_1] In an April 22, 2024 paper, Maxim Enis and Mark Hopkins from Williams College showcased the superior machine translation (MT) capabilities of Claude 3 Opus, a large language model (LLM) released by Anthropic in March 2024. Specifically, they revealed Claude’s “state-of-the-art” MT ability across various language pairs, including low- and very low-resource language pairs, […]

How To Improve Post-Editing Capabilities of Large Language Models – slator.com

[ad_1] In an April 11, 2024 paper, Dayeon Ki and Marine Carpuat from the University of Maryland demonstrated that guiding large language models (LLMs) with external feedback on quality improves their machine translation post-editing (MTPE) capabilities. The authors acknowledged that previous studies explored the potential of applying LLMs in automatic post-editing machine translation (PEMT). However, […]

Slator Language Industry Buyer Tracker for May 2024 – slator.com

[ad_1] Slator is the leading source of news and research for the global translation, localization, and language technology industry. Our Advisory practice is a trusted partner to clients looking for independent analysis. Headquartered in Zurich, Slator has a presence in Asia, Europe, and the US. [ad_2] Source link

Weapons Manufacturer Raytheon Open Sources Speech Translation Dataset – slator.com

[ad_1] Researchers Shannon Wotherspoon, William Hartmann, and Matthew Snover from Raytheon BBN published a paper in March 2024 introducing a corpus based on a set of Mandarin Chinese audio training data for speech machine translation (MT) with matched text translations into English. Raytheon BBN is a research and technology company within the Raytheon (RTX) group, […]

LanguageWire Buys DITA Localization Specialist WhP in France – slator.com

[ad_1] Denmark-headquartered language service provider (LSP) LanguageWire is back on the M&A trail with its acquisition of WhP International. The terms of the transaction, which was completed on April 5, 2024, were not disclosed. WhP was founded 30 years ago and has offices in Quebec and London in addition to its France headquarters. The company […]

RWS Half-Year 2024 Results Reveal Challenging Outlook – slator.com

[ad_1] In its first-half 2024 trading update, RWS sees revenue decline, but less sharply than before, and says it is relying on AI offerings and growth initiatives to offset ongoing headwinds. The post RWS Half-Year 2024 Results Reveal Challenging Outlook appeared first on Slator. [ad_2] Source link

Trados Enhances Platform With New Accessibility, AI and Management Features – slator.com

[ad_1] Trados, the industry-leading translation platform by RWS, recently announced the upcoming release of Trados Studio 2024, the latest version of their popular computer-assisted translation tool. Studio 2024 is packed full of exciting new features that improve accessibility, democratize access to generative AI, and increase management capabilities: • Enhance accessibility with features that ensure your […]

Language Models Can Predict the Most Suitable Translation Techniques, Study Finds – slator.com

[ad_1] In a March 21, 2024 paper, Fan Zhou and Vincent Vandeghinste from KU Leuven demonstrated that language models can predict the most suitable translation techniques for translation and post-editing tasks.  The researchers highlighted a set of persistent issues that remain in MT such as word-for-word translation, false friends, ambiguity, information omission or addition, and […]

TransPerfect Acquires Media Localization Firm Content Lab – slator.com

[ad_1] On April 22, 2024, TransPerfect announced the acquisition of Content Lab, a media localization firm located in South Africa. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Content Lab is described as the “leading localization facility in South Africa”, and operates from its flagship studio in Cape Town. The media localization firm has reportedly […]