TechGist05

This is an unsolicited guest post that provides a view of translation technology that is typical of what is believed by many in the translation industry.   These initial preamble comments in italics are mine.   It provides an interesting contrast to the previous post ( Ending the Globalization Smoke Screen) on the need for LSPs to ask more fundamental questions and climb up higher in the value chain and contribute higher value advice on globalization initiatives. This is a view that sees the primary business of LSPs, and thus the role of technology, as being the management and performance of human translation work as efficiently as possible.  I think we have already begun to see that the most sophisticated LSPs now solve more complex and comprehensive translation problems for their largest customers, which often extends much beyond human translation work. In December 2016, the new SDL management reported that they translate 100 million words a month using tradit...

This is another in a series of LSP perspectives, this time from Tomedes, on MT and real-time translation technology. I do not always share the opinions of the guest writers, but I like to see differing views in this forum as they often help to understand the perceptual reality that we live in. For example, if people in power believe that Sadam Hussein has WMD, then it is easier to justify going to war even though actual data suggests the existence of WMD is not a reality. I generally do not edit these opinions except sometimes for minor typos and basic reading flow related edits. I may sometimes highlight some statements in bold to highlight something I think is central to the view being presented. I invite other LSPs who might want to use this forum to share a personal opinion on translation technology. I do not expect opinions to be the same as mine, and only ask that the post meets some basic quality requirements. This is also an opportunity to share some feedback fro...

This is another in a series of posts about LSP perspectives on MT . I may not always share the opinions of the guest writers, but I am a proponent of sharing differing views, and letting readers decide for themselves what makes the most sense to them. I do not edit these opinions except sometimes for minor typos and basic reading flow related edits. I may sometimes highlight some statements in bold to highlight something I think is central to the view. I invite other LSPs who might want to use this forum to share a personal opinion as long as it meets some basic quality requirements. I have left the original voice intact and have not edited it anyway. Unrelated to this post but worth a mention, I also saw an unfortunate and grossly ignorant, of how MT works, post by @dstaechelin which appears to have been taken down now. But it was interesting because it was representative of the most ignorant views on MT that we in the industry encounter with very superficial and facile criticism of ...