Guest blogger Gabor Bessynei is the founding managing partner and CEO of MorphoLogic Localisation, a language service provider and technology company located in Budapest, and the developer of Globalese NMT, soon to be available in the Memsource technology platform. An expert on Neural Machine Translation, we asked Gabor to provide an overview of this new and rapidly evolving technology and what it means for the language industry.
“I like to think that I’m actually not a translator, I’m a hybrid who adds transcreation to everything I translate,” says Matthew Roselli, an English-Italian translator and business owner based in Alessandria, Italy.
Matthew began his translation career in 2010 and his fields of specialization are legal, finance, and marketing, but he considers himself an excellent “all-around” translator. He prides himself on his ability to quickly produce high-quality translations and offers unmatched service to his clients.
Arancho Doc is a leading translation and localization company headquartered in Italy with a network of strategic offices located across Europe. They specialize in technical and marketing translations and have been using Memsource since 2017.
Sales Director Inge Boonen spoke with us at the 2017 GALA Conference in Amsterdam about how the In-Context Preview feature has helped speed up translation times, streamline the review process, improve quality, and even gain new translation business.
Language service provider Ciklopea provides translation, localization, and consulting solutions to global businesses in the life sciences, IT and software, and technology and manufacturing sectors. They work with companies in 41 countries, in more than 30 languages, and over 150 language pairings. READ MORE →
Several hundred professionals from around the world gathered in sunny Barcelona on June 14-16 at LocWorld34 to network and learn about some of the latest trends in translation and localization. The conference generated many interesting topics and conversations surrounding new business practices, ideas, and technological advancements, focused around the theme of Continuous Delivery. READ MORE →
Memsource was a proud sponsor of the annual Conference of the European Association for Machine Translation (EAMT) on May 28-31, 2017 in Prague. Thanks to the mix of participants from both academia and translation industry, the conference sparked several interesting discussions, including the use of machine translation (MT) in professional translation.
As a sponsor and participant, Memsource presented a poster at the event which analyzed the use of MT in Memsource Cloud. Here’s what we found. READ MORE →
Skrivanek, a leading international language service provider, has chosen Memsource as one of its language technology tools. READ MORE →
“Machines can translate the words, but the human is needed to translate the meaning, to add the context, and to breathe life into the words,” says Andreea Olteanu, a freelance translator based in Lucca, Italy who translates Italian to English.
Andreea specializes in many industries, some of which include Information Technology, business/finance, arts/architecture, travel tourism, classical music, journalism, and marketing. She is consistently recognized by her clients and colleagues for not only delivering quality translations, but also providing flexibility, organization, and great communication skills.
Terminology consistency is essential in localization, especially in video game localization. Translations must be clear and concise, fit within specific spaces in the game (like text bubbles), and provide consistent and accurate instructions for players – inconsistency can easily confuse users or result in inaccurate instructions.
Game localization is now faster than ever and is moving towards the continuous delivery method of production, in which smaller strings of text are localized as needed instead of large batches of text for an entire game. Project managers have the difficult task of ensuring that new terminology translations will match previous ones, regardless of who is providing the translations. READ MORE →
“I’m fascinated by the way I can move ideas and perspectives from one language to another,” says Joël Dongmo Dontia, a freelancer and a student currently working on getting his Masters in Translation at Université de Dschang in Cameroon.
Joël is using Memsource to help jump start his career as a freelance translator. His determination to excel at school and in the translation market will make him a great addition to the freelance community.
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