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May 19, 2022 • 3min
Translated announces merger with ModernMT
Translated, a Rome, Italy-based language service provider (LSP), announced May 19 that it has finalized plans to merge with the machine translation (MT) provider ModernMT.
May 19, 2022 • 3min
Using AI to assess literary and religious translations
A recent study published in the journal IEEE Access is shining light on ways in which artificial intelligence (AI) tools can be used to assess the quality of a human-created translation.
May 19, 2022 • 4min
Netflix expands translations on Global Accessibility Awareness Day
Netflix is making it easier for everyone to enjoy its content — on Global Accessibility Awareness Day, no less.
May 19, 2022 • 3min
RWS shares drop 19% after BPEA abstains from takeover
RWS shares declined sharply this morning as Baring Private Equity Asia Fund VIII (BPEA) announced that it would not be making an offer for the language services provider (LSP).
May 16, 2022 • 4min
Bill supports New York City Chinatown’s English-Chinese street signs
Since the 1960s Manhattan’s Chinatown has featured bilingual street signs, but recently these signs have begun to disappear.
May 16, 2022 • 3min
Applying corpus linguistics in the courthouse
It looks like the next group of professionals to hone their understanding of corpus linguistics could be lawyers.
May 13, 2022 • 4min
24 languages added to Google Translate using zero-shot translation
Earlier this week, Google announced that its machine translation (MT) platform, Google Translate, will now offer 24 more languages.
May 12, 2022 • 3min
Meta gives researchers full access to its large language model, OPT-175B
Earlier this month, Meta announced the development of its large language model Open Pretrained Transformer (OPT-175B), which has been trained on 175 billion parameters from public datasets.
May 11, 2022 • 3min
Should coding count for foreign language requirements?
A bill in the Louisiana State Senate could allow schools to offer programming languages in place of a foreign language.
May 10, 2022 • 3min
Microsoft adds Ukrainian to Reading Progress platform
Earlier this month, Microsoft announced that its Reading Progress tool — a free platform that allows teachers to assess students’ reading progress — will include Ukrainian in its list of available languages.
