When we first heard about JAJAH’s extremely simple process for providing machine-based telephone interpretation, it sounded too good to be true. The process is comprised of three easy steps — simply dial a number from any phone, speak in English, and hand your phone to the person who speaks Mandarin. The way it is described, […]

Yesterday they rolled up the red carpet and carted away the security stations at the XVIII Word Congress of the International Federation of Translators (FIT) in Shanghai, China. The first-ever-in Asia FIT conference drew over 1,500 delegates from 70 countries. Most were practicing translators and interpreters, but there was also a large smattering of academics […]

This week, there were rumblings about the forthcoming beta release of Google’s new translation management system (TMS), called Translation Center. If you’re familiar with Google Translate, you might be thinking, “Big deal, this is just a low-tech, human version of what they’re already doing.” If so, you would be wrong: This is big news for […]

When SDL acquired Trados in 2005, it inspired other developers of language software to leave the sidelines, improve their products, and advance the state of technology. With its purchase of Idiom earlier this year, SDL opened the floodgates of more innovation in technology and business models.