no_tag - China 2.0 on Diigo Groups

Google is preparing to launch Google Translation Center
posted by James OReilly on 2008-08-08
This is an interesting move, and it has broad implications for the translation industry, which up until now has been fragmented and somewhat behind the times, from a technology standpoint
posted by James OReilly on 2008-08-08
Google has been investing significant resources in a multi-year effort to develop its statistical machine translation technology.
posted by James OReilly on 2008-08-08
Google Translation Center is a straightforward and very clever way to gather a large corpus of parallel texts to train its machine translation systems.
posted by James OReilly on 2008-08-08
If Google releases an API for the translation management system, it could establish a de facto standard for integrated machine translation and translation memory, creating a language platform around which projects like Der Mundo can build specialized applications and collect more training data.
posted by James OReilly on 2008-08-08
On the other hand, GTC could be bad news for translation service bureaus — especially those that use proprietary translation management systems as a way to hold customers and translators hostage.
posted by James OReilly on 2008-08-08
For freelancers, GTC could be very good news; they could work directly with clients and have access to high quality productivity tools. Overall this is a welcome move that will force service providers to focus on quality, while Google, which is competent at software, can focus on building tools.
posted by James OReilly on 2008-08-08
That strategy would also eliminate a potential conflict of interest
posted by James OReilly on 2008-08-08
translation professionals are understandably wary of contributing to something that could put them out of work
posted by James OReilly on 2008-08-08
as well as avoid channel conflicts with partners who will be their best advocates in selling to various clients
posted by James OReilly on 2008-08-08
my guess is Google will make this a free tool for the translation industry to use, and it will figure the money part out later. It can afford to be patient
posted by James OReilly on 2008-08-08
I remain convinced that a multilingual web will be a reality in a short time, and that a menagerie of tools and services will emerge over the next few years — some geared toward helping translators, some toward building translation communities, and others that make publishing multilingual sites and blogs easy and intuitive.
posted by James OReilly on 2008-08-08
the web will begin translating itself, and within a short time
posted by James OReilly on 2008-08-08

James OReilly

Expand
Collaborative Translation

Tags: no_tag on 2008-08-25 -Cached -About Shared by:James OReilly

Preview

James OReilly

Expand
german.china.org.cn

Tags: no_tag on 2008-07-29 -Cached -About Shared by:James OReilly

Preview

James OReilly

Expand
http://www.chinaculture.org

Tags: no_tag on 2008-07-29 -Cached -About Shared by:James OReilly

Preview

James OReilly

Expand
Beijing taxis provide eight language services - People's Daily Online

Tags: no_tag on 2008-07-28 -Cached -About Shared by:James OReilly

Preview

James OReilly

Expand
China’s Second Life: HiPiHi, in translation at Virtual China

Tags: no_tag on 2008-07-27 -Cached -About Shared by:James OReilly

Preview

James OReilly

Expand
Wi-Fi TV to ‘Aggressively’ Enter World’s Largest Web Market–C...

Tags: no_tag on 2008-07-27 -Cached -About Shared by:James OReilly

Preview

James OReilly

Expand
The Hindu News Update Service

Tags: no_tag on 2008-07-27 -Cached -About Shared by:James OReilly

Preview

James OReilly

Expand
Athletes to blog Olympic Games - vnunet.com

Tags: no_tag on 2008-07-27 -Cached -About Shared by:James OReilly

Preview

Group Bookmarks tagged

Expand
Australian Visa wizard - Visas & Immigration

Expand
Big Tech Companies Back Global Plan to Shield Online Speech - NYTimes.c...

Expand
Skype: We didn't know about security issues | News - Security - CNET Ne...

Expand
This download requires Pando. Get it free! | Pando

Expand
This download requires Pando. Get it free! | Pando

Expand
Skype's China spying sparks anger | U.S. | Reuters

Expand
Virtual Translation Conference - Collaborative Translation

Expand
Komorowski Designs

Expand
Subtitling, Transcription, Language Translation, and Webcasting - Colla...

Expand
Chineseblast.com | Site25 Blog

Expand
Google Translation Center, a New Human Translations Service in the Maki...

Expand
Google Translation Center: The World’s Largest Translation Me...

Expand
Collaborative Translation

Expand
german.china.org.cn

Expand
http://www.chinaculture.org

Expand
Beijing taxis provide eight language services - People's Daily Online

Expand
China’s Second Life: HiPiHi, in translation at Virtual China

Expand
Wi-Fi TV to ‘Aggressively’ Enter World’s Largest Web Market–C...

Expand
The Hindu News Update Service

Expand
Athletes to blog Olympic Games - vnunet.com

China 2.0

Search Group Bookmarks

Related Tags

View Bookmark Tags ( 35 )

Diigo - Highlight and Share the Web!

Group Bookmarks tagged

Expand Australian Visa wizard - Visas & Immigration

Expand Big Tech Companies Back Global Plan to Shield Online Speech - NYTimes.c...

Expand Skype: We didn't know about security issues | News - Security - CNET Ne...

Expand This download requires Pando. Get it free! | Pando

Expand This download requires Pando. Get it free! | Pando

Expand Skype's China spying sparks anger | U.S. | Reuters

Expand Virtual Translation Conference - Collaborative Translation

Expand Komorowski Designs

Expand Subtitling, Transcription, Language Translation, and Webcasting - Colla...

Expand Chineseblast.com | Site25 Blog

Expand Google Translation Center, a New Human Translations Service in the Maki...

Expand Google Translation Center: The World’s Largest Translation Me...

Expand Collaborative Translation

Expand german.china.org.cn

Expand http://www.chinaculture.org

Expand Beijing taxis provide eight language services - People's Daily Online

Expand China’s Second Life: HiPiHi, in translation at Virtual China

Expand Wi-Fi TV to ‘Aggressively’ Enter World’s Largest Web Market–C...

Expand The Hindu News Update Service

Expand Athletes to blog Olympic Games - vnunet.com

China 2.0

Search Group Bookmarks

Related Tags

View Bookmark Tags ( 35 )

Diigo - Highlight and Share the Web!

Expand
Australian Visa wizard - Visas & Immigration

Expand
Big Tech Companies Back Global Plan to Shield Online Speech - NYTimes.c...

Expand
Skype: We didn't know about security issues | News - Security - CNET Ne...

Expand
This download requires Pando. Get it free! | Pando

Expand
This download requires Pando. Get it free! | Pando

Expand
Skype's China spying sparks anger | U.S. | Reuters

Expand
Virtual Translation Conference - Collaborative Translation

Expand
Komorowski Designs

Expand
Subtitling, Transcription, Language Translation, and Webcasting - Colla...

Expand
Chineseblast.com | Site25 Blog

Expand
Google Translation Center, a New Human Translations Service in the Maki...

Expand
Google Translation Center: The World’s Largest Translation Me...

Expand
Collaborative Translation

Expand
german.china.org.cn

Expand
http://www.chinaculture.org

Expand
Beijing taxis provide eight language services - People's Daily Online

Expand
China’s Second Life: HiPiHi, in translation at Virtual China

Expand
Wi-Fi TV to ‘Aggressively’ Enter World’s Largest Web Market–C...

Expand
The Hindu News Update Service

Expand
Athletes to blog Olympic Games - vnunet.com