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Machine translation needs more than a simple proofread – here’s why
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What was Christopher Columbus’ real name?
Reading time: 5 mins You may find the titular question somewhat redundant – is Christopher Columbus’ name not… Christopher Columbus? The answer is yes and no, and the question opens up a broader discussion on translating proper names. We will explore this topic with numerous examples that may help you with dilemmas in English and some other languages, as well as improve your writing. To start, let us refresh our knowledge on proper nouns. [...]
Death by ambiguity: why source text clarity is crucial for precise translation
Reading time: 4 mins You are on a tight deadline and you have a load of documents that need translating. You quickly jot down some text in your native language or maybe even English, though it is not your first language. Hold on a second! Have you considered how ambiguous phrases could get lost in translation? Let us dive into why crystal-clear source texts are non-negotiable. Have you ever played Chinese whispers? One person [...]
Conquer local markets through user interface translation
Reading time: 4 mins Recently, the local press has reported that the Slovene government is in talks with Apple to convince them to include the Slovene language on their devices.[1] This is not the first time the issue has been brought up and also not unique to Slovenia, although certainly more commonly observed in countries with a comparably small market. Even though globalisation and the internet have dramatically increased English proficiency among users of [...]
Is ChatGPT a good translator?
Reading time: 5 mins In our previous article we looked at ChatGPT from the perspective of the translation industry; does it pose a threat to human translators or is it a welcome companion? The article briefly touched on ChatGPT’s machine translation (MT) capabilities and its potential advantages over other online MT tools. ChatGPT’s main advantage compared to other free online translators, such as Google Translate or DeepL, is that it cannot only translate a [...]
Translation in the digital age: how machine translation is changing the pharmaceutical industry
Reading time: 6 mins In line with global trends, the medical and pharmaceutical sectors are generating increasing volumes of text. Driven by global manufacturing and distribution of products coupled with regulatory demands, these written documents all require translations into local languages. The near-exponential growth of demand for translation is increasing; tackling all of this work is putting more and more strain on human translators and, consequently, possible alternative solutions are being explored. The advent [...]
ChatGPT: translation industry’s friend or foe?
Reading time: 5 mins It is almost certain that you have at least heard the name ChatGPT in the last few months. This AI-powered tool has taken the world by storm, opening up several discussions on how it and other similar tools will fundamentally change the way we work. Scenarios vary from utopian to downright terrifying – not necessarily in the form of a Terminator-like future, but rather by way of uncertainty of which [...]
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