The new version of Kilgray’s translation memory tool MemoQ 4.0 is released.
Version 4 contains the following improvements:
Brand new text editor. The new text editor is faster, more reliable, provides the same functionality what you got used to in previous versions and much more: drag and drop, multi-tier undo and redo, compatibility with the widest range [...]
Earlier this year Language Technology Centre Ltd conducted a study on behalf of the Directorate General for Translation of the European Commission (DGT) on the size of the language industry in the European Union (see my post »»»here«««).
Now the study is over and a report is issued.
The study report gives an ample picture of the [...]
A new issue of ClientSide News Magazine - the free journal on globalization, internationalization, and localization.
The June 2009 features:
Feature: Hidden Secrets for successful Web site globalization
Industry Focus: Business Collaboration Software Breeds Productivity in the Localization Industry
L10n Hot Topic: The Growth and Evolution of Audio and Video Localization
Technology Spotlight: XTM for Language Service Providers Explained
You can download [...]
SDL Trados is conducting a short survey (under 5 questions!) about the usage of their software. If you complete the survey through your Facebook profile, it can be your chance to be one of our 10 winners of a new copy of -”Perspectives on Localization” American Translators Association Scholarly Monograph Series XIII, edited by Kieran [...]
The magazine MultiLingual Computing, a leading information source for the localization, internationalization, translation and language technology industry, has recently published their new guide - Guide to Localization.
You can download it free of charge from their website (a PDF file optimized for print [11.1 MB]) or from »»»here««« (a PDF file optimized for screen [1.2 MB]).
On behalf of the Directorate General for Translation of the European Commission (DGT), the Language Technology Centre Ltd (LTC) is carrying out a study aimed at understanding the size of the language industry in the 27 European Union Member States, in terms of economic value, structure and main drivers.
For this purpose, LTC is distributing questionnaires [...]
The following table shows the relative positions of the top ten countries worldwide in terms of the numbers of translations published from 1979 to 2002 (the latest year for which statistics are available). Is translation an indicator of the level of true democracy in a country, or of the level of education, or its linguistic [...]
The technology is designed from the ground up to work with wiki-based content and has a number of unique features of interest to researchers and Wikipedia editors. It is the only search engine to index machine translated content, so that users may search for terms in their own language and see results translated from English. [...]
“Преводи и легализации”. По централните софийски улици има много такива табели. Този бизнес процъфтява, откак границите на България се отвориха и хората хукнаха на гурбет или да се образоват. Не е ясно какъв е оборотът на фирмите за превод, но като съдим по това колко българи работят в чужбина, сигурно на 90% от тях им [...]
New York, USA (CNN): The company responsible for Saturday’s inaccurate translation of the Iranian president responsible for CNN being banned from Iran has apologized to CNN. Lesley Howard, owner of the Lesley Howard Languages translation company, said “Obviously, we’re taking it very, very seriously. We will never use him again,” referring to the interpreter. She [...]
