The future of translation by Roberto Silva
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A presentation on the future of translation by Roberto Silva, Head of Technology at Conversis.
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- 1. conversis.com ___________________________________________________________________ Translation 101: Industry overview
- 2. conversis.com ___________________________________________________________________ Looking into the future Automatic translation based on profile recognition Technology convergence: touch translation + voice recognition + eye tracking, Big data Cloud-based collaborative translation, sharing translation and terminology Learning from other industries and cooperating Authoring + Translation + Revision in parallel
- 3. conversis.com ___________________________________________________________________ Some background Why do we need translation and linguistic services after all? Size of the language industry Most of the industry are SME Innovation is coming mainly from SMEs How many freelance translators? How many words can they handle? Why does translation cost money?
- 5. conversis.com ___________________________________________________________________ Linguistic industry areas Source:StatusandpotentialoftheEuropeanLanguagetechnologymarkets,LTInnovate(2013)
- 6. conversis.com ___________________________________________________________________ Challenges What are the biggest challenges of the industry? What makes a translation company more productive? What makes a translator more productive? How can the customer help with the productivity workflow? Will translation be free of charge in the near future? How do we define quality?
- 7. conversis.com ___________________________________________________________________ Quality matters What is quality after all? How do we provide the level of quality required? Do all customers and all projects require the same level of quality? How can technology help in keeping and improving quality levels? Standards adoption: 30% UNE15038, 27% ISO9001 Other standards: Medical devices (ISO13485), Security (27001), Environment (ISO14001)
- 8. conversis.com ___________________________________________________________________ Technology can help “The expansion of the size of the market is driven primarily by technology” (LT Innovate, 2013) What technologies are there for the translation sector? What technologies do the translators use?
- 9. conversis.com ___________________________________________________________________ Technology can help: Tools Source:Ownresearch,RobertoSilva(2013)
- 10. conversis.com ___________________________________________________________________ Technology can help: CAT Main tool: Translation memories and CAT Matching issues Translators report that translation is 20-30% faster with CAT tools, better quality, more consistent (terminology) Terminology banks
- 11. conversis.com ___________________________________________________________________ Technology can help: CAT Source:GraphicbasedonSurveyGough(2013),RobertoSilva(2014)
- 12. conversis.com ___________________________________________________________________ Technology can help: CAT Source:SurveyGough(2013)
- 13. conversis.com ___________________________________________________________________ Technology can help: CAT Source:Ownresearch,RobertoSilva(2013)
- 14. conversis.com ___________________________________________________________________ Technology can help: MT Machine translation? Any good? Types? Issues for implementing MT Post-editing? Any benefits for the customer? For translators? Why does MT sometimes give bad results? Why can’t MT provide consistent good results? MT and TM: TM is better integrated Productivity puzzle
- 15. conversis.com ___________________________________________________________________ Technology can help: MT usage Source:SurveyQTLaunchPad(2013)
- 16. conversis.com ___________________________________________________________________ Technology can help: MT usage Source:Stateoftheindustryforfreelancetranslators,Proz(2012)
- 17. conversis.com ___________________________________________________________________ Translation workflow complexity Source:Ownresearch,RobertoSilva(2013)
- 18. conversis.com ___________________________________________________________________ Translation workflow complexity Source:Ownresearch,RobertoSilva(2013)
- 19. conversis.com ___________________________________________________________________ Task complexity: search Source:IndustrySurvey,Gough(2013)
- 20. conversis.com ___________________________________________________________________ Task complexity: file formatsSource:IntegratingPost-EditingMTinaProfessionalTranslationWorkflow(Chapter2ofPost-editingofMachineTranslation: ProcessesandApplications),RobertoSilva,CambridgeScholarsPublishing(2013)
- 21. conversis.com ___________________________________________________________________ Improving productivity Is translation project management different from other PM? Is technology useful for this task? Does it benefit the customer? Is translator productivity increasing?