Category: New Innovations

Translation Crowdsourcing: Translate Like Facebook And Twitter

What is the easiest and cheapest way to translate software to another language? The method that Facebook, Twitter and an increasing number of others are employing is translation crowdsourcing. It means having the enthusiastic software users translate the software, usually for free. Thanks to Multilizer localization tool, translation crowdsourcing is now available to anyone.

Translation crowdsourcing is a good method when saving translation cost is important. For example, let’s assume you have developed a great piece of software. You have many users in many countries. Your software is currently in only one language and if the translation cost wasn’t so high, you would like to have the software translated to other languages. That would both benefit your current users and increase the number of your users and your earnings. Enter translation crowdsourcing!

Multilizer localization tools contain a feature called MOTO (Multilizer Online Translation Outsourcing). Here is how it works:

  1. The software developer lets Multilizer analyse the software and find the text-to-be-translated inside the software.
  2. Multilizer uploads the text-to-be-translated to Internet.
    The software developer calls his users/translators to participate in the translation (in web).
  3. Translators use web-based Google Translator Toolkit to write their own translations.
  4. After the translation is finished, the developer lets Multilizer build translated version of the software.

Translation crowdsourcing is a very simple and cost-efficient method for expanding sales and increasing user satisfaction. With MOTO, software translation can be crowdsourced in 5 minutes. The translation crowdsourcing process could not be any simpler!

MOTO - Outsource and crowdsource translation online with Multilizer

What Is Translator Gadget?

A translator gadget can be many things, but the Translator Gadget is a small translation software. Translator Gadget can translate short pieces of text automatically from one language to another. There are dozens of languages supported for translation and also the Gadget itself has been translated to many languages.

In addition Translator Gadget can tell you how good the translation is. This automatic translation quality checking estimates the translation quality for you. Green color means that the translation is probably good. Yellow color will instruct you to be cautious and to proofread the translation carefully. Red color indicates that you probably should not use the translation without proper proofreading by a professional translator.

Multilizer Gadget is translation tool for Windows desktopsTranslator Gadget is designed for Windows Vista and Windows 7 desktops. After installation it can easily be located in the desktop sidebar (see the picture).

Because the Gadget is on your desktop where you can find it anytime you need to translate something, it is extremely useful tool. It won’t be lost in your programs and files.

And the best thing: Translator Gadget is FREE. That’s right; you can download and use it without any fees or payments.

 

Updated information 27th December, 2011: Unfortunately Multilizer Translator Gadget is no more available. For reasons beyond our control, we cannot maintain the gadget anymore. We thank you all the users!

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Real-time Camera Translators Are Not Science Fiction Anymore

It’s amazing how fast machine translators are being developed. The quality of automatically translated texts is improving rapidly, which makes the machine translations more useful for several cases and situations. Constantly improving quality of machine translation has inspired people to invent some totally new and amazing translation technologies.

One of the most interesting new technology in the field of machine translators is a translator based on video. Camera translators are basically real-time translators translating the pieces of text shot with a video camera. Sounds weird, right? Well, it’s a bit difficult to really describe what these kinds of camera translators are, so it’s better if you just check this video representing one of those camera translators (called Word Lens):

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Unfortunately there are still very limited group of languages supported in this new technology. English and Spanish seems to be working quite good already, but more languages are desperately needed to make this technology popular worldwide. Probably this will be changing but the pace of the development is a matter of crystal ball.

Have you already tried camera translators?

Electronic Translator For Man’s Best Friend

"I'm thirsty. Could you give me some water?"

Communication between two friends who don’t speak the same language can become quite a dilemma. While human friends can learn to speak each others languages, it is much harder to find solution to the communication problem between human and his best friend, dog.

Luckily there are plenty of Gadget Mans to invent amazing technologies to solve this kind of universal issue. There is already technology, which translates barking into human language, available somewhere on this Globe. To be fair, I am already looking forward to see next some translator from “human” to “dog”, because real communication requires two-way interactions.

What about you.. What kind of translator are you looking forward to see next?

 

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