13
Apr
Are Translators Losing Their Jobs Because of Machine Translation?
by Multilizer / Niko Papula
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Quite many professional translators are afraid that they will be replaced by emerging technology: machine translation. Machine translation would take their jobs or at least...
08
Apr
Proofread Machine Translations To Avoid Muprhy’s Law
by Multilizer | Iina
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I want to share with you a real life example of the cruel Muprhy’s law. Like I wrote in a previous post, proofreading and it’s...
07
Apr
Two Effective Ways to Use Machine Translations
by Multilizer
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There are at least two common situations when machine translations can offer real advantage compared to other translation options. Firstly when human translator service is...
01
Apr
Guidelines For Writing Text That Machine Can Translate Better
by Multilizer / Niko Papula
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Machine translation is potentially a very effective technology. However, it is not 100% reliable and can not translate everything. The reliability of translation depends on...
29
Mar
Machine Translation: Friend or Foe For Human Translators?
by Multilizer / Niko Papula
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Machine translation has a negative echo in many human translators’ ears. Many professional translators are afraid that as machine translation gets better and better, less...
28
Mar
Real-time Camera Translators Are Not Science Fiction Anymore
by Multilizer
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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...
25
Mar
Electronic Translator For Man’s Best Friend
by Multilizer | Iina
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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,...
24
Mar
User Manual Is a Challenge, Foreign-Language User Manual Is a Nightmare
by Multilizer
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Let’s play with the thought of you having a fancy new technical equipment. It can be a digital camera, a mobile phone, a PDA or...