Mongolian vs GT– Artificial Intelligence and Machine Translation A serious bug was recently discovered in the AI translations from Mongolian to English. This bug suggests the Artificial Intelligence software may be filling blanks to make sense of just random combinations of letters. We did tests in other languages and found the same issue there as well. [...]
Mistranslation many times can lead to substantial loss of time and money, but in some extreme cases,it can even lead to jail time. Laura Plummer, a British citizen, is currently facing up to twenty-five years in a foreign prison forcharges of drug trafficking a controlled substance in Egypt. Laura claims to have been bringing painkillers to [...]
Q: What do you get when you when you mix machine translation, like GT, and a poor translation process? A: You never know until its done. It could be a cat, a cake, a funny tattoo, or a warning to not take small balls. It’s amazing how true the proverb “An ounce of prevention is worth [...]
At ITC, we have been vocal about the value and hopeful future of technologies that help bridge the gap between languages. It’s amazing how far technologies have come and how much value they offer in communication between cultures. We welcome the advances and look forward to seeing their increasing impact on the world. And, with that [...]
I have a tendency to criticize. I think we all do. However, I am careful to keep it from spilling over into my work and adding more negativity to the abundance that already exists. However, sometimes I think it’s important to speak up and even if you stand alone, try to stand for something you feel [...]
Translation services are indispensable for multiracial schools, especially for pupils and parents who cannot converse well in English. Language barriers inconvenience pupils from achieving their best results in their academic endeavors and also prevent parents from participating in their children’s studies. That being said, schools have the responsibility to employ professional translation services to fill the [...]
Maintaining the confidentiality of highly sensitive official documents is critical for translation service providers. Some multinational corporations, in order to reduce costs, use discounted translation services or free online translation tools. Although the idea seems convenient and may help them save money in the short-term, the question is, are they compromising their [...]
Whenever we encounter text written in a foreign language, we quickly whip out an app or type into Google Translate to get a translated version that we can understand. Sometimes, though, what we read still doesn’t make sense. In today’s technological age, most people use machine translations when it comes to translating different languages. The results, [...]
Could machine translations cause offense? It seems that there is never a dull moment in politics these days. Bad translations just keep on stirring the pot. There could be worse things to have happen than to refer to Russia as “Mordor,” as in the evil kingdom in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. However, it is [...]
Three ways to avoid interpretation embarrassment! Anyone can interpret…well not really. Knowing how to speak two languages is not the same as knowing how to interpret. The importance of having an excellent interpreter is most obvious when things go wrong. Sometimes, interpretation errors can lead to a catastrophe. A mistake that happened during a speech made [...]
