Category Archives: crowd translation

POEditor.com : Simplified Localization Workflow

Posted on July 25, 2013 by bsmcconnell

 PO Editor is a simple, easy to use localization tool that you can use to simplify your software localization workflow.

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Tutorial – How To Combine Google Translate And Human Translators

Posted on March 27, 2013 by bsmcconnell

Google Translate is the web’s most popular machine translation service. With support for over 60 languages, Google Translate enables web users to translate almost any web page. However, these translations are often less than perfect, and sometimes riddled with errors. … Continue reading →

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Smartling Adds Office Document Support To Its TMS

Posted on February 27, 2013 by bsmcconnell

Smartling, the leading provider of agile localization tools, has upgraded its TMS to support popular office and design document formats, enabling the system to support a full range of localization projects.

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Der Mundo : Share Any Web Page In Any Language

Posted on February 18, 2013 by bsmcconnell

Der Mundo (www.dermundo.com) is a new multilingual link sharing service. Simply provide a URL to share. The service generates a short code (URL) to share on social media. The service detects each visitor’s preferred language, and if needed, automatically translates … Continue reading →

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New Scientist : Duolingo gives language learning a jump start

Posted on January 25, 2013 by bsmcconnell

Luis von Ahn is an ambitious guy. He’s best known for putting a twist on CAPTCHAs – the squiggly fragments of text that websites deploy to beat spammers’ automated software – that he called reCAPTCHA. Von Ahn realised that when … Continue reading →

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Profile : GetLocalization

Posted on January 14, 2013 by bsmcconnell

Helsinki based GetLocalization offers a turnkey web/mobile app localization platform that can also be used to manage the translation of common office documents (MS Word documents).

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TAUS Technology Showcase : Smartling

Posted on October 16, 2012 by bsmcconnell

Jack Welde, CEO of Smartling is here in Seattle to demo and discuss their translation delivery network and localization management system for software developers. The holy grail of translation for buyers is high quality, fast and affordable translation. Jack describes … Continue reading →

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TAUS Technology Showcase : Translated.net

Posted on October 15, 2012 by bsmcconnell

Translated.net is here in Seattle demoing a new plugin that extends popular CAT (computer aided translation) tools so that translators can work effectively as teams, and use a shared pool of translation memory and machine translation services.

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Technology Showcase : Speaklike – Human Translation with Full Process Automation

Posted on October 15, 2012 by bsmcconnell

I am at the TAUS user conference in Seattle this week. Many companies are here to showcase their companies and technology. First up in this afternoon’s session is Speaklike. Launched at DEMO in 2008, Speaklike specializes in highly automated, rapid … Continue reading →

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Profile : WPML Word Press Translation Suite

Posted on October 13, 2012 by bsmcconnell

WPML (www.wpml.org) is a comprehensive translation solution for the Word Press publishing platform. This tool, developed by ICanLocalize, goes considerably beyond the basic translation features found in most blog translation extensions.

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