Google translate Archives

Published On - November 25, 2020

Richard Brooks Inside Track, Machine TranslationTags: 1950s, Google translate, Machine Translation

A Brief History of Machine Translation Technlogy

Machine translation has come a long way since the ‘50s, but it still has a very long way to go before it can match the linguistic subtlety that the human brain can deliver....

A Translation Showdown Man vs Machine Translation

Published On - February 28, 2017

Richard Brooks Machine TranslationTags: Google translate, Machine Translation, MT

Man vs Machine Translation

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Published On - October 10, 2016

Richard Brooks Language BlogTags: Google translate

Is Google Translate Really As Good As a Human Now?

Last week, Google released a new version of Google Translate that uses “Deep Learning” to reduce translation errors. The company claims the new process results in translations that are almost as good as a human translator. But is it the real deal? Are human translators about to be replac...

11 Google Translate Facts You Should Know

Published On - May 2, 2016

Richard Brooks Language BlogTags: Google translate

11 Google Translate Facts You Should Know

Google Translate turned 10 years old last week. With the power of the Google empire behind it, it’s the world’s most popular machine translation tool. At K International, we can’t help but see how Google Translate has helped people communicate when professional translation is unava...

Published On - June 24, 2015

Richard Brooks Language Blog, Language HumourTags: #Fail, Funny, Google translate

28 Signs we didn’t Translate

Something tells me the translations of the following 28 signs are not quite right. Its was an accident Anyone missed a foot?...

The Irish Government Uses Google Translate

Published On - November 14, 2014

Mary Ravenna Government, Language BlogTags: Google translate

The Irish Government Uses Google Translate?

How do you say “D’oh!” in Irish? The Irish government might well be asking itself that question, after an Irish-language website built to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the Easter Rising was found stuffed with error-laden Irish text straight from Google Translate. Irish-l...

Published On - September 23, 2014

Richard Brooks Inside TrackTags: Google translate, Retail

FIC regulation: Lost in translation?

Our CEO, Richard Brooks was recently interviewed by Caroline Scott-Thomas for foodnavigator.com. They discuss the challenges faced by food retailers when implementing the new FIC regulations and how quality translation is key to delivering information that meets the requirements set out in the leg...

Published On - September 3, 2014

Richard Brooks Inside TrackTags: Google, Google translate

Selecting the Right Language Service Company

Today we have a special guest post from Vic Marcus, Vice President of Business Development at NWI Global, a language translation & interpreting company based in Vancouver, Washington, USA. You recently learned that the content you produced in English will now need to be translated into 16 lan...

Published On - August 27, 2014

Richard Brooks Language BlogTags: Google translate, Latin

The Google Code

The Internet just lit up with the news that a "secret code" had been discovered in Google Translate. But was it really a secret message, or just yet another bad translation?...

Published On - May 28, 2014

Richard Brooks Language BlogTags: Google translate, Interpreting

Skype: The Universal Translator

Microsoft & Skype intend to launch a real time language translator service this year according to an article by the BBC. Satya Nadella, Skype’s chief executive plans to introduce a test version for Windows 8 in the run up to 2015. Due to increasing competition in the the VOIP market from th...