Browsing Category : Machine translation

Artificial Intelligence – Blessings for the translation industry?

Artificial Intelligence – Blessings for the translation industry?
AI technologies are changing many industries dramatically. The possible areas of application are diverse and already surpass the boldest fantasies. The translation industry is also being heavily disrupted by these developments. Companies in the industry, regardless of size or professional orientation, have to deal with the phenomenon of AI sooner or later.
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Automated analysis of product features in online reviews – Part 1

Automated analysis of product features in online reviews – Part 1

Large providers such as Amazon and Google often use online reviews in text form. In these, users can express their opinion or experience of a product or service. There are now many such reviews and the structure of a review is entirely up to the user. In my bachelor thesis, I took a closer look at a subarea of this research, the Aspect Based Sentiment Analysis. Read more about this in my blog...

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The Power of Regular Expressions for Clever Sloths

The Power of Regular Expressions for Clever Sloths
First of all, regular what? Regular expressions are based on a formal language that is used to specify patterns for matching strings or sub-strings in text. In order to find simple information in a text file, many people still use search functions available in any up-to-date editor. But what if your search scenario is not so simple? What if you are looking not for one specific digit, for example, but for all digits in your text file? Or what if you want to find and remove all tags from your document? Good news! You not have to be a programmer to do all that stuff. You simply need a wee bit of knowledge about regular expressions and a clear picture of what you are looking for in your text file. Today’s blog will give you an idea about regular expressions and after reading it you will be ready to write your first regular expression, promise!
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Machine translation in corporate environments – is it worth it?

Machine translation in corporate environments – is it worth it?
The introduction of machine translation in a company is a serious step that raises many questions regarding its technical implementation, its incorporation into the existing translation workflow and its effect upon data security and cost efficiency. Because of the newly sparked interest in the general applicability of machine translation caused by NMT (Neural Machine Translation), we are dedicating a longer article to this subject aiming to answer some fundamental questions and to prepare the ground for an initial assessment.
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