Language Industry Data and News Briefing March 2024 The language industry has witnessed remarkable growth and transformation in March 2024, propelled by technological advancements and shifting global dynamics. In this comprehensive briefing, we delve into the latest trends, developments, and insights shaping the landscape of language services and technology. Key Trends in the Language Industry Growth of AI Translation Tools Artificial intelligence continues to revolutionize translation processes, enabling faster and more accurate language translations across various platforms and industries. AI-powered translation tools have become indispensable for businesses seeking to expand their global reach and streamline communication with diverse audiences. Localization in Emerging Markets As businesses increasingly target emerging markets, the demand for localization services has surged. Tailoring content and services to specific cultural and linguistic preferences is essential for successful...
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Tencent Pits ChatGPT Translation Quality Against DeepL and Google Translate
Since OpenAI launched ChatGPT in November 2022, headlines have asked whether workers in a range of fields should worry about being replaced by the advanced AI chatbot. Now, a January 2023 paper from a Chinese tech company, Tencent , asks the question on behalf of the language industry : Is ChatGPT A Good Translator? The Tencent team goes about answering the question by reviewing, shall we say, a limited set of data. The team said “obtaining the translation results from ChatGPT is time-consuming since it can only be interacted with manually and can not respond to large batches. Thus, we randomly sample 50 sentences from each set for evaluation.” So, let’s see what insights the team gathered by evaluating those 50 sentences. According to the paper , ChatGPT performs “competitively” with commercial machine translation (MT) products, such as Google Translate , DeepL , and Tencent’s own system, on high-resource European langua...