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Selecting a Language Service Provider (LSP) partner can be overwhelming, especially if you’re new to translation or localization and unsure which questions to ask. So to get started, you’ll first need to determine the exact scope of your localization and translation needs. To do this you’ll need to understand the right questions to ask that will [...]

2011 witnessed much development in the area of Machine Translation, and at Milengo we predict that it will continue in 2012. The 3 MT models: Statistical MT, non-customizable MT (à la Google) and Rule- based MT will likely continue to be used. However, MT for business will increasingly come to mean customizable Statistical Machine Translation. MT for [...]

Here’s the scenario: A leading Web security provider is getting ready to launch a marketing campaign across nine languages in the EMEA region. They provide products to more than 15,000 customers worldwide, including 88% of the Fortune® Global 500 and want to promote their new WAN (wide area network) optimization solutions. This is the position which Blue Coat Sytems found themselves [...]

Smart phones are a great tool for translation, with their powerful processors and connection to the Internet, they provide access to good quality machine translation in your pocket. There are many different apps out there that provide translation and we’ve picked out the one’s we think are worthy of special mention. Here’s a run down [...]

Happy New Year and hello 2012! We’re back with the second part of our 2011 review, covering the most talked about localization trends of last year. If you missed part one, you can find it here. Broadening the spectrum of translation production models to meet different quality requirements Let’s make it clear from the very [...]

If you’re like many people we talk to, the company you work for is probably feeling the squeeze of the current economic downturn, and has been for a while. In tough times expansion is often put on the back burner and localization projects are left behind. However, don’t be fooled into thinking that localization is [...]

Looking back on 2011 we’ve put together some of the localization trends we think will be continuing to dominate the industry in 2012. We’ll be covering these in a 2 part post, the second of which will be published in the new year. So with the new year ahead of us, what were the hottest [...]

Any company investigating Statistical Machine Translation (SMT) solutions might be put off by the various data demands made by MT technology providers. Certainly the sheer volume of training data that MT providers expect you to dig around for will make a lot of companies wonder whether it is a worthwhile exercise at all. For example, [...]

TAUS, of which Milengo is a member, recently hosted their annual User Conference in Santa Clara where researchers and speakers spoke about translation automation, localization business innovation and industry collaboration. Leading practitioners tackled the most pressing issues and opportunities facing the global translation industry. The conference reflected the high hopes of hybridization, customization and syntax, [...]

The road to localization success is not an easy one. Companies oftentimes begin the process with a desire to expand their international presence, but have little experience or prior knowledge of what is required to successfully complete a full scale localization effort. Realizing that you need a strategy is one half of the challenge and [...]