With more than 5,000 translation companies operating worldwide, the facts are clear: translation is hot.  But translation is also an old industry, and frequent attendees to industry conferences are hearing the same things over and over again.

In this presentation at Localization and Translation Thailand 2009, Milengo CEO Renato Beninatto challenges the “quality, quality, quality” dogmas that are based on standards developed in the 1950s.  He argues, “age and bad habits really affect the translation industry.”

With Machine Translation close on the horizon, says Renato, our industry needs a new paradigm.