SDL Unveils Next Gen Machine Translation Technology That Goes a Step Closer to Integrating Machines with People
13 May 2015 - 10:52PM
Business Wire
XMT™ reduces the gap between people and
machines by introducing artificial intelligence to real-time
translation
SDL (LSE: SDL) today introduced the next generation of
machine translation technology – XMT, a core component of the
Language pillar within SDL’s Customer Experience Cloud. This
powerful technology will become an essential tool in bringing down
the barriers of multilingual communication by providing a scalable
infrastructure for the development and rapid deployment of
real-time translation capabilities – a necessity in today’s
multilingual world.
With a growing number of people, devices and “things”
transmitting information around the world, instant real-time
translation is essential for international communication and
analysis and extracting knowledge from big data.
Developed by the SDL Language Research Group, XMT is a complete
rewrite of machine translation technology developed to address the
limitations of previous generations of machine translation. Current
machine translation technologies apply a one-size-fits-all solution
to all language pairs. XMT allows different translation algorithms
to be used for different language pairs, drastically increasing the
quality of the output. XMT will also allow for the quick
development and deployment of ground-breaking new MT capabilities,
including SDL Language Learning™, which will bring artificial
intelligence to machine translation by empowering the engines to
learn and apply individual user language preferences.
Mark Lancaster, SDL CEO and Founder, showcased a selection of
these translation breakthroughs, currently in development, during
his keynote at SDL Innovate 2015 San Francisco, including:
- SDL Language Learning, which brings
artificial intelligence to machine translation. Translation engines
learn, adapt and improve translated output based on feedback from
human reviewers providing continuous improvement and refinement
never before seen in statistical machine translation
- Improvement in the quality of
translations of informal and “social” language by 62 percent when
compared to traditional machine translation technology, opening a
new realm of multilingual social media monitoring, communication
and intelligence analysis
- Extreme enhancements in the accuracy of
Asian languages previously difficult to translate
“The SDL Language Research Group has always been at the
forefront of developing machine translation technology including
solutions widely used in the industry today. The launch of XMT
marks a new era in automated translation which will help both
organizations and individual’s deal with the Big Data, Big
Communication, Big Content challenges of the mid-21st century,”
said Lancaster. “Without greater automation it is clear that the
translation industry will not be able to keep up with the growing
demand for local language information. XMT will provide new
solutions for both real-time translation and essential productivity
capabilities to the translation industry.”
XMT will be made available via SDL’s suite of machine
translation solutions including SDL Language Cloud and SDL
BeGlobal, and will provide support for over 100 language pairs and
five industry-specific vertical engines. The XMT engines can be
further trained on an organization’s specific vocabulary and
terminology to produce a customized solution. As part of the
overall translation ecosystem, XMT engines can also be coupled with
human post-editing to further improve translation quality and
reduce time-to-market for translated content.
SDL machine translation is a core component of the company’s
integrated language platform. By integrating XMT into the overall
enterprise translation ecosystem, SDL provides a translation
solution for every type of communication, allowing organizations to
extend their multilingual assets to new languages and types of
content.
To learn more about XMT, Machine Translation and SDL Language
Learning, please visit our website and read our blog.
About SDLSDL (LSE: SDL) is the leader in global customer
experience. With a completely integrated cloud solution for content
management, analytics, language and documentation, SDL solves the
complexity of managing your brand’s digital footprint as it grows
across multiple languages, cultures, websites, devices and
channels. Seventy-nine of the top 100 global companies trust SDL to
help them create authentic, in-context customer experiences that
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