The American Translators Association returned to New York, the city of its roots, for its 50th Annual Conference.
When I registered for the conference two weeks ago, all of the rooms set aside by the Marriott Marquis (just off Times Square and 45th) had been reserved, so after a few more sticker-shock-inducing calls to nearby hotels, [...]
Despite the hopes and dreams of a dedicated group of programmers, computer translation – also known as “machine translation” – still falls far short of the quality most clients expect in their translated documents. However, one area where computers have made a dent is in the area of “translation memory,” which relies heavily on pattern-matching [...]