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June 28, 2017

Hello, and welcome to our official blog. We at Gateway Languages hope to use this as an interactive space to discuss current events and facts related to language translation and interpretation. We’re excited for you to join the discussion. (more…)

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5 Reasons Why Google Translate Doesn’t Cut It

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June 28, 2017

Since its debut in 2006, Google Translate has gone from supporting just two languages— English and Arabic— to supporting 103[i]. Since then, the translation tool has advanced significantly. In late September of 2016, Google launched the Google Neural Machine Translation, or GNMT, which would replace the older Phrase-Based Machine Translation, or PBMT[ii]. According to MontLingo, rather than translating by word or phrase, GNMT considers the entire sentence, eliminating errors by up to 85% on several major language pairs compared to the older tool.[iii]

But even with these improvements, when compared to a human translator, does Google Translate really hold up? (more…)

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