TAUS OPEN SOURCE MACHINE TRANSLATION SHOWCASE

Full-Service Enterprise-Specific Machine Translationfor Global Enterprises

10:50-11:10Wednesday, 17 October

Alon LavieSafaba Translation Solutions

October 17 | 2012

Enterprise Machine

Translation

SAFABA

The Machine Translation Revolution“Translation of text by a computer that learned how to translate from vast amounts of previously translated text”

• Provides volume & velocity to Translation

• Integrated into existing translation process

• Enables real-time Translation • Embedded into business processes

• Rapid implementation• And gets better with time

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Customer Experience

Understanding the Market

DiscoveryInternal

Communications

MT

Standard Machine

Translation

No real modeling of

syntax

Extremely data

sensitive

BUT, Machine Translation is Limited

• Limited handling of morphological markers / punctuation / sentence structure

• Reacts poorly to data dilution

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“Good enough” for language translation but NOT for localization

Safaba Overcame MT Deficiencies• Innovative Technology | New Process

• Introducing Safaba’s Language Optimization Technology™

• Not a hybrid…

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> Target Language Transformation Module (T-LTM)

> Rule-based post-processing / post-editing> Publication optimization

> Source Language Transformation Module (S-LTM)

> Rule-based pre-processing> SMT source language data optimization

> Language Optimization Engine> Proprietary statistical engine> Corporate/domain language optimization

> Core Translation Engine (Moses+)> Enhanced statistical MT

Beyond Localization Quality

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Modularity

Multi-domain support by designNuanced divisional language on single systemNo disruption of individual division operations

Rapid language optimization retraining (overnight coming in 2013)ScalabilityEnhanced hybrid solutions

Language Optimization Technology™

Greater accuracy using less training dataDelivery as technology-enabled services

Safaba’s Enterprise MT• Innovative Technology | New Process

• Introducing Safaba’s Language Optimization Technology™

• Source Language Transformation Module (S-LTM)– Segmentation, Tokenization, Normalization

• Core Translation Engine (Moses+)– Safaba’s proprietary training

• Language Optimization Engine– Proprietary statistical modeling process– Corporate language phrase models

• Target Language Transformation Module (T-LTM)– De-tokenization, styling/formatting

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New Business Model

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Language Technologies

Language Services Providers

Buyer

Real time translation aaS Language

technologies services

Post edited translation

Real time translation aaS

Post edited translation

Premium language and inter-cultural

services

User

User

User

> A three-way partnership with common infrastructure

Cloud

TMS

Thank You!