The Ins and Outs of Zero-Shot Translation

Zero-Shot translation feeds all of the training data into one engine, allowing it to build connections across multiple languages. But just how accurate is it?

Comparison of Translation Standards Between East and West

There are many different types of translation in the world, but how do you qualify a good translation? What are the criteria? There tend to be different translation standards in quality between Chinese and Western translation

Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Translation

Impacts of AI: Augmented Translation

Once all of these technologies play together or “talk to each other”, they will be able to learn from the linguists, according to CSA. This will allow translators to control and work with language technology, rather than feeling constricted by it.

Regulatory Submissions: FDA (US) Requirements for CDISC Standards

In addition to standards allowing easier processing and review, having information readily in a comparable format allows scientists to gather and compare study data from multiple sources. So, let’s take a quick look at those standards.

Can you speak the language of AI?

AI has become a helpful resource to the language field, being used to help translation between languages, but can it replace humans?

life sciences e-Learning content is becoming highly dynamic

Life Sciences e-Learning Content: Best Practices

In our digitally connected world, e-Learning is being used ever more frequently as a method of information delivery. Utilized by industries around the globe, e-Learning allows for efficient and cost-effective continued learning and training opportunities. Localizing e-Learning material enables users to access course materials easily from anywhere around the world through the internet or company intranet.

The Importance of Culture in Translation

Because of the inalienable nature of language and culture, understanding the social and cultural background of the related countries before translation will help linguists to easily cross the barriers between languages.

Transcreation: Marketing Translations for Life Science Industries

Marketing translations is a vital step across all industries. Due to the cultural differences that affect global markets, you need to take special care when presenting your branding messages. Unlike technical documents, marketing communications material is highly visible and often written in highly expressive language. If you want to reach a global audience, it is essential to make sure your marketing messages resonate cross-culturally. Transcreation makes this possible.

CSOFT Cultural Experts Share Culture-Specific Words and Phrases

Translations need to encounter a layer of “cultural” translation. Beyond literally translating words or phrases, linguists must also be cultural experts who can examine how a specific group of people will respond to a given word or phrase. At CSOFT, we use cultural and subject matter experts to ensure that every translation is accurate.

Why an In-Country Review (ICR) is So Important

An in-country review (ICR), also referred to as an in-house review, is an essential step in life science translations. With translations for industries such as medical, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnologies, accuracy is of the utmost importance. Generally, in-country reviews will be undertaken by someone on the client’s side.

Diverse Clinical Trial Translations in India

Several years ago, clinical trials in India were a booming business. After becoming fully compliant withTRIPS in 2005, India was seen as a favorable place to conduct clinical trials as they boast a huge genetically diverse population, as well as a multitude of skilled health professionals. Additionally, it is estimated that India based clinical trials offered a 35-60% cost reduction compared to western based trials.

Neural Machine Translation (NMT): Translating Emojis

Pop culture references have always evaded dictionaries for some time after their initial adoption, and now due to the voracity and speed at which the internet consumes and discards new slang and references, machines can’t quite keep up. Ayan has pointed to “odd spellings, hashtags, urban slang, dialects, hybrid words, and emoticons” as being the major hurdles for NMT.