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Tuesday, 15 December 2020

Best Machine Translation Engines

 

Machine Translation (MT), i.e. automated translation, is a "process when a computer software translates text from one language to another without human involvement [in the output]” (MemoQ.com, 2020). The human being is certainly involved in providing input, i.e. content to be translated, to the machine tanslation engine. 

Machine Translation has many advantages. The MT engine can handle large amounts of texts (8500 words per day) and a lot of languages, if compared with the human translator abilities (2500 words per day). Thus, it is efficient, because it is time-saving. It is also cost-effective, because it is useful in reducing costs. In addition, it improves quality through the memorization of recurrent translated sentences and terms.

Machine Translation must not be confused with CAT Tools. Indeed, MT can be integrated into CAT Tools.

Below is a screenshot of Google Translate:

Screenshot 1: Google Translation on the Web



There are probably more than 52 MT engines. In addition to Google, the most known engines on the market which provide free Machine Translation are:

  • Microsoft/Bing translate
  • Glosbe 
  • Reverso
  • DeepL
  • Modern MT
  • Systran
  • Amazon
  • Baidu
  • gt4t
  • apertium
  • smart Mate
  • Matecat
  • Tarjama
Some AI-assisted tools are increasingly used as MT engines, namely Gemini Pro, ChatGPT, Claude and PaLM.

A more detailed list could be found here: RESOURCES

What is the best MT engine according to you?


Check the label Machine Translation out later for updates. 

Your comments and feedback are most welcomed and greatly appreciated.


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