Comments on: TAUS: What you don’t (want to) know [about Google Translation Toolkit] http://blog.albatrossolutions.com/tent-cat-tools/taus-what-you-dont-want-to-know-about-google-translation-toolkit All about TEnT, CAT tools, translation memory, translation resources, Italian localization, etc. Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:44:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Alain Seghir http://blog.albatrossolutions.com/tent-cat-tools/taus-what-you-dont-want-to-know-about-google-translation-toolkit/comment-page-1#comment-506 Alain Seghir Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:49:29 +0000 http://blog.albatrossolutions.com/?p=333#comment-506 I'm no google employee, but for fairnes' sake: Google does not *sell* translation; they offer a possibility to set up "private" TMs and there's no indication yet they'd break confidentiality on those. Google is just another way of doing things. I don't see the point in fear mongering. Bashing the big guys has always been an easy, chic thing to do. So my comment: > If 100,000 translators start using the service, Google will be harvesting 50 billion words of good quality translation data per year to help Google improve their automatic translation engines. - excellent. > In addition translators may be uploading their own (or their customers’) TMs... ..if they /decide/ to. So what. Bear in mind not all translations are for-profit. Countless minority languages, translations for humanitarian or cultural purposes, etc, will find a great help in the Google paradigm. Forget money for a second, Jap. If anything: get inspiration from them and do your own thing. - AC I’m no google employee, but for fairnes’ sake: Google does not *sell* translation; they offer a possibility to set up “private” TMs and there’s no indication yet they’d break confidentiality on those. Google is just another way of doing things. I don’t see the point in fear mongering. Bashing the big guys has always been an easy, chic thing to do. So my comment:

> If 100,000 translators start using the service, Google will be harvesting 50 billion words of good quality translation data per year to help Google improve their automatic translation engines.

- excellent.

> In addition translators may be uploading their own (or their customers’) TMs…

..if they /decide/ to. So what. Bear in mind not all translations are for-profit. Countless minority languages, translations for humanitarian or cultural purposes, etc, will find a great help in the Google paradigm. Forget money for a second, Jap.

If anything: get inspiration from them and do your own thing.

- AC

]]> By: Laurent K. http://blog.albatrossolutions.com/tent-cat-tools/taus-what-you-dont-want-to-know-about-google-translation-toolkit/comment-page-1#comment-373 Laurent K. Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:26:51 +0000 http://blog.albatrossolutions.com/?p=333#comment-373 Does TAUS fear competition? It should not. These are different "segments" of the same market... Does TAUS fear competition? It should not. These are different “segments” of the same market…

]]> By: Victor Dewsbery http://blog.albatrossolutions.com/tent-cat-tools/taus-what-you-dont-want-to-know-about-google-translation-toolkit/comment-page-1#comment-372 Victor Dewsbery Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:11:53 +0000 http://blog.albatrossolutions.com/?p=333#comment-372 Thanks for this very interesting link. I note that the pot (TAUS) is calling the kettle (Google) black. Thanks for this very interesting link.
I note that the pot (TAUS) is calling the kettle (Google) black.

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