Let’s talk about QA. No, not the kind where a project manager with zero knowledge of the target language runs your translation through a machine and gasps, “Oh no, this doesn’t match the source exactly!”—before demanding you “fix” it. We mean real, useful quality assurance. Enter our latest Cattitude feature:…
Here we stand, divided into camps so distinct, they might as well be from different planets. On one side, the AI evangelists, those bright-eyed optimists who hail the dawn of a new era where translation is as effortless as breathing, and translators are as obsolete as floppy disks. They envision…
In the labyrinthine world of machine translations, my journey has been nothing short of a Herculean saga, punctuated with moments of enlightenment, frustration, and sheer awe at the power of modern technology. This narrative delves deeper into the technical intricacies and challenges I faced, painting a vivid picture of a…
Recently, an esteemed translator colleague announced an interesting decision: to mute or remove anyone sharing AI-generated content on her timeline. This stance, while understandable in certain aspects, feels a bit extreme to me, especially considering how AI tools have become integral to many professionals, including myself. AI as a Tool,…
In the ever-evolving landscape of language translation tools, a recent development has caught my attention. A competitor in the field has unveiled a feature that’s been a staple in our product, Cattitude, for five years: adaptive machine translation. However, it’s not the feature itself that’s intriguing, but rather the competitor’s…
There’s a lot of buzz around ChatGPT. Most people, including myself, don’t even want to hear the word anymore. Gurus pop up everywhere, claiming they are experts and charging thousands of euros for teaching you how to “talk” to this language model. “Prompt engineering”, they call it. Many of these…
Cattitude has always been at the forefront of technology. While other CAT tool suppliers struggle to keep up with the times, in Cattitude, important developments in translation technology are often implemented within days or even hours. Today is no exception. Cattitude just added a new feature based on the findings…
Some translators were already using ChatGPT by letting it perform general translation-related tasks, but we just expanded on this by allowing our users to access ChatGPT this way directly from Cattitude’s interface. For example, translators can ask ChatGPT to write short poems if the source text rhymes, or to summarize…
We recently integrated ChatGPT, a new and incredibly impressive artificial intelligence, as a new feature in Catittude’s Concordance function. This allows users to define a context domain for each client, which ChatGPT then uses to provide the exact meaning of a selected word or sentence in that specific context. Using…
