<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[The machine translation newsletter]]></title><description><![CDATA[News about machine translation, from the folks at the Machine Translate Foundation]]></description><link>https://newsletter.machinetranslate.org</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!E1H6!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2456b986-3f08-476d-835e-c4d032aa9092_256x256.png</url><title>The machine translation newsletter</title><link>https://newsletter.machinetranslate.org</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 02:57:08 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://newsletter.machinetranslate.org/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Machine Translate GmbH]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[machinetranslate@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[machinetranslate@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Cecilia Yalangozian]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Cecilia Yalangozian]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[machinetranslate@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[machinetranslate@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Cecilia Yalangozian]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[🌏 The machine translation newsletter - September 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi folks! Translation AI is coming to Tech Week!]]></description><link>https://newsletter.machinetranslate.org/p/the-machine-translation-newsletter-71a</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://newsletter.machinetranslate.org/p/the-machine-translation-newsletter-71a</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cecilia Yalangozian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 17:53:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!E1H6!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2456b986-3f08-476d-835e-c4d032aa9092_256x256.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi folks! <strong>Translation AI</strong> is coming to <strong>Tech Week</strong>! Speakers from Google, Microsoft, DeepL, Meta, ModelFront, Krisp and more will meet up in person in San Francisco at this unique event bringing together key translation AI providers and enterprise localization leaders.</p><p>Live translation is getting more personal this month. <strong>DeepL Voice</strong> now preserves who&#8217;s speaking and how they sound, and <strong>Google</strong>&#8217;s <strong>Gemini 3.8 Live</strong> handles speakers switching languages mid-conversation.</p><p>On the model side, <strong>GPT-6 Astra</strong> is leading translation benchmarks, and <strong>Cohere</strong>&#8217;s new open model, <strong>North Small Translate</strong>, claims to beat both <strong>DeepL</strong> and <strong>Google Translate</strong>.</p><p>Enjoy &#8212; and share!</p><div><hr></div><p>&#128478;&#65039; <strong>News</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1wcfcu0/gpt6_astra_tested_in_translations/">GPT-6 Astra</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1wcfcu0/gpt6_astra_tested_in_translations/"> leads machine translation benchmarks</a>, but remains below human-level translation quality, according to tests by <strong>RWS</strong> and the <strong>Last Translation Benchmark</strong>.</p></li><li><p>The newly implemented <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1wk1q4k/eu_ai_act_exempts_translation_workflows_from_ai/">EU AI Act</a></strong> does not require translation tools to <strong>disclose AI</strong> use, unlike text generators and rewriters.</p></li><li><p><strong>HarperCollins</strong>&#8217;s new manga line, <strong><a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-08-23/kaze-us-manga-imprint-plans-to-launch-with-5-8-titles-in-2027-to-grow-to-25-30-titles-per-year-by-/.240866">KAZE</a></strong>, will not use <strong>AI</strong> translation, in support of human translators.</p></li><li><p><strong>Anthropic</strong> adds <strong><a href="https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-text-watermark">SynthID-Text</a></strong><a href="https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-text-watermark"> watermarking</a> to <strong>Claude</strong>&#8217;s text output, which is kept when the text is copied or reformatted, but not when it&#8217;s translated or rephrased.</p></li><li><p><strong>Google</strong> limits its <strong><a href="https://slator.com/google-ai-sign-language-tool-low-stakes-communication/">AI sign language</a></strong><a href="https://deepmind.google/blog/putting-sign-language-ai-into-users-hands/"> translation tool</a> to casual conversation, citing accuracy and liability concerns.</p></li></ul><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/">More news &#8594;</a></p><p>&#128640; <strong>Launches</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>Cohere</strong> launches <strong><a href="https://huggingface.co/CohereLabs/North-Small-Translate-1.0">North Small Translate</a></strong>, an open machine translation model with <strong>218B parameters</strong> (<strong>25B</strong> active) and a <strong>16k</strong> context length that outperforms other open MT models as well as <strong>Google Translate</strong> and <strong>DeepL</strong> across <strong>50+ languages</strong>.</p></li><li><p><strong>DeepL Voice</strong> launches <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1wjzfa3/deepl_voice_launches_realtime_speaker_identity/">real-time </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1wjzfa3/deepl_voice_launches_realtime_speaker_identity/">speaker identity</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1wjzfa3/deepl_voice_launches_realtime_speaker_identity/"> and </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1wjzfa3/deepl_voice_launches_realtime_speaker_identity/">tone preservation</a></strong> for live meetings, keeping individual vocal characteristics and emotional delivery across <strong>12 languages</strong>.</p></li><li><p><strong>Google Translate</strong> launches <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1wjzjqv/google_translate_rolls_out_ios_and_android/">iOS</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1wjzjqv/google_translate_rolls_out_ios_and_android/"> and </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1wjzjqv/google_translate_rolls_out_ios_and_android/">Android</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1wjzjqv/google_translate_rolls_out_ios_and_android/"> upgrades</a>: <strong>Android</strong> users can keep translating while using other apps or with the screen locked, and <strong>iPhone</strong> users can hold the phone to their ear to listen to the translation privately.</p></li><li><p><strong>Google</strong> launches <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1wk0zov/google_launches_gemini_38_live_with_realtime/">Gemini 3.8 Live</a></strong>, with real-time speech-to-speech reasoning and automatic language detection across <strong>97 languages</strong> for code-switching during live dialogue.</p></li></ul><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/?f=flair_name%3A%22Product%22">More launches &#8594;</a></p><p>&#128736;&#65039; <strong>Community launches</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1whf4is/quick_update_lst_is_now_live_on_the_chrome_web/">LST &#8212; Local Subtitle Translate</a></strong> launches on the <strong>Chrome Web Store</strong>, using <strong>Ollama</strong> to translate <strong>Netflix</strong> subtitles locally in real time.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1wh7yft/ive_built_an_i18n_library_and_automatic/">i18n-keyless</a></strong>, an open-source <strong>internationalization</strong> library with automatic translations, skips the usual setup of translation keys and per-language files.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1wdbq5x/i_made_a_tool_that_translates_manga_pages_while/">Manga Translator</a></strong> detects speech bubbles, runs OCR, translates into <strong>30+ languages</strong>, and re-renders text back into the original bubbles.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1w68gyn/i_made_an_ai_translation_service_specifically_for/">AITnovel</a></strong>, a paid AI translation service for entire novels, supports <strong>TXT</strong>, <strong>EPUB</strong>, and <strong>PDF</strong>, with editable glossaries for names and terminology.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1w1jgd5/alst_opensource_realtime_android_screen/">ALST</a></strong>, an open-source <strong>Android</strong> app, translates on-screen text and overlays the translation directly on top of the original in real time, using <strong>Gemini Vision</strong> with an offline backup mode.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1w0yuhn/open_machine_translation_development_suite/">Champollion</a></strong>, an open evaluation and development suite for <strong>low-resource languages</strong>, aims to support community projects like <strong>Masakhane</strong> and <strong>AmericasNLP</strong>.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vuk206/ai_kept_making_the_same_mistakes_when_translating/">cinemacc-subtitle-skill</a></strong>, an open-source add-on for AI assistants like <strong>Claude</strong>, builds a glossary of names and terms before translating <strong>subtitles</strong>, to keep them consistent across a file.</p></li><li><p>An <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vtkf9e/i_built_an_opensource_video_translation_dubbing/">open-source </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vtkf9e/i_built_an_opensource_video_translation_dubbing/">video dubbing</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vtkf9e/i_built_an_opensource_video_translation_dubbing/"> pipeline</a> combines <strong>Whisper</strong> transcription, translation, and <strong>VoxCPM2</strong> voice cloning, demoed on an <strong>English-to-Turkish</strong> dub.</p></li><li><p><strong>ConveyThis</strong> open-sources a <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1wjdizi/open_source_github_for_multilingual_websites/">GitHub</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1wjdizi/open_source_github_for_multilingual_websites/"> repo for translating multilingual websites</a> and a <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vz4pm0/i_built_a_claude_skill_for_translating_entire/">Claude skill</a></strong> that translates static sites while preserving HTML structure, SEO metadata, hreflang, canonicals, and sitemaps.</p></li><li><p>An <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1wc88a3/i_built_an_ai_news_app_that_translates_live_news/">AI news app</a> translates live news from <strong>150+ countries</strong>, summarizes <strong>2,000-word</strong> articles into <strong>3 bullets</strong>, and compares coverage across <strong>60,000 publishers</strong>.</p></li></ul><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/?f=flair_name%3A%22Product%22">More community launches &#8594;</a></p><p>&#128218; <strong>Research</strong></p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1wiv6m1/comparing_three_translation_models_on_a_budget_gpu/">A comparison between a general-purpose model, </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1wiv6m1/comparing_three_translation_models_on_a_budget_gpu/">Qwen3-8B</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1wiv6m1/comparing_three_translation_models_on_a_budget_gpu/">, and two dedicated translation models, </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1wiv6m1/comparing_three_translation_models_on_a_budget_gpu/">HY-MT1.5-1.8B</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1wiv6m1/comparing_three_translation_models_on_a_budget_gpu/"> and </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1wiv6m1/comparing_three_translation_models_on_a_budget_gpu/">TranslateGemma-4B</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1wiv6m1/comparing_three_translation_models_on_a_budget_gpu/">, on a budget GPU</a> finds the dedicated models faster, but less reliable at preserving numbers and code.</p></li><li><p>The <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1w6zxr8/machine_translation_is_not_solved_and_it_may_take/">Last Translation Benchmark</a></strong> paper collects <strong>3,456</strong> hard-to-translate examples that break state-of-the-art models, arguing machine translation is far from solved.</p></li><li><p>A <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1w54jbe/translating_whole_novels_with_local_llms_what_a/">year translating novels with local AI models</a> yields lessons on keeping glossaries, splitting the work across two models, and why invented words still break machine translation.</p></li><li><p>A developer mixing two languages in the same sentence finds that <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1wdbbv0/why_does_whisper_drop_half_of_any_sentence_when/">hinting </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1wdbbv0/why_does_whisper_drop_half_of_any_sentence_when/">Whisper</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1wdbbv0/why_does_whisper_drop_half_of_any_sentence_when/">&#8217;s API with three candidate languages</a>, not the two actually spoken, stops it from dropping words.</p></li><li><p><strong>AMTA</strong> publishes <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vugl6o/amta_publishes_framework_for_evaluating/">a framework for evaluating translation </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vugl6o/amta_publishes_framework_for_evaluating/">QE</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vugl6o/amta_publishes_framework_for_evaluating/"> systems</a>.</p></li><li><p><strong>RWS TrainAI</strong> launches <strong><a href="https://www.rws.com/artificial-intelligence/train-ai-data-services/research/m-gate/by-model/">M-GATE</a></strong>, a benchmark of <strong>70 AI models</strong> across <strong>30 languages</strong>, finding top reasoning models often score worse than a random guess on non-English grammar.</p></li><li><p><strong>DATAmundi</strong> tests <strong><a href="https://slator.com/datamundi-reports-translation-benchmark-results/">AIDA</a></strong> multi-agent frameworks on terminology-constrained translation, evaluating strict <strong>glossary adherence</strong> for enterprise MT.</p></li></ul><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/?f=flair_name%3A%22Engineering%22">More research &#8594;</a></p><p>&#10068; <strong>Questions</strong></p><ul><li><p>Why is <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1whijwh/why_is_reddits_translation_feature_such_a_mess/">Reddit</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1whijwh/why_is_reddits_translation_feature_such_a_mess/">&#8217;s translation feature</a> such a mess? Can&#8217;t they plug in other translation APIs?</p></li><li><p>Are <strong>Meta</strong>&#8217;s <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1wgra2a/are_omtnllb_metas_omnilingual_mt_arxiv_260316309/">OMT-NLLB</a></strong> (Omnilingual MT) model weights publicly released anywhere?</p></li><li><p>How should I <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1w8zf3h/nontech_background_20_years_crosslingual_work_and/">position myself</a> for a job search (<strong>non-tech background</strong>, <strong>20+ years</strong> of cross-lingual work, <strong>two years</strong> diagnosing <strong>LLM</strong> translation failures)?</p></li><li><p>Which <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1w8lqvt/best_small_llms_for_translations/">small local LLMs</a></strong> work best for translation?</p></li><li><p>What&#8217;s the best AI tool for translating <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vugsiy/best_ai_tool_to_translate_dense/">dense </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vugsiy/best_ai_tool_to_translate_dense/">philosophy</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vugsiy/best_ai_tool_to_translate_dense/"> and </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vugsiy/best_ai_tool_to_translate_dense/">psychoanalysis</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vugsiy/best_ai_tool_to_translate_dense/"> books</a>?</p></li><li><p>How do I translate a <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vtdjee/aiuto_per_tradurre_un_file_epub/">DRM-protected </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vtdjee/aiuto_per_tradurre_un_file_epub/">EPUB</a></strong> from <strong>English</strong> to <strong>Italian</strong>?</p></li><li><p>Is <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vsz3tw/how_was_google_translates_voice_recorded/">Google Translate</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vsz3tw/how_was_google_translates_voice_recorded/">&#8217;s voice</a> recorded word by word, or broken down into phonetic sounds?</p></li><li><p>Is <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vs1wh7/looking_for_feedback_is_live_translation_during/">live translation </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vs1wh7/looking_for_feedback_is_live_translation_during/">during meetings</a></strong> actually useful? (<strong>OLVA</strong> team asking for feedback)</p></li><li><p>Is there a <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vrgxfu/i_wish_there_was_a_multilingual_voice/">multilingual </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vrgxfu/i_wish_there_was_a_multilingual_voice/">voice transcriber</a></strong> for <strong>WhatsApp</strong>?</p></li><li><p>How do you handle <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vz3sn6/how_can_i_handle_documents_that_need_to_be/">documents that need </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vz3sn6/how_can_i_handle_documents_that_need_to_be/">re-translating</a></strong> every time they&#8217;re updated?</p></li><li><p><strong>DeepL</strong>&#8217;s quality has dropped. Is <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vy1yjs/deepl_quality_drop_now_google_translate_is_better/">Google Translate</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vy1yjs/deepl_quality_drop_now_google_translate_is_better/"> better now</a>?</p></li><li><p>Which <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vus01t/rulebased_machine_translation/">rule-based</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vus01t/rulebased_machine_translation/"> machine translation</a> system supports <strong>Portuguese</strong> to <strong>English</strong>?</p></li></ul><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/">More questions &#8594;</a></p><p>&#128198; <strong>Events</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1wjzikq/translation_ai_event_at_tech_week/">Translation AI</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1wjzikq/translation_ai_event_at_tech_week/"> at </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1wjzikq/translation_ai_event_at_tech_week/">Tech Week</a></strong> &#8212; 8 October &#8212; San Francisco &#127482;&#127480;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://machinetranslate.org/wmt26">WMT 2026</a></strong> &#8212; 28 - 29 October &#8212; Budapest &#127469;&#127482;</p></li></ul><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/?f=flair_name%3A%22Event%22">More events &#8594;</a></p><p>&#128187; <strong>Jobs</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vx8k4b/senior_software_engineer_localization_on_ai/">Senior Software Engineer</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vx8k4b/senior_software_engineer_localization_on_ai/">, Localization on AI Answers</a> at <strong>Google</strong> &#8212; Belo Horizonte &#127463;&#127479;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1wcg29e/ai_ops_localization_at_workday_pleasanton_ca/">AI Ops, Localization</a></strong> at <strong>Workday</strong> &#8212; Pleasanton &#127482;&#127480;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1wmohy3/localization_product_strategist_at_google_boulder/">Localization Product Strategist</a></strong> at <strong>Google</strong> &#8212; Boulder &#127482;&#127480;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1wmokda/senior_product_manager_language_translation/">Senior Product Manager</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1wmokda/senior_product_manager_language_translation/">, Language &amp; Translation Platform</a> at <strong>Medallia</strong> &#8212; McLean &#127482;&#127480;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1wmolci/applied_scientist_ii_genaillm_translation/">Applied Scientist II</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1wmolci/applied_scientist_ii_genaillm_translation/">, GenAI/LLM, Translation Services</a> at <strong>Amazon Science</strong> &#8212; Seattle &#127482;&#127480;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1wmomds/applied_scientistresearch_engineer_llm_training/">Applied Scientist/Research Engineer</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1wmomds/applied_scientistresearch_engineer_llm_training/">, LLM Training Data</a> at <strong>Propio Language Services</strong> &#8212; Overland Park &#127482;&#127480;</p></li></ul><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/?f=flair_name%3A%22jobs%22">More jobs &#8594;</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[🌏 The machine translation newsletter - August 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi folks! Live translation is showing up everywhere this month...]]></description><link>https://newsletter.machinetranslate.org/p/the-machine-translation-newsletter-aff</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://newsletter.machinetranslate.org/p/the-machine-translation-newsletter-aff</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cecilia Yalangozian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:11:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!E1H6!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2456b986-3f08-476d-835e-c4d032aa9092_256x256.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Hi folks!</p><p>Live translation is showing up everywhere this month &#8212; Claude&#8217;s voice mode, Threads Live Chats, DeepL in Google Meet, OpenAI&#8217;s GPT-Live, and even live commentary at a track and field championship. Sign language joined the mix too, with Google DeepMind&#8217;s SL2T landing on Pixel phones.</p><p>Our community shared fun projects too. We loved them! One app added High Valyrian. Another lets you read EPUBs with side-by-side translation. A third keeps character names and terms consistent when translating novels into Chinese.</p><p>Event season continues. AMTA, AAMT, and MT Marathon are coming up. There's a new Translation AI event at Tech Week in SF in October. And WMT is in November.</p><p>Enjoy &#8212; and share!</p><p>&#128478;&#65039; <strong>News</strong></p><ul><li><p>The <strong>US Congress</strong> is debating the <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1v3fzbt/new_proposed_bill_restores_required_translation/">Language Access for All Act</a></strong>, which would restore language-access requirements revoked in 2025 and stop AI from replacing <strong>human translators</strong>.</p></li><li><p><strong>Gartner</strong> features <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vb1zcc/modelfront_featured_in_gartner_hype_cycle_for/">ModelFront</a></strong> in its 2026 <strong>Hype Cycle</strong> for Natural Language and Unstructured Content Technologies.</p></li></ul><p>&#128640; <strong>Launches</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>Google DeepMind</strong> launches <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vo9in8/google_deepmind_launches_sl2t_a/">SL2T</a></strong>, a sign-language-to-text model that adds <strong>ASL</strong> dictation to <strong>Pixel 11</strong>&#8217;s <strong>Gboard</strong> and <strong>Live Transcribe</strong>.</p></li><li><p><strong>OpenAI</strong> launches <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vlrf2h/openai_launches_gptlive_model_capable_of/">GPT-Live</a></strong>, a voice model that replaces <strong>Advanced Voice Mode</strong>, listens and talks at the same time, and demoed live translation.</p></li><li><p><strong>Eurovision Sport</strong> and <strong>CAMB.AI</strong> launch <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vlsl73/eurovision_sport_launches_aitranslated/">AI-translated live </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vlsl73/eurovision_sport_launches_aitranslated/">commentary</a></strong> at the <strong>European Athletics U18 Championships</strong>.</p></li><li><p><strong>Anthropic</strong> launches <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vatple/anthropic_expands_multilingual_voice_mode_for/">multilingual</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vatple/anthropic_expands_multilingual_voice_mode_for/"> support for </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vatple/anthropic_expands_multilingual_voice_mode_for/">Claude</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vatple/anthropic_expands_multilingual_voice_mode_for/">&#8217;s </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vatple/anthropic_expands_multilingual_voice_mode_for/">voice mode</a></strong> on <strong>Opus</strong> and <strong>Sonnet</strong> models.</p></li><li><p><strong>Translated</strong> launches <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vayhl3/translated_is_now_releasing_lara_v3/">Lara 3</a></strong>, adding training based on human feedback plus <strong>image</strong>, <strong>audio</strong>, and <strong>document</strong> translation.</p></li><li><p><strong>Instagram</strong> and <strong>Facebook</strong> launch <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vlrhln/instagram_and_facebook_expand_reel_translation_to/">Reels</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vlrhln/instagram_and_facebook_expand_reel_translation_to/"> translation</a> in <strong>18 languages</strong>, with <strong>auto-dubbing</strong> and <strong>AI lip-sync</strong>.</p></li><li><p><strong>TAUS</strong> launches <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vkmuqi/taus_launches_version_3_of_their_offtheshelf/">version 3 of its </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vkmuqi/taus_launches_version_3_of_their_offtheshelf/">EPIC</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vkmuqi/taus_launches_version_3_of_their_offtheshelf/"> </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vkmuqi/taus_launches_version_3_of_their_offtheshelf/">quality-estimation</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vkmuqi/taus_launches_version_3_of_their_offtheshelf/"> model</a>.</p></li><li><p><strong>Threads</strong> launches <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vlr2fc/threads_launches_translation_support_for_live/">translation</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vlr2fc/threads_launches_translation_support_for_live/"> support</a> for <strong>Live Chats</strong>.</p></li><li><p><strong>Amazon</strong> launches <strong><a href="https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/books-and-authors/amazon-kindle-translate-books-authors">Kindle Translate</a></strong>, an AI translation <strong>service</strong>, in <strong>French</strong>, <strong>Italian</strong>, and <strong>Portuguese</strong> for self-published authors.</p></li><li><p><strong>DeepL Voice</strong> launches <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1v7u569/deepl_voice_is_now_available_for_google_meet/">real-time</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1v7u569/deepl_voice_is_now_available_for_google_meet/"> translated </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1v7u569/deepl_voice_is_now_available_for_google_meet/">captions</a></strong> for <strong>Google Meet</strong>.</p></li><li><p><strong>Pangeanic</strong> launches <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vg12rt/we_just_released_pangeanic_mtqe_v2_on_hugging_face/">MTQE v2</a></strong>, a <strong>quality-estimation</strong> model, on <strong>Hugging Face</strong>.</p></li><li><p><strong>Azure Translator API</strong> launches <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1v4ddip/updates_on_the_azure_translator_api_llm_choice/">LLM</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1v4ddip/updates_on_the_azure_translator_api_llm_choice/"> choice, </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1v4ddip/updates_on_the_azure_translator_api_llm_choice/">adaptive MT</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1v4ddip/updates_on_the_azure_translator_api_llm_choice/">, and </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1v4ddip/updates_on_the_azure_translator_api_llm_choice/">tone</a></strong> controls.</p></li></ul><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/?f=flair_name%3A%22Product%22">More launches &#8594;</a></p><p>&#128736;&#65039; <strong>Community launches</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1v38f9a/opensourced_wenyi_an_aiassisted_workflow_for/">Wenyi</a></strong>, an open-source pipeline for consistent <strong>terminology</strong> and <strong>character names</strong> in <strong>Chinese</strong> novel translation.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vc0tbq/tool_gensrt_free_opensource_whisper_subtitle_app/">GenSRT</a></strong>, a free, open-source <strong>Whisper</strong> subtitle app for <strong>Windows</strong>, with translation and <strong>burn-in</strong>.</p></li><li><p><strong>Rhetoriq</strong> launches an app for <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vfihr9/rhetoriq_app_for_dialects/">AI</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vfihr9/rhetoriq_app_for_dialects/"> rewriting, translation, and dialect conversion</a>, adding <strong>High Valyrian</strong> for <strong>Game of Thrones</strong> fans.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vjn0zd/xliffai_an_opensource_clilibrary_for_translating/">XliffAI</a></strong>, an open-source CLI for translating <strong>XLIFF</strong> 2.x files with LLMs.</p></li><li><p><strong>GianoReader</strong> adds <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vkgiqk/oc_gianoreader_updates_you_can_now_read_your/">side-by-side</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vkgiqk/oc_gianoreader_updates_you_can_now_read_your/"> </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vkgiqk/oc_gianoreader_updates_you_can_now_read_your/">EPUB</a></strong> translation on phones and tablets.</p></li><li><p><strong>Olaverse Lab</strong> launches <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vbzr2f/diacnet11_a_specialized_model_for_restoring/">DiacNet-1.1</a></strong>, a specialized model for restoring <strong>diacritics</strong> in 10 languages, fine-tuned from Google&#8217;s <strong>ByT5</strong>.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1v1jr00/translating_ebooksepubs/">Libyx</a></strong>, a free e-book translator supporting <strong>43 languages</strong>, cuts costs with <strong>batch mode</strong> and <strong>prompt caching</strong>, and refines quality with a two-model pass.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1voemct/fta_extension/">FTA</a></strong>, a browser extension that shows an LLM-powered translation in a popup over selected text, using <strong>Google AI Studio</strong>, <strong>OpenRouter</strong>, or local models.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vpqaf4/i_built_meeting_interpreter_realtime_speech/">Meeting Interpreter</a></strong>, a real-time speech translation app for <strong>Windows</strong>.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vpr429/a_document_translator_that_allows_you_to_choose/">DocTranslating</a></strong>, a document translator that lets you pick between <strong>DeepL</strong>, <strong>Google</strong>, <strong>Azure</strong>, and <strong>Gemini</strong> per job, with OCR support for <strong>handwritten text</strong>.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vq37p0/we_added_realtime_meeting_translation_to_our/">OLVA</a></strong>, a bot-free AI meeting assistant, adds live translation in <strong>87 languages</strong> across <strong>Zoom</strong>, <strong>Google Meet</strong>, and <strong>Microsoft Teams</strong>.</p></li></ul><p>&#128218; <strong>Research</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>Taia Translations</strong> shares <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1uy41yt/someone_here_asked_why_commercial_llm_translator/">its experience adding </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1uy41yt/someone_here_asked_why_commercial_llm_translator/">LLM</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1uy41yt/someone_here_asked_why_commercial_llm_translator/"> tiers</a> to its product, citing unreliable segment handling and a shift to <strong>credit-based pricing</strong>.</p></li><li><p><strong>WMT26</strong>&#8217;s <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1v80ff2/wmt26_automated_translation_quality_evaluation/">quality-evaluation</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1v80ff2/wmt26_automated_translation_quality_evaluation/"> shared task</a> closes for submissions, covering <strong>error detection</strong>, <strong>score prediction</strong>, and <strong>error-free classification</strong>.</p></li><li><p>A <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1v86rfd/built_trained_a_transformer_from_scratch_in_pure/">technical walkthrough</a> of building a <strong>Transformer</strong> from scratch in <strong>PyTorch</strong>, for <strong>English-to-Tamil</strong> translation.</p></li></ul><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/?f=flair_name%3A%22Engineering%22">More research &#8594;</a></p><p>&#10068; <strong>Questions</strong></p><ul><li><p>How do you preserve <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1v2lwf5/traducci%C3%B3n_de_archivos_de_ingl%C3%A9s_a_espa%C3%B1ol/">table format</a></strong> when translating <strong>English</strong> to <strong>Spanish</strong> files?</p></li><li><p>Is a <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1v33y7y/i_discovered_this_by_accident_is_it_true_i_just/">Google Lens</a></strong> translation trick real?</p></li><li><p>Which real-time <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1v40fcg/what_is_the_best_realtime_voice_translation_app/">voice translation</a></strong> app works for <strong>English</strong> and <strong>Hungarian</strong>?</p></li><li><p>Has <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vcq5p5/has_deepl_translate_gotten_worse/">DeepL</a></strong> gotten worse?</p></li><li><p>What <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vd6510/what_are_ai_instructions_for_making_best/">AI </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vd6510/what_are_ai_instructions_for_making_best/">instructions</a></strong> do people use for translation?</p></li><li><p>Can anyone beta-test a <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vdxm5a/namaste_i_create_a_lord_of_the_rings_translation/">Hindi</a></strong> translation on a <strong>Lord of the Rings</strong>-themed site?</p></li><li><p>Can anyone help with a <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vfj4af/sanskrit_translation_for_research_project/">Sanskrit</a></strong> translation for a research project?</p></li><li><p>What advice do people have on <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vg3f1p/help_on_machine_translation/">preprocessing</a></strong> for an MT internship project?</p></li><li><p>Which <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vi92k3/subtitle_tool_req_wlocal_stt_asr_issues/">local STT/ASR</a></strong> subtitle tool should I use?</p></li><li><p>What workflow do people use for translating <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vjata2/what_is_the_best_workflow_for_translating/">long-form books</a></strong> with AI?</p></li><li><p>What do you learn building an <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1uz3py5/lessons_ive_learned_so_far_from_trying_to/">LLM</a></strong>-based translation setup <strong>on a budget</strong>?</p></li><li><p>Which MT tools can translate <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vov7al/best_way_to_translate_from_medieval_tibetan_into/">medieval Tibetan</a></strong> into English?</p></li><li><p>Does <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vp8m4q/does_machinetranslationcom_actually_work/">machinetranslation.com</a></strong> actually work?</p></li><li><p>Why doesn&#8217;t <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1vrgxfu/i_wish_there_was_a_multilingual_voice/">WhatsApp</a></strong> use a voice transcriber as accurate as <strong>Instagram</strong>&#8217;s?</p></li></ul><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/">More questions &#8594;</a></p><p>&#9200;&#65039; <strong>Deadlines</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1sadded/mt_marathon_2026_karlsruhe_germany/">MT Marathon 2026</a></strong> call for papers &#8212; 5 September</p></li></ul><p><a href="https://machinetranslate.org/calls-for-papers">More deadlines &#8594;</a></p><p>&#128198; <strong>Events</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong><a href="https://machinetranslate.org/amta-2026">AMTA 2026</a></strong> &#8212; 31 August - 2 September &#8212; Qu&#233;bec City &#127464;&#127462;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://machinetranslate.org/aamt-2026">AAMT 2026</a></strong> &#8212; 13 - 14 September &#8212; Online / Nara &#127471;&#127477;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1sadded/mt_marathon_2026_karlsruhe_germany/">MT Marathon 2026</a></strong> &#8212; 14 - 18 September &#8212; Karlsruhe &#127465;&#127466;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.modelfront.com/events/translation-ai-sf-tech-week-2026">Translation AI at Tech Week</a></strong> &#8212; 8 October &#8212; San Francisco &#127482;&#127480;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://machinetranslate.org/wmt26">WMT 2026</a></strong> &#8212; November &#8212; Budapest &#127469;&#127482;</p></li></ul><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/?f=flair_name%3A%22Event%22">More events &#8594;</a></p><p>&#128187; <strong>Jobs</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1uz75i9/head_of_global_language_services_lse_at_interpol/">Head of Global Language Services</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1uz75i9/head_of_global_language_services_lse_at_interpol/"> (LSE)</a> at <strong>INTERPOL</strong> &#8212; Lyon &#127467;&#127479;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1v1ubqa/manager_new_localization_technology_at_deluxe/">Manager</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1v1ubqa/manager_new_localization_technology_at_deluxe/">, New Localization Technology</a> at <strong>Deluxe</strong> &#8212; Burbank &#127482;&#127480;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1v3juob/machine_learning_manager_localization_algorithms/">Machine Learning Manager</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1v3juob/machine_learning_manager_localization_algorithms/">, Localization Algorithms</a> at <strong>Netflix</strong> &#8212; Los Gatos &#127482;&#127480;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1v3jypn/program_manager_localization_testing_at_meta_san/">Program Manager</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1v3jypn/program_manager_localization_testing_at_meta_san/">, Localization Testing</a> at <strong>Meta</strong> &#8212; San Francisco &#127482;&#127480;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1v3jzyz/localization_program_manager_at_meta_menlo_park_ca/">Localization Program Manager</a></strong> at <strong>Meta</strong> &#8212; Menlo Park &#127482;&#127480;</p></li></ul><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/?f=flair_name%3A%22jobs%22">More jobs &#8594;</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[🌏 The machine translation newsletter - July 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi folks!]]></description><link>https://newsletter.machinetranslate.org/p/the-machine-translation-newsletter-cf6</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://newsletter.machinetranslate.org/p/the-machine-translation-newsletter-cf6</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cecilia Yalangozian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:44:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!E1H6!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2456b986-3f08-476d-835e-c4d032aa9092_256x256.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi folks! On the production side, the lines are blurring. It&#8217;s no longer only TMSes adding AI, now translation AI companies are launching their own TMS platforms too!</p><p>Meanwhile, thanks to Claude, the homemade translation tools shared in our community are starting to look more and more polished, but they&#8217;re also becoming more similar. Commoditization is happening fast.</p><p>Event season is in full swing, and there are plenty of jobs!</p><p>Enjoy - and share!</p><div><hr></div><p>&#128478;&#65039; <strong>News</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>AMTA</strong> opens <strong><a href="https://amtaweb.org/amta-2026/">registration</a></strong> for its 2026 conference in Qu&#233;bec City.</p></li><li><p><strong>TAUS</strong> opens <strong><a href="https://www.taus.net/events/conference-vancouver-2026">registration</a></strong> for its conference in Vancouver.</p></li><li><p><strong>LocWorld 56</strong> opens <strong><a href="https://locworld.com/events/locworld56-vancouver-2026/">registration</a></strong> for its conference in Vancouver.</p></li><li><p><strong>Romhack.ing</strong>, a hub for fan-translated retro games, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1u96rr7/romhacking_romhackingnet_successor_disables_most/">pulls </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1u96rr7/romhacking_romhackingnet_successor_disables_most/">machine-translated</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1u96rr7/romhacking_romhackingnet_successor_disables_most/"> versions</a> to protect human ones.</p></li></ul><p>&#128640; <strong>Launches</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>DeepL</strong> launches <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1upyatr/deepl_launches_translation_flow_to_connect/">Translation Flow</a></strong>, connecting enterprise apps like <strong>Google Drive</strong> and <strong>SharePoint</strong> to its MT, <strong>glossaries</strong>, <strong>style guides</strong>, and <strong>human review routing</strong>.</p></li><li><p><strong>RWS</strong> launches <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1upv8so/rws_launches_trados_studio_2026_with_contextaware/">Trados Studio 2026</a></strong> with <strong>context-aware</strong> AI, native <strong>Language Weaver Pro</strong>, and LLM support.</p></li><li><p><strong>Ray-Ban Meta</strong> glasses now <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1uoz5uq/meta_ai_finally_speaks_korean/">support real-time </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1uoz5uq/meta_ai_finally_speaks_korean/">Korean</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1uoz5uq/meta_ai_finally_speaks_korean/"> translation</a>.</p></li><li><p><strong>xAI</strong> launches <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1upyfyl/xai_launches_21_multilingual_voices_for_grok/">21 multilingual voices</a></strong> for <strong>Grok</strong>&#8217;s <strong>Voice Agent Builder</strong>, now supporting 25+ languages.</p></li><li><p><strong>TAUS</strong> launches <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1upun5c/taus_launches_canadian_french_quality_estimation/">a </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1upun5c/taus_launches_canadian_french_quality_estimation/">Canadian French</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1upun5c/taus_launches_canadian_french_quality_estimation/"> </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1upun5c/taus_launches_canadian_french_quality_estimation/">quality estimation</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1upun5c/taus_launches_canadian_french_quality_estimation/"> model</a>.</p></li><li><p><strong>Lara Translate</strong> launches <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1upzt57/lara_translate_launches_audiotoaudio_translation/">audio-to-audio</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1upzt57/lara_translate_launches_audiotoaudio_translation/"> translation, mobile </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1upzt57/lara_translate_launches_audiotoaudio_translation/">image</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1upzt57/lara_translate_launches_audiotoaudio_translation/"> translation, and </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1upzt57/lara_translate_launches_audiotoaudio_translation/">Microsoft Edge</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1upzt57/lara_translate_launches_audiotoaudio_translation/"> support</a>.</p></li><li><p><strong>Gradium</strong> launches <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ufc1f3/gradium_launches_two_speech_models_stttranslate/">stt-translate</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ufc1f3/gradium_launches_two_speech_models_stttranslate/"> and </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ufc1f3/gradium_launches_two_speech_models_stttranslate/">s2s-translate</a></strong> <strong>speech</strong> models.</p></li><li><p><strong>Gyeonggi Province</strong> launches <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1upxxmf/gyeonggi_province_launches_multilingual_ai_portal/">a multilingual AI portal</a> with integrated MT for <strong>foreign residents</strong>.</p></li><li><p><strong>NagaTranslate</strong> adds <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1uhluwt/update_on_nagatranslate_new_domain_voice/">a new domain and </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1uhluwt/update_on_nagatranslate_new_domain_voice/">voice</a></strong> (<strong>TTS</strong> and <strong>speech recognition</strong>).</p></li><li><p><strong>DeepManga</strong> is a new <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1uj4jct/deepmanga_open_source_manga_translation_tool/">open-source </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1uj4jct/deepmanga_open_source_manga_translation_tool/">manga translation</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1uj4jct/deepmanga_open_source_manga_translation_tool/"> tool</a> built on <strong>PaddleOCR</strong> and <strong>Gemini</strong>.</p></li></ul><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/?f=flair_name%3A%22Product%22">More launches &#8594;</a></p><p>&#128736;&#65039; <strong>Community launches</strong></p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1uil6v2/i_built_open_source_google_translate_for/">An open-source machine translator</a> for <strong>indigenous languages</strong>.</p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1u93o9d/i_built_a_chrome_translation_extension_that_lets/">A </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1u93o9d/i_built_a_chrome_translation_extension_that_lets/">Chrome</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1u93o9d/i_built_a_chrome_translation_extension_that_lets/"> extension for translating </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1u93o9d/i_built_a_chrome_translation_extension_that_lets/">webpages</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1u93o9d/i_built_a_chrome_translation_extension_that_lets/">, </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1u93o9d/i_built_a_chrome_translation_extension_that_lets/">PDFs</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1u93o9d/i_built_a_chrome_translation_extension_that_lets/">, and </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1u93o9d/i_built_a_chrome_translation_extension_that_lets/">DOCX</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1u93o9d/i_built_a_chrome_translation_extension_that_lets/"> files</a> using your own LLM API.</p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ub0ild/i_built_a_chrome_tool_for_text_workflows/">A </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ub0ild/i_built_a_chrome_tool_for_text_workflows/">Chrome</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ub0ild/i_built_a_chrome_tool_for_text_workflows/"> extension</a> that shows <strong>Google Translate</strong> output for any selected text.</p></li><li><p>An offline, lightweight version of the <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ujuyld/sussurrocpp_i_reimplemented_the_opusmt_marian/">OPUS-MT/Marian</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ujuyld/sussurrocpp_i_reimplemented_the_opusmt_marian/"> translation engine</a>.</p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1uow0qp/i_make_mask_sensitive_data_locally_before_sending/">A tool to </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1uow0qp/i_make_mask_sensitive_data_locally_before_sending/">mask sensitive data</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1uow0qp/i_make_mask_sensitive_data_locally_before_sending/"> locally</a> before sending it for AI translation.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1upd90c/i_launched_xnn_translate_local_realtime/">Local</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1upd90c/i_launched_xnn_translate_local_realtime/">, </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1upd90c/i_launched_xnn_translate_local_realtime/">real-time</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1upd90c/i_launched_xnn_translate_local_realtime/"> </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1upd90c/i_launched_xnn_translate_local_realtime/">subtitles</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1upd90c/i_launched_xnn_translate_local_realtime/"> and translation</a> for <strong>streamers</strong>.</p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1up8n8s/i_built_a_translation_app_that_gives_you_feedback/">A translation </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1up8n8s/i_built_a_translation_app_that_gives_you_feedback/">quality-check</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1up8n8s/i_built_a_translation_app_that_gives_you_feedback/"> tool</a> with <strong>MQM</strong>-based error annotations, <strong>back-translation</strong>, and <strong>style guide</strong> support.</p></li></ul><p>&#128218; <strong>Research</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>EAMT</strong> publishes <a href="https://machinetranslate.org/eamt-2026">its </a><strong><a href="https://machinetranslate.org/eamt-2026">2026 proceedings</a></strong>.</p></li><li><p><strong>NeTTiT</strong> publishes <a href="https://acl-bg.org/proceedings/2026/NeTTIT%202026/index.html">the first version of its </a><strong><a href="https://acl-bg.org/proceedings/2026/NeTTIT%202026/index.html">2026 proceedings</a></strong>.</p></li><li><p>Can AI <strong>detectors</strong> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1u91skz/i_ran_an_experiment_on_whether_ai_detectors_flag/">flag AI translations</a>?</p></li><li><p><strong>ModelFront</strong> debunks <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1uvfbbq/myths_about_quality_estimation_and_automatic/">myths about </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1uvfbbq/myths_about_quality_estimation_and_automatic/">quality estimation</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1uvfbbq/myths_about_quality_estimation_and_automatic/"> and </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1uvfbbq/myths_about_quality_estimation_and_automatic/">automatic post-editing</a></strong>.</p></li></ul><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/?f=flair_name%3A%22Engineering%22">More research &#8594;</a></p><p>&#127897;&#65039; <strong>Podcasts and videos</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ug6qtd/slatorpod_language_ai_startups_voice_ai_anthropic/">SlatorPod</a></strong> covers language AI <strong>startups</strong>, <strong>voice</strong> AI, and <strong>Anthropic</strong>.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://custom.mt/genai-in-localization-2026-summer-edition/">GenAI in Localization</a></strong>&#8217;s recording is available on demand.</p></li></ul><p>&#10068; <strong>Questions</strong></p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1unzu2s/idea_asymmetric_ai_translator_and_why_apple_and/">&#8220;</a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1unzu2s/idea_asymmetric_ai_translator_and_why_apple_and/">Asymmetric AI Translator</a></strong>&#8221; &#8212; why Apple and Timekettle get it wrong</p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1umldxq/any_examples_of_texts_where_deepl_fails_to/">Examples where </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1umldxq/any_examples_of_texts_where_deepl_fails_to/">DeepL</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1umldxq/any_examples_of_texts_where_deepl_fails_to/"> fails to translate </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1umldxq/any_examples_of_texts_where_deepl_fails_to/">tone</a></strong></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ucltzv/is_modelfront_doing_qe_with_a_score/">Is </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ucltzv/is_modelfront_doing_qe_with_a_score/">ModelFront</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ucltzv/is_modelfront_doing_qe_with_a_score/"> doing QE with a score?</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ujslhe/does_modernmt_still_exist/">Does </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ujslhe/does_modernmt_still_exist/">ModernMT</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ujslhe/does_modernmt_still_exist/"> still exist?</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ui88dh/what_are_the_biggest_unsolved_problems_in/">Biggest unsolved problems in </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ui88dh/what_are_the_biggest_unsolved_problems_in/">business-focused</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ui88dh/what_are_the_biggest_unsolved_problems_in/"> MT workflows</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1uj0ajw/would_you_rather_have_disclosed_aimachine/">Disclosed AI/MT vs. </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1uj0ajw/would_you_rather_have_disclosed_aimachine/">no translation</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1uj0ajw/would_you_rather_have_disclosed_aimachine/"> at all</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1uj4zea/are_any_translators_out_there_actually_happy/">Are any translators happy about </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1uj4zea/are_any_translators_out_there_actually_happy/">MTPE</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1uj4zea/are_any_translators_out_there_actually_happy/">?</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ulknfj/is_anyone_finetuning_models_in_2026/">Is anyone still </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ulknfj/is_anyone_finetuning_models_in_2026/">fine-tuning</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ulknfj/is_anyone_finetuning_models_in_2026/"> models in 2026?</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1undecc/electronic_englishspanish_translator/">An 80s electronic </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1undecc/electronic_englishspanish_translator/">English/Spanish</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1undecc/electronic_englishspanish_translator/"> translator</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1uof9l5/large_scale_multilingual_transaltions_on_a_budget/">Large-scale multilingual translation </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1uof9l5/large_scale_multilingual_transaltions_on_a_budget/">on a budget</a></strong></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1usjaic/how_do_you_translate_your_work_from_your_native/">Translating your own work from your </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1usjaic/how_do_you_translate_your_work_from_your_native/">native language</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1usjaic/how_do_you_translate_your_work_from_your_native/"> into English</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1utlcnd/whats_the_biggest_pain_in_your/">Biggest pain in your </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1utlcnd/whats_the_biggest_pain_in_your/">translation/localization</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1utlcnd/whats_the_biggest_pain_in_your/"> workflow</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1utk1mb/why_the_state_of_commercial_llm_translator_tools/">Why commercial LLM </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1utk1mb/why_the_state_of_commercial_llm_translator_tools/">translator tools</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1utk1mb/why_the_state_of_commercial_llm_translator_tools/"> are so bad</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1uvxqmx/what_is_the_best_free_ai_texts_in_pdf_translator/">Best free AI </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1uvxqmx/what_is_the_best_free_ai_texts_in_pdf_translator/">PDF</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1uvxqmx/what_is_the_best_free_ai_texts_in_pdf_translator/"> translator</a> for text that isn&#8217;t editable</p></li></ul><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/">More questions &#8594;</a></p><p>&#128198; <strong>Events</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong><a href="https://machinetranslate.org/amta-2026">AMTA 2026</a></strong> &#8212; 31 August - 2 September &#8212; Qu&#233;bec City &#127464;&#127462;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://machinetranslate.org/aamt-2026">AAMT 2026</a></strong> &#8212; 13 - 14 September &#8212; Online / Nara &#127471;&#127477;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1sadded/mt_marathon_2026_karlsruhe_germany/">MT Marathon 2026</a></strong> &#8212; 14 - 18 September &#8212; Karlsruhe &#127465;&#127466;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.modelfront.com/events/translation-ai-sf-tech-week-2026">Translation AI at Tech Week</a></strong> &#8212; 8 October &#8212; San Francisco &#127482;&#127480;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://machinetranslate.org/wmt26">WMT 2026</a></strong> &#8212; November &#8212; Budapest &#127469;&#127482;</p></li></ul><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/?f=flair_name%3A%22Event%22">More events &#8594;</a></p><p>&#128187; <strong>Jobs</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1uy4sd2/multilingual_ai_quality_specialist_at_spotify/">Multilingual AI Quality Specialist</a></strong> at <strong>Spotify</strong> &#8212; Stockholm &#127480;&#127466; or London &#127468;&#127463;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ux8tlv/software_engineer_localization_at_openai_san/">Software Engineer</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ux8tlv/software_engineer_localization_at_openai_san/">, Localization</a> at <strong>OpenAI</strong> &#8212; San Francisco &#127482;&#127480;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ua1hqh/applied_scientist_ii_genaillm_translation/">Applied Scientist II</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ua1hqh/applied_scientist_ii_genaillm_translation/">, GenAI/LLM, Translation Services</a> at <strong>Amazon Science</strong> &#8212; Seattle &#127482;&#127480;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1uco9r8/applied_scientist_ii_alexa_international_team_at/">Applied Scientist II</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1uco9r8/applied_scientist_ii_alexa_international_team_at/">, Alexa International</a> at <strong>Amazon</strong> &#8212; Bellevue &#127482;&#127480;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1udtsl9/senior_applied_scientist_and_principal_applied/">Senior</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1udtsl9/senior_applied_scientist_and_principal_applied/"> and </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1udtsl9/senior_applied_scientist_and_principal_applied/">Principal Applied Scientist</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1udtsl9/senior_applied_scientist_and_principal_applied/">, Speech and Translation</a> at <strong>Microsoft</strong> &#8212; Redmond &#127482;&#127480;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ujyga1/solution_architect_roles_languagetranslation_at/">Solution Architect</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ujyga1/solution_architect_roles_languagetranslation_at/">, Language/Translation</a> at <strong>DeepL</strong> &#8212; Texas, New York, San Francisco &#127482;&#127480;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ulsmuo/localization_technical_solution_architect_at/">Localization Technical Solution Architect</a></strong> at <strong>Blizzard Entertainment</strong> &#8212; Irvine &#127482;&#127480;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ukmsxs/senior_software_engineer_localization_engineering/">Senior Software Engineer</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ukmsxs/senior_software_engineer_localization_engineering/">, Localization Engineering</a> at <strong>Autodesk</strong> &#8212; Vancouver &#127464;&#127462;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1uqv8ou/head_of_localisation_at_gallup_london_england/">Head of Localisation</a></strong> at <strong>Gallup</strong> &#8212; London &#127468;&#127463;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ufkh7s/ai_enablement_localization_specialist_at_sas/">AI Enablement Localization Specialist</a></strong> at <strong>SAS</strong> &#8212; Madrid &#127466;&#127480;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ujxzof/senior_localization_engineer_applied_ai_at/">Senior Localization Engineer</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ujxzof/senior_localization_engineer_applied_ai_at/">, Applied AI</a> at <strong>Tenable</strong> &#8212; Dublin &#127470;&#127466;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ua1o1t/principal_ai_researcher_at_phrase_remote_european/">Principal AI Researcher</a></strong> at <strong>Phrase</strong> &#8212; Remote (EEA) &#127466;&#127482;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ujyixc/machine_learning_engineer_speech_translation_at/">Machine Learning Engineer</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ujyixc/machine_learning_engineer_speech_translation_at/">, Speech and Translation</a> at <strong>myLanguage</strong> &#8212; Remote &#127482;&#127480;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1uco80z/assistant_professor_in_language_technologies_and/">Assistant Professor</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1uco80z/assistant_professor_in_language_technologies_and/">, Language Technologies and AI Governance</a> at <strong>University of Warwick</strong> &#8212; Coventry &#127468;&#127463;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1uejyh2/nlu_and_mt_intern_at_db_cargo_hung%C3%A1ria_frankfurt/">NLU and MT Intern</a></strong> at <strong>DB Cargo Hung&#225;ria</strong> &#8212; Frankfurt &#127465;&#127466;</p></li></ul><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/?f=flair_name%3A%22Jobs%22">More jobs &#8594;</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[🌏 The machine translation newsletter - June 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi folks!]]></description><link>https://newsletter.machinetranslate.org/p/the-machine-translation-newsletter-5c0</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://newsletter.machinetranslate.org/p/the-machine-translation-newsletter-5c0</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cecilia Yalangozian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 13:55:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!E1H6!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2456b986-3f08-476d-835e-c4d032aa9092_256x256.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi folks! Tons of jobs! 16 new open roles this month, from <strong>OpenAI</strong> to <strong>NVIDIA</strong>.</p><p>More live translation deployments this month in police departments, construction sites, and phone calls.</p><p>Meanwhile, <strong>DeepL</strong>&#8217;s transition to <strong>AWS</strong> introduces US data jurisdiction into the equation. With the sudden government restrictions on <strong>Anthropic</strong>&#8217;s Fable and Mythos models, companies are questioning supply chain risks.</p><p>Conference season is here. <strong>EAMT</strong> started this week in Tilburg, and the calendar is packed through November.</p><p>The man who led <strong>Google Translate</strong>&#8217;s transition to neural and Transformers, <strong>Macduff Hughes</strong>, shared his thoughts in a fireside chat.</p><p>Enjoy&#8212;and share!</p><div><hr></div><p>&#128478;&#65039; <strong>News</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>Audible</strong> reports <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1tvojww/audible_reports_over_50_million_minutes_of/">50 million minutes</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1tvojww/audible_reports_over_50_million_minutes_of/"> of </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1tvojww/audible_reports_over_50_million_minutes_of/">AI-narrated</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1tvojww/audible_reports_over_50_million_minutes_of/"> content</a> played.</p></li><li><p><strong>Quebec</strong> language <strong>laws</strong> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1sxwxze/quebec_newspaper_article_about_platforms_like_x/">open the door to </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1sxwxze/quebec_newspaper_article_about_platforms_like_x/">automated web</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1sxwxze/quebec_newspaper_article_about_platforms_like_x/"> translation</a>.</p></li></ul><p>&#128188; <strong>Business</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>ModelFront</strong> announces <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1tvwuiu/modelfront_announces_outcomebased_pricing/">outcome-based pricing</a></strong>.</p></li><li><p><strong>DeepL</strong> acquires <strong><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/deepl_our-ceo-jarek-kutylowski-explains-what-mixhalo-activity-7467602510954958849-5Xva">Mixhalo</a></strong> for <strong>low-latency</strong> audio in live events.</p></li><li><p><strong>DeepL</strong> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1t6lpbw/deepl_is_shifting_from_purely_eu_to_data_under_us/">shifts </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1t6lpbw/deepl_is_shifting_from_purely_eu_to_data_under_us/">data</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1t6lpbw/deepl_is_shifting_from_purely_eu_to_data_under_us/"> from EU to US jurisdiction</a> via <strong>Amazon</strong> partnership.</p></li><li><p><strong>TransPerfect</strong> replaces <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1tpaqf5/widnai_will_be_decommissioned_and_replaced_by/">Widn.AI</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1tpaqf5/widnai_will_be_decommissioned_and_replaced_by/"> with </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1tpaqf5/widnai_will_be_decommissioned_and_replaced_by/">GlobalLinkNow</a></strong>.</p></li><li><p><strong>Youdao</strong> reports <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1tohn3u/youdao_highlights_mt_growth_in_q1_earnings/">MT growth</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1tohn3u/youdao_highlights_mt_growth_in_q1_earnings/"> in Q1 earnings</a>.</p></li><li><p><strong>Interpreters Unlimited</strong> adds <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ttvs7e/slator_article_interpreters_unlimited_first_to/">AI interpretation to </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ttvs7e/slator_article_interpreters_unlimited_first_to/">GSA</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ttvs7e/slator_article_interpreters_unlimited_first_to/"> contract</a>.</p></li></ul><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/?f=flair_name%3A%22Business%22">More business &#8594;</a></p><p>&#128640; <strong>Launches</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>Google</strong> launches <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1u1dm08/google_launches_gemini_35_live_translate/">Gemini 3.5 Live Translate</a></strong>.</p></li><li><p><strong>Alibaba</strong> launches <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1tr9iz9/alibaba_launches_qwen35livetranslateflash_with/">Qwen3.5-LiveTranslate-Flash</a></strong>, real-time speech translation with voice cloning.</p></li><li><p><strong>ElevenLabs</strong> releases <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ttv8fa/elevenlabs_releases_dubbing_v2_an_upgrade_that/">Dubbing v2</a></strong> with speaker <strong>emotion</strong> preservation.</p></li><li><p><strong>OneMeta</strong> launches <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1tus77n/onemeta_launches_realtime_ai_interpretation_for/">real-time interpretation for </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1tus77n/onemeta_launches_realtime_ai_interpretation_for/">emergency services</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1tus77n/onemeta_launches_realtime_ai_interpretation_for/"> in Mexico</a> ahead of <strong>FIFA 2026</strong>.</p></li><li><p><strong>T-Mobile</strong> launches <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1tohgdx/tmobile_beta_live_translation_is_now_available/">beta live translation</a>.</p></li><li><p><strong>Daewoo E&amp;C</strong> launches <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ttuudi/daewoo_ec_launches_ai_translator_for_foreign/">AI translator for </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ttuudi/daewoo_ec_launches_ai_translator_for_foreign/">foreign workers</a></strong>.</p></li><li><p>A <strong>California police</strong> department adds <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1toikf0/california_police_department_integrates_live/">live</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1toikf0/california_police_department_integrates_live/"> translation for </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1toikf0/california_police_department_integrates_live/">officers</a></strong>.</p></li><li><p><strong>Xiaomi</strong> launches <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1titwvm/xiaomis_new_clipon_earbuds_support_apple_find_my/">clip-on </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1titwvm/xiaomis_new_clipon_earbuds_support_apple_find_my/">earbuds</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1titwvm/xiaomis_new_clipon_earbuds_support_apple_find_my/"> with AI translation</a>.</p></li></ul><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/?f=flair_name%3A%22Product%22">More launches &#8594;</a></p><p>&#128218; <strong>Research</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>WMT 2026</strong> announces a <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1tzojwj/wmt_2026_shared_task_on_automated_translation/">shared task on translation </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1tzojwj/wmt_2026_shared_task_on_automated_translation/">quality evaluation</a></strong>.</p></li><li><p>Linguists flag 71% of <strong>TranslateGemma-12b</strong> <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1te7tmx/we_checked_translategemma12bs_clean_subtitle/">subtitle</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1te7tmx/we_checked_translategemma12bs_clean_subtitle/"> translations</a>.</p></li><li><p>Fine-tuning <strong>TranslateGemma-4B</strong> for <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1tbk1a7/finetuning_googles_translategemma4b_to_improve/">English-Welsh</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1tbk1a7/finetuning_googles_translategemma4b_to_improve/"> translation</a>.</p></li></ul><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/?f=flair_name%3A%22Engineering%22">More research &#8594;</a></p><p>&#127897;&#65039; <strong>Interviews</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1tvnt8t/i_interviewed_the_former_director_of_engineering/">Macduff Hughes</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1tvnt8t/i_interviewed_the_former_director_of_engineering/">, former </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1tvnt8t/i_interviewed_the_former_director_of_engineering/">Google Translate</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1tvnt8t/i_interviewed_the_former_director_of_engineering/"> Director of Engineering</a>, on the 2016 neural MT transition and the LLM era.</p></li></ul><p>&#10068; <strong>Questions</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1u1hkhm/moving_mtqe_from_scores_to_operational_signals_in/">MTQE</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1u1hkhm/moving_mtqe_from_scores_to_operational_signals_in/"> as a </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1u1hkhm/moving_mtqe_from_scores_to_operational_signals_in/">workflow trigger</a></strong> in production</p></li><li><p>AI tool for <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1u0190h/ai_tool_for_book_translation/">book</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1u0190h/ai_tool_for_book_translation/"> translation</a></p></li><li><p>Real-time translation on <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1tzvab5/is_there_a_real_time_translation_app_for_quest_i/">Quest</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1tzvab5/is_there_a_real_time_translation_app_for_quest_i/"> AR</a></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1tvm3wd/subtitle_localization_qc_review/">Subtitle</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1tvm3wd/subtitle_localization_qc_review/"> localization QC</a></p></li><li><p>Multilingual <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ts4eel/request_what_is_the_best_pluginservice_for_a/">WordPress</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ts4eel/request_what_is_the_best_pluginservice_for_a/"> plugins</a></p></li><li><p>Translating a <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1tp7txm/how_do_you_actually_translate_a_massive_70mb/">70MB</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1tp7txm/how_do_you_actually_translate_a_massive_70mb/"> PDF</a></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1tma7px/what_are_the_strongest_reliability_signals_in_ai/">Reliability signals</a></strong> in AI translation</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1tt0ros/has_anyone_used_omni_and_opennovel_recently/">Omni</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1tt0ros/has_anyone_used_omni_and_opennovel_recently/"> and </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1tt0ros/has_anyone_used_omni_and_opennovel_recently/">OpenNovel</a></strong> for translation</p></li><li><p>Translating <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1tgq8pu/translating_pdf_with_no_selectable_text/">PDFs</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1tgq8pu/translating_pdf_with_no_selectable_text/"> with no selectable text</a></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1tbzfnh/is_there_a_machine_translation_service_for/">Japanese</a></strong> MT beyond the &#8220;easiest&#8221; answer</p></li><li><p>AI <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1sz7ve6/any_free_ai_tool_that_can_give_me_a_decent_ai/">voice-over</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1sz7ve6/any_free_ai_tool_that_can_give_me_a_decent_ai/"> for non-English</a></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1syypos/im_looking_for_a_free_video_transcription_tool/">Video transcription</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1syypos/im_looking_for_a_free_video_transcription_tool/"> for non-European languages</a></p></li><li><p>AI tools for <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1stnpff/what_nextgen_ai_translation_tools_are_you/">technical docs</a></strong></p></li></ul><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/">More questions &#8594;</a></p><p>&#128198; <strong>Events</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong><a href="https://machinetranslate.org/eamt-2026">EAMT 2026</a></strong> &#8212; 15 - 18 June &#8212; Tilburg &#127475;&#127473;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1tlko0i/nettit_2026_dubrovnik_2427_june_call_for/">NeTTiT 2026</a></strong> &#8212; 24 - 27 June &#8212; Dubrovnik &#127469;&#127479;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://machinetranslate.org/iwslt-2026">IWSLT 2026</a></strong> &#8212; 3 - 4 July &#8212; San Diego &#127482;&#127480;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://machinetranslate.org/amta-2026">AMTA 2026</a></strong> &#8212; 31 August - 2 September &#8212; Qu&#233;bec City &#127464;&#127462;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1sadded/mt_marathon_2026_karlsruhe_germany/">MT Marathon 2026</a></strong> &#8212; 14 - 18 September &#8212; Karlsruhe &#127465;&#127466;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.modelfront.com/events/translation-ai-sf-tech-week-2026">SF Tech Week Translation AI</a></strong> &#8212; 8 October &#8212; San Francisco &#127482;&#127480;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://machinetranslate.org/wmt26">WMT 2026</a></strong> &#8212; November &#8212; Budapest &#127469;&#127482;</p></li></ul><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/?f=flair_name%3A%22Event%22">More events &#8594;</a></p><p>&#128187; <strong>Jobs</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1u084i5/senior_software_engineer_localization_engineering/">Senior Software Engineer</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1u084i5/senior_software_engineer_localization_engineering/">, Localization Engineering</a> at <strong>Autodesk</strong> &#8212; Vancouver &#127464;&#127462;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1u07zlr/research_engineer_machine_translation_at_sanas/">Research Engineer</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1u07zlr/research_engineer_machine_translation_at_sanas/">, Machine Translation</a> at <strong>Sanas</strong> &#8212; Palo Alto &#127482;&#127480;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1u07yzs/senior_applied_scientist_translation_services_at/">Senior Applied Scientist</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1u07yzs/senior_applied_scientist_translation_services_at/">, Translation Services</a> at <strong>Amazon</strong> &#8212; Hyderabad &#127470;&#127475;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1u07xhr/ai_researcher_ml_engineer_asr_speech_specialist/">AI Researcher / ML Engineer</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1u07xhr/ai_researcher_ml_engineer_asr_speech_specialist/">, ASR and Speech</a> at <strong>LILT</strong> &#8212; Boston &#127482;&#127480;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1two14v/senior_research_scientist_at_nvidia_hamburg/">Senior Research Scientist</a></strong> at <strong>NVIDIA</strong> &#8212; Hamburg &#127465;&#127466;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ttve89/ai_technical_program_manager_localisation_at/">AI Technical Program Manager</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ttve89/ai_technical_program_manager_localisation_at/">, Localization</a> at <strong>Canva</strong> &#8212; London &#127468;&#127463;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1toa4s7/software_engineer_machine_translation_at_solerity/">Software Engineer</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1toa4s7/software_engineer_machine_translation_at_solerity/">, Machine Translation</a> at <strong>Solerity</strong> &#8212; Fort Meade &#127482;&#127480;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1u22qsw/solution_architect_languagetranslation_at_deepl/">Solution Architect</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1u22qsw/solution_architect_languagetranslation_at_deepl/">, Language/Translation</a> at <strong>DeepL</strong> &#8212; New York &#127482;&#127480;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1sz9h7m/ai_research_manager_translation_quality_at_deepl/">AI Research Manager</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1sz9h7m/ai_research_manager_translation_quality_at_deepl/">, Translation Quality</a> at <strong>DeepL</strong> &#8212; London &#127468;&#127463;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1stmocz/staff_research_scientist_language_ai_at_deepl/">Staff Research Scientist</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1stmocz/staff_research_scientist_language_ai_at_deepl/">, Language AI</a> at <strong>DeepL</strong> &#8212; Munich &#127465;&#127466;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1u7f0io/software_engineer_localization_at_openai_sf/">Software Engineer</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1u7f0io/software_engineer_localization_at_openai_sf/">, Localization</a> at <strong>OpenAI</strong> &#8212; San Francisco &#127482;&#127480;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1u36p64/localization_product_strategist_at_google_boulder/">Localization Product Strategist</a></strong> at <strong>Google</strong> &#8212; Boulder &#127482;&#127480;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1sqr4du/senior_ainlpml_expert_at_stott_and_may_brussels/">Senior AI/NLP/ML Expert</a></strong> at <strong>Stott and May</strong> &#8212; Brussels &#127463;&#127466;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1u22pii/prompt_engineer_mwd_translation_management_at/">Prompt Engineer</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1u22pii/prompt_engineer_mwd_translation_management_at/">, Translation Management</a> at <strong>Schmieder Translations</strong> &#8212; Telangana &#127470;&#127475;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1u22rnk/member_of_technical_staff_multilingual_at_cohere/">Member of Technical Staff</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1u22rnk/member_of_technical_staff_multilingual_at_cohere/">, Multilingual</a> at <strong>Cohere</strong> &#8212; New York &#127482;&#127480;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1u22tvd/machine_learning_engineer_globalization_at/">Machine Learning Engineer</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1u22tvd/machine_learning_engineer_globalization_at/">, Globalization</a> at <strong>Netflix</strong> &#8212; United States &#127482;&#127480;</p></li></ul><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/?f=flair_name%3A%22jobs%22">More jobs &#8594;</a></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://newsletter.machinetranslate.org/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading The machine translation newsletter! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[🌏 The machine translation newsletter - May 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi folks! The machine translation newsletter is back! The amazing progress in machine translation has only accelerated.]]></description><link>https://newsletter.machinetranslate.org/p/the-machine-translation-newsletter</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://newsletter.machinetranslate.org/p/the-machine-translation-newsletter</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cecilia Yalangozian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 15:13:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!E1H6!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2456b986-3f08-476d-835e-c4d032aa9092_256x256.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi folks! The machine translation newsletter is back! The amazing progress in machine translation has only accelerated.</p><p>Modern machine translation (learned from data, not based on hand-coded rules) started exactly 20 years ago, with the original launch of Google Translate.</p><p>Now trillions of words are translated every month. (Not hyperbole, that&#8217;s the actual number.)</p><p>The quality available has improved fantastically, by any measure. (Model evaluation is as unsolved as ever.) Even free, open-source models now translate at quality better than the best APIs a decade ago, between thousands of languages.</p><p>Convenient built-in translation features are now standard across top platforms like Reddit, X and Whatsapp. Book fans are hacking together their own tools, now that machine translation can do context across sentences and take prompts.</p><p>Progress is even coming to the high-value content, where manually checking the AI is the bottleneck. Enterprise localization teams are using AI to automagically confirm millions of segments, while keeping human quality.</p><p>To help us all keep track, we&#8217;ve launched new sections at <a href="https://machinetranslate.org">machinetranslate.org</a>, like <a href="https://machinetranslate.org/models">models</a> and <a href="https://machinetranslate.org/automatic-post-editing">automatic post-editing</a>.</p><div><hr></div><h2>&#128640; <strong>Launches</strong></h2><h4><strong>Language support</strong></h4><ul><li><p><strong>Google Translate</strong> now supports more than <strong><a href="https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/translate/fun-facts-google-translate-20-years/">247</a> languages</strong>.</p></li><li><p><strong>DeepL</strong> now supports <strong>109</strong> <strong>languages</strong>, after <a href="https://www.deepl.com/en/press-release/deepl_unveils_next-gen_language_ai_tools_and_game-changing_agentic_productivity_solution">adding more than </a><strong><a href="https://www.deepl.com/en/press-release/deepl_unveils_next-gen_language_ai_tools_and_game-changing_agentic_productivity_solution">70</a></strong><a href="https://www.deepl.com/en/press-release/deepl_unveils_next-gen_language_ai_tools_and_game-changing_agentic_productivity_solution"> in November</a>.</p></li><li><p><strong>Meta</strong> released <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1rwh4xp/meta_releases_omnilingual_mt_machine_translation/">Omnilingual MT</a></strong> for <strong>1,600</strong> <strong>languages</strong> in a <strong>free</strong>, <strong>open-source</strong> model.</p></li><li><p><strong>Machine Translate</strong> now lists <strong><a href="https://machinetranslate.org/languages">615</a></strong><a href="https://machinetranslate.org/languages"> languages</a>.</p></li></ul><h4><strong>Voice and video</strong></h4><ul><li><p><strong>Apple</strong> integrated system-wide <strong>Live Translation</strong> into <strong><a href="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/06/apple-intelligence-gets-even-more-powerful-with-new-capabilities-across-apple-devices/">FaceTime</a></strong><a href="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/06/apple-intelligence-gets-even-more-powerful-with-new-capabilities-across-apple-devices/">, </a><strong><a href="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/06/apple-intelligence-gets-even-more-powerful-with-new-capabilities-across-apple-devices/">phone calls</a></strong><a href="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/06/apple-intelligence-gets-even-more-powerful-with-new-capabilities-across-apple-devices/"> and </a><strong><a href="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/06/apple-intelligence-gets-even-more-powerful-with-new-capabilities-across-apple-devices/">messages</a></strong> via Apple Intelligence.</p></li><li><p><strong>Apple</strong> launched <strong>real-time in-person</strong> translation directly through <strong><a href="https://www.apple.com/hk/en/newsroom/2025/11/apple-intelligence-expands-to-new-languages-including-traditional-chinese/">AirPods Pro</a></strong>.</p></li><li><p><strong>Google Translate</strong> launched <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1n0q52t/google_launches_live_voice_translation_feature/">real-time speech</a></strong> translation, then <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1pn1qdt/google_bringing_stateoftheart_gemini_translation/">speech-to-speech</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1pn1qdt/google_bringing_stateoftheart_gemini_translation/"> with </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1pn1qdt/google_bringing_stateoftheart_gemini_translation/">Gemini</a></strong>.</p></li><li><p><strong>DeepL</strong> launched <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1gr1opp/deepl_launches_voice_translation/">voice</a></strong> translation in November 2024, then <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1sqsvd4/recording_deepl_spring_event_hub_2026/">real-time voice</a></strong> at its <strong>Spring 2026</strong> event.</p></li><li><p><strong>Microsoft</strong> launched a <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1o5536v/microsoft_launches_live_interpreter_api/">Live Interpreter API</a></strong>, and <strong>Microsoft Teams</strong> added <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1sx3gfu/microsoft_teams_introduces_turnbased_translation/">turn-based</a></strong> translation for multilingual meetings.</p></li><li><p><strong>Translated</strong> launched <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1oc3ygq/translated_launches_lara_for_ios/">Lara </a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1oc3ygq/translated_launches_lara_for_ios/">for</a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1oc3ygq/translated_launches_lara_for_ios/"> iOS</a></strong>.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.meta.com/blog/ray-ban-meta-v11-software-update-live-ai-translation-shazam/">Ray-Ban Meta</a></strong> and <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1srnl24/huawei_launches_ai_smart_glasses_with_translation/">Huawei</a></strong> shipped translation in <strong>smart glasses</strong> and <strong>on-device</strong>.</p></li><li><p><strong>Zoom</strong> launched <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1sx3av5/zoom_launches_a_voice_translator_feature_for/">Voice Translator</a></strong> for <strong>real-time</strong> multilingual meetings.</p></li><li><p><strong>YouTube</strong> rolled out <strong><a href="https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/youtube-auto-dubbing-expressive-speech/">AI auto-dubbing</a></strong><a href="https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/youtube-auto-dubbing-expressive-speech/"> with &#8220;</a><strong><a href="https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/youtube-auto-dubbing-expressive-speech/">Expressive Speech</a></strong>&#8221;.</p></li><li><p><strong>Instagram</strong> launched <strong><a href="https://help.instagram.com/1805048780019931/">AI dubbing</a></strong><a href="https://help.instagram.com/1805048780019931/"> for </a><strong><a href="https://help.instagram.com/1805048780019931/">Reels</a></strong> that <strong>clones voices</strong> and <strong>syncs lip movements</strong>.</p></li></ul><h4><strong>Consumer apps</strong></h4><ul><li><p><strong>WhatsApp</strong> added <strong>native</strong>, <strong>on-device</strong> <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1npl4po/whatsapp_finally_adds_translation_feature/">message</a></strong> translation in <strong>19+ languages</strong>.</p></li><li><p><strong>X</strong> / <strong>Grok</strong> now <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1s8ozv2/elon_musk_announces_grok_now_translates_and/">translates</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1s8ozv2/elon_musk_announces_grok_now_translates_and/"> and </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1s8ozv2/elon_musk_announces_grok_now_translates_and/">recommends</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1s8ozv2/elon_musk_announces_grok_now_translates_and/"> foreign-language posts</a>.</p></li><li><p><strong>Amazon</strong> launched <strong><a href="https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/books-and-authors/amazon-kindle-translate-books-authors">Kindle Translate</a></strong>, letting <strong>self-published authors</strong> AI-translate <strong>books</strong> into multiple languages.</p></li><li><p><strong>SafePal</strong> launched <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1suhx3y/safepal_launches_inapp_machine_translation/">in-app</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1suhx3y/safepal_launches_inapp_machine_translation/"> machine translation</a>.</p></li></ul><h4><strong>MT &#8644; LLMs</strong></h4><ul><li><p><strong>Google Translate</strong> integrated <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1pn1qdt/google_bringing_stateoftheart_gemini_translation/">Gemini</a></strong> capabilities.</p></li><li><p><strong>Microsoft</strong> brought <strong><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/announcing-a-new-azure-ai-translator-api-public-preview/4450660">LLM-powered translation</a></strong><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/announcing-a-new-azure-ai-translator-api-public-preview/4450660"> to </a><strong><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/announcing-a-new-azure-ai-translator-api-public-preview/4450660">Azure Translator</a></strong> with a September 2025 preview launch.</p></li><li><p><strong>Translated</strong> added <a href="https://translated.com/lara-200-languages">reasoning model </a><strong><a href="https://translated.com/lara-200-languages">Lara Think</a></strong><a href="https://translated.com/lara-200-languages"> and </a><strong><a href="https://translated.com/lara-200-languages">200-language</a></strong><a href="https://translated.com/lara-200-languages"> support to </a><strong><a href="https://translated.com/lara-200-languages">Lara</a></strong>.</p></li><li><p><strong>DeepL</strong> launched <strong><a href="https://www.deepl.com/en/press-release/deepl_unveils_next-gen_language_ai_tools_and_game-changing_agentic_productivity_solution">DeepL Agent</a></strong> and <strong><a href="https://www.deepl.com/en/features/clarify">Clarify</a></strong>, and updated its <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1iia0i0/deepl_updates_api_with_new_language_model_for/">API</a></strong> with a new language model and AI writing tools.</p></li><li><p><strong>OpenAI</strong>&#8217;s <strong>ChatGPT</strong> launched a <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1qdlz5v/did_you_know_chatgpt_has_a_standalone_translator/">translation app page</a>.</p></li><li><p><strong>OpenAI</strong> launched <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1t6ma18/openai_launches_gptrealtimetranslate_a_new_live/">GPT&#8209;Realtime&#8209;Translate</a></strong>, a <strong>live</strong> translation model that translates <strong>speech</strong> while keeping <strong>pace</strong> with the speaker.</p></li></ul><h4><strong>Open models</strong></h4><ul><li><p><strong>Google</strong> released <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1qe8faj/translategemma_a_new_suite_of_open_translation/">TranslateGemma</a></strong>, an <strong>open</strong> suite of translation models.</p></li><li><p><strong>Alibaba</strong> released <strong><a href="https://www.alizila.com/alibaba-unveils-new-qwen3-models-for-coding-complexing-reasoning-and-machine-translation/">Qwen-MT</a></strong>, a dedicated machine translation model supporting <strong>92</strong> <strong>languages</strong>.</p></li><li><p><strong>Cohere</strong> released <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1n5rcds/cohere_releases_command_a_translate/">Command A Translate</a></strong> and the <strong>open-weight <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1rm65m1/cohere_launches_tiny_aya_an_openweight/">Tiny Aya</a></strong> for <strong>70+ languages</strong>.</p></li><li><p><strong>Tencent</strong> open-sourced a <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1t3hbul/tencent_opensources_their_440mb_translation_model/">440MB</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1t3hbul/tencent_opensources_their_440mb_translation_model/"> translation model</a> that runs fully <strong>offline</strong> on <strong>smartphones</strong>, supporting <strong>33</strong> <strong>languages</strong>.</p></li><li><p><strong>Machine Translate</strong> now covers <strong><a href="https://machinetranslate.org/models">models</a></strong> and lists <strong>11</strong> providers.</p></li></ul><h4><strong>Quality estimation and automatic post-editing</strong></h4><ul><li><p><strong>ModelFront</strong> announced <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1r90pl8/modelfront_announces_general_availability_of/">general availability of </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1r90pl8/modelfront_announces_general_availability_of/">automatic post-editing</a></strong>.</p></li><li><p>Advanced localization teams, like <strong>Booking.com</strong>, have shifted to using <strong><a href="https://modelfront.com/case-studies/travel-platform">AI to verify AI</a></strong> scaling translation while keeping human-level quality.</p></li><li><p><strong>Amazon</strong>&#8217;s <strong><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/evaluate-large-language-models-for-your-machine-translation-tasks-on-aws/">LLM translation playground</a></strong> uses <strong>RAG</strong> to inject <strong>translation memory</strong> into <strong>prompts</strong>, improving <strong>BLEU</strong> scores without fine-tuning.</p></li><li><p><strong>Machine Translate</strong> now supports <strong><a href="https://machinetranslate.org/automatic-post-editing">automatic post-editing providers</a></strong> and lists <strong>9</strong> <strong>QE integrations</strong> and <strong>4</strong> <strong>APE integrations</strong> across <strong>TMS</strong> platforms.</p></li></ul><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/search/?q=flair%3Aproduct&amp;restrict_sr=on">More product and feature launches &#8594;</a></p><h2>&#128218; <strong>Research</strong></h2><ul><li><p><strong>Google Translate</strong> released the <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1j9p07m/wmt24_and_smol_two_new_datasets_from_google/">WMT24++</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1j9p07m/wmt24_and_smol_two_new_datasets_from_google/"> and </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1j9p07m/wmt24_and_smol_two_new_datasets_from_google/">SMOL</a></strong> datasets for high- and low-resource languages.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ou0iuv/fuse_a_new_metric_for_evaluating_machine/">FUSE</a></strong>, a new MT evaluation metric for <strong>indigenous languages</strong>.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1qpeyu1/pearmut_human_evaluation_of_translation_made/">Pearmut</a></strong>, a tool for <strong>human evaluation</strong> of translation.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1p2wcsh/wmt_2025_postgame_megathread_wmt_results_emnlp/">WMT 2025</a></strong> results were released at <strong>EMNLP</strong>.</p></li></ul><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/?f=flair_name%3A%22research%22">More research news &#8594;</a></p><h2>&#128200; <strong>Business</strong></h2><ul><li><p><strong>Reddit</strong> credited machine translation with driving <a href="https://www.emarketer.com/content/reddit-s-global-playbook-pays-off-with-localized-growth-strategy">record international </a><strong><a href="https://www.emarketer.com/content/reddit-s-global-playbook-pays-off-with-localized-growth-strategy">user growth</a></strong>.</p></li><li><p><strong>DeepL</strong> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1t6lpyk/deepl_layoff/">cut </a><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1t6lpyk/deepl_layoff/">250 jobs</a></strong> amid AI-driven restructuring.</p></li><li><p><strong>ElevenLabs</strong> grew to <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ta44ti/elevenlabs_reaches_500m_arr_following_investment/">$500M ARR</a></strong> and raised more investment.</p></li><li><p><strong>Unbabel</strong> exited to <strong><a href="https://www.transperfect.com/about/press/transperfect-solidifies-leadership-position-language-ai-acquiring-unbabel">Transperfect</a></strong>.</p></li><li><p><strong>RWS</strong> outsourced AI to <strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1s39kuz/rws_launches_language_weaver_pro_an_llmbased_mt/">Cohere</a></strong>.</p></li></ul><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/?f=flair_name%3A%22business%22">More business news &#8594;</a></p><h2>&#9200;&#65039; <strong>Deadlines</strong></h2><ul><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1tc99u0/asling_conference_call_for_presentations_and/">AsLing</a></strong> call for <strong>papers</strong> and <strong>presentations</strong> &#8212; 30 June</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1sadded/mt_marathon_2026_karlsruhe_germany/">MT Marathon 2026</a></strong> call for <strong>papers</strong> &#8212; 5 September</p></li></ul><p><a href="https://machinetranslate.org/calls-for-papers">More deadlines &#8594;</a></p><h2>&#128198; <strong>Events</strong></h2><ul><li><p><strong><a href="https://eamt2026.org/">EAMT 2026</a></strong> &#8212; 15&#8211;18 June &#8212; Tilburg &#127475;&#127473;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://iwslt.org/2026/">IWSLT 2026</a></strong> &#8212; 3&#8211;4 July &#8212; San Diego &#127482;&#127480;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://machinetranslate.org/amta-2026">AMTA 2026</a></strong> &#8212; 31 August - 2 September &#8212; Qu&#233;bec City &#127464;&#127462;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1sadded/mt_marathon_2026_karlsruhe_germany/">MT Marathon 2026</a></strong> &#8212; 14-18 September &#8212; Karlsruhe &#127465;&#127466;</p></li><li><p><strong>SF Tech Week <a href="https://modelfront.com/events/translation-ai-sf-tech-week-2026">Translation AI</a></strong>  &#8212; 8 October &#8212; San Francisco &#127482;&#127480;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www2.statmt.org/wmt26/index.html">WMT 2026</a></strong> &#8212; November &#8212; Budapest &#127469;&#127482;</p></li></ul><p><a href="https://machinetranslate.org/events">More events &#8594;</a></p><h2>&#128187; <strong>Jobs</strong></h2><ul><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1sopvft/software_engineer_in_machine_translation/">Software Engineer</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1sopvft/software_engineer_in_machine_translation/">, Machine Translation Automation</a> at <strong>Apple</strong> &#8212; Seattle &#127482;&#127480;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1skfi08/applied_research_engineer_machine_translation_at/">Applied Research Engineer</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1skfi08/applied_research_engineer_machine_translation_at/">, Machine Translation</a> at <strong>Apple</strong> &#8212; Munich and Aachen &#127465;&#127466;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1sqpz3v/sr_manager_translations_at_mcdonalds_chicago_il/">Sr Manager</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1sqpz3v/sr_manager_translations_at_mcdonalds_chicago_il/">, Translations</a> at <strong>McDonald&#8217;s</strong> &#8212; Chicago &#127482;&#127480;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1ond33c/hiring_senior_applied_ai_researcher_lara/">Senior Applied AI Researcher</a></strong> (Lara) at <strong>Translated</strong> &#8212; Rome &#127470;&#127481;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1sqr9sz/senior_software_engineer_at_autodesk_vancouver/">Senior Software Engineer</a></strong> at <strong>Autodesk</strong> &#8212; Vancouver &#127464;&#127462;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1stmocz/staff_research_scientist_language_ai_at_deepl/">Staff Research Scientist</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1stmocz/staff_research_scientist_language_ai_at_deepl/">, Language AI</a> at <strong>DeepL</strong> &#8212; Munich &#127465;&#127466;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1sunhac/senior_ai_research_scientist_at_transperfect/">Senior AI Research Scientist</a></strong> at <strong>Transperfect</strong> &#8212; Lisbon &#127477;&#127481;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1sx2xnm/senior_localization_program_manager_multilingual/">Senior Localization Program Manager</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1sx2xnm/senior_localization_program_manager_multilingual/">, Multilingual AI</a> at <strong>Uber</strong> &#8212; Sunnyvale &#127482;&#127480;</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1sz9h7m/ai_research_manager_translation_quality_at_deepl/">AI Research Manager</a></strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1sz9h7m/ai_research_manager_translation_quality_at_deepl/">, Translation Quality</a> at <strong>DeepL</strong> &#8212; London &#127468;&#127463;</p></li></ul><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/?f=flair_name%3A%22jobs%22">More jobs &#8594;</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>