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title: February 2024 newsletter
description: News, jobs, community questions and more about machine translation from February 2024
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🗞️ **News**

- **Systran** gets [**acquired**](https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/19425m2/systran_acquired_again/) by ChapsVision.
- **Japan** starts [machine-translating **laws**](https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1983k5l/japanese_justice_ministry_begins_relying_on_ai_to/) into English.
- [**HeyGen**'s video translation](https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/19dpz14/argentinas_president_speech_translated_and/) of the **Argentina**’s president’s **WEF** speech goes viral.
- The **BBC** tests [**machine translation** and **subtitling**](https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1akbya3/slator_article_bbc_news_labs_tests_mt_and/).
- **Searchlight Cyber** finds [**cybersecurity threats** in the **dark web**](https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1adszl0/cybersecury_company_uses_mt_to_find_threats_in/) with machine translation.
- **Contents.com** raises [**18 million dollars**](https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1akcbff/slator_article_contentscom_raises_18m_to_advance/) to work on its **multilingual content generation**, **translation** and **support** platform.
- **Wondercraft** raises [**3 million dollars**](https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1aks69v/wondercraft_raises_3m_to_improve_multilingual/) for its multilingual **audio** creation platform.
- **ElevenLabs** raises **80 million dollars** for **voice translation** and is valued at [**1.1 billion dollars**](https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1aduaes/elevenlabs_is_valued_at_11_billion_dollars/).

🚀 **Launches**

- **Ray-Ban** launches translation in its [**smart glasses**](https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/19dpoax/ray_ban_smart_sunglasses_with_meta_technology_now/).
- **Samsung Galaxy** launches machine translation for [**voice** and **text**](https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/199sf7r/samsungs_galaxy_s24_series_offers_live/).
- **Cappella** launches an app to [**translate babies' cries**](https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/196v5dx/cappella_a_phone_app_that_claims_it_can_translate/).
- **Timekettle** launches [**voice** translation **device**](https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/196py4l/timekettle_launches_x1_ai_interpreter_hub_a/).
- **GCore** launches a translation **app** for [**Luxembourgish**](https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/196udap/new_app_translates_luxembourgish_english/).
- **VoicePing** launches a [**real-time voice** translation **app**](https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1983l69/tokyobased_startup_voiceping_launches_realtime_ai/).

[More product and feature launches →](https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/search?q=flair%3Aproduct&restrict_sr=on)

📚 **Research**

- Is [**Google Gemini**](https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/196u9ir/slator_article_is_google_gemini_good_at_machine/) good at machine translation?
- Can machine translation models [**predict** human translation **effort**](https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/196ubfv/slator_article_humans_and_ai_navigate_translation/)?
- How does machine translation [**word structure** and **sentence structure**](https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1978d9o/slator_article_machine_translation_is_more/) differ from human translation?
- How to [understand top **rule-based** and **AI-based metrics**](https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1978mrc/what_mt_metric_gains_mean_and_how_much_they_can/), from BLEU to Comet?
- Can [**fine-tuning LLMs**](https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1983r70/finetuning_llms_can_improve_realtime_adaptive_mt/) improve **adaptive** machine translation?
- [**Web data**](https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/19cwk1q/amazon_research_paper_a_shocking_amount_of_the/) is shockingly **contaminated** with machine translation.
- [**ALMA-R**](https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/19dpgu5/johns_hopkins_and_microsoft_paper_introduces/), a medium size **LLM** that **outperforms GPT-4 at translation**.
- How do fine-tuned medium-sized **LLMs** perform at [**document-level**](https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1akrvgb/paper_adapting_large_language_models_for/) translation?
- How do **LLMs** handle [**"classic"** machine translation **challenges**](https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1aks93v/slator_article_the_challenges_of_machine/)?

[More research news →](https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/?f=flair_name%3A%22research%22)

**Questions**

- [**Tips**, **experiences** and **recommendations**](https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1935ea2/exploring_machine_translation_tips_experiences/) using machine translation.
- What is the [**latency** and **throughput**](https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/19eanys/what_is_the_latency_and_throughput_of_machine/) of machine translation **APIs**?

[More questions from the community →](https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/search?q=flair%3Aquestion&restrict_sr=on)

🎙️ **Podcasts**

- [How to implement language AI in **enterprises**](https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/1aksfv9/slatorpod_how_to_implement_language_ai_in/) with Translated VP of Language AI **John Tinsley**

[More videos and podcasts →](https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/search/?q=podcast&restrict_sr=1)

⏰️ **Deadlines**

- [**EAMT** 2024](https://machinetranslate.org/eamt2024) call for **workshops** - 14 February
- [**EAMT** 2024](https://machinetranslate.org/eamt2024) call for **papers** - 8 March
- [**EAMT** 2024](https://machinetranslate.org/eamt2024) call for **tutorials** - 8 March
- [**AmericasNLP** 2024](https://machinetranslate.org/americas2024) calls for **papers** - 10 March
- [**NETTT** 2024](https://machinetranslate.org/nettt2024) calls for papers - 31 March
- [Machine and Computer-assisted **Interpreting**](https://lans-tts.uantwerpen.be/index.php/LANS-TTS/announcement/view/24) calls for **papers** - 1 April
- [**IWSLT** 2024](https://machinetranslate.org/iwslt2024) calls for **papers** - 29 April
- [**AMTA** 2024](https://machinetranslate.org/amta2024) call for **papers** - 6 June

[More deadlines →](https://machinetranslate.org/calls-for-papers)

📆 **Events**

- [Machine translation meetup - **Adaptive** machine translation](https://machinetranslate.org/machine-translation-meetup-4) - 8 February - online 🌍
- [**JIAMCATT**](https://www.iamladp.org/en/content/jiamcatt) - 6 - 8 March - Paris 🇫🇷 and online 🌍
- [**AmericasNLP**](https://machinetranslate.org/americasnlp2024) - 20 - 21 June - Mexico City 🇲🇽
- [**EAMT** 2024](https://machinetranslate.org/eamt2024) - 20 - 21 June - Sheffield 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
- [**NETTT** 2024](https://machinetranslate.org/nettt2024) - 3 - 6 July - Varna 🇧🇬
- [**IWSLT** 2024](https://machinetranslate.org/iwslt2024) - 15 - 16 August - Bangkok 🇹🇭
- [**AMTA** 2024](https://machinetranslate.org/amta2024) - 30 September - 2 October - Chicago 🇺🇸


[More events →](https://machinetranslate.org/events)

💻 **Jobs**

- [Localization **Engineer**/MT **Specialist**](https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/196u7ep/localization_engineer_mt_specialist_at_adaptive/) at **Adaptive Business Group** - Hamburg 🇩🇪
- [Machine Translation Implementation **Manager**](https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/197aejz/machine_translation_implementation_manager/) at **Transperfect** - Lisbon 🇵🇹
- [Machine Translation Applied **Research Engineer**](https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/19dp6k5/aiml_applied_research_engineer_machine/) at **ICONMA** - New York City 🇺🇸
- [Software Development **Engineer**](https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/19dp57c/software_development_engineer_machine_translation/) at **Amazon** - Berlin 🇩🇪
- [Azure AI **Research Intern**: Machine Translation](https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/19dq1k8/azure_ai_research_intern_machine_translation_at/) at **Microsoft** - Redmond 🇺🇸
- [Machine Learning **Engineer**](https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/comments/19e56eo/machine_learning_engineer_machine_translation_at/) at **WalkWater Technologies** - Raleigh 🇺🇸

[More jobs →](https://www.reddit.com/r/machinetranslation/search?q=flair_name%3A%22jobs%22&restrict_sr=1)
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## Recent newsletters

- [February 2024](/february-2024)
- [January 2024](/january-2024)
- [December 2023](/december-2023)
- [November 2023](/november-2023)
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