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Mohamed 
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Local time: 17:16
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Hello everybody,
I got a message from DoMT about their new campaign and I believe it would be good for Latin-based languages mainly. What I like about it is that for the first time, we are talking about a Windows MT that's installed on your machine plus a connector to your favorite translation memory tool. It's geared towards translators, not only big companies or LSPs.
H... See more Hello everybody,
I got a message from DoMT about their new campaign and I believe it would be good for Latin-based languages mainly. What I like about it is that for the first time, we are talking about a Windows MT that's installed on your machine plus a connector to your favorite translation memory tool. It's geared towards translators, not only big companies or LSPs.
Here is a link to the campaign
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/slate-desktop-the-personal-experience-for-pros#/story
Is there anybody here familiar with their first DoMT application? Have you used it? Does it make you more productive?
Thanks,
Mohamed
[Edited at 2015-09-04 21:50 GMT] ▲ Collapse
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Mohamed wrote:
I got a message from DoMT about their new campaign and I believe it would be good for Latin-based languages mainly. What I like about it is that for the first time, we are talking about a Windows MT that's installed on your machine plus a connector to your favorite translation memory tool. It's geared towards translators, not only big companies or LSPs.
Is there anybody here familiar with their first DoMT application? Have you used it? Does it make you more productive?
Mohamed
[Edited at 2015-09-04 21:50 GMT]
MT is going to command the new translation technology. I also want to hear about pros and cons of MT for Asian languages.
Soonthon L.
| | | | Mohamed
United States
Local time: 17:16
English to Arabic
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TOPIC STARTER | I am not familiar | Sep 5, 2015 |
I am not familiar with Asia Online, but I favor desktop solutions over online cloud solution which keeps charging you by the number of characters/usage.
[Edited at 2015-09-05 16:41 GMT]
| | | | Tom Hoar (X)
United States
Local time: 19:16
English
| Slate Desktop vs DoMT Desktop | Sep 8, 2015 |
Mohamed,
DoMT Desktop had a very limited user base because it ran only on Linux and could not connect to CAT tools, of which only a few run on Linux anyway.
Slate Desktop is a new application. It runs on any 64-bit MS Windows host (WinXP 64 to Win10 64). CAT tools can connect directly to Slate desktop without networks, virtual machines or other complicated configurations. Just install the app, convert your TMs to an engine and use the connector for your CAT. Your work ... See more Mohamed,
DoMT Desktop had a very limited user base because it ran only on Linux and could not connect to CAT tools, of which only a few run on Linux anyway.
Slate Desktop is a new application. It runs on any 64-bit MS Windows host (WinXP 64 to Win10 64). CAT tools can connect directly to Slate desktop without networks, virtual machines or other complicated configurations. Just install the app, convert your TMs to an engine and use the connector for your CAT. Your work inside the CAT just like it's connecting to online services... double-click the candidate translation and edit if necessary.
The Indiegogo platform is famous as a crowdfunding campaign, but we're using it differently. We're more interested in its market research capabilities. You'll find the details on the campaign's "Story" page:
http://igg.me/at/slate-desktop
Once There, you'll find a variety of options to support the campaign, including significant pre-order discounts for Slate Desktop.
Don't forget to check-out the "updates" page of the campaign. It includes more feedback from other discussion groups around the web. For example, we have several requests for a webinar/demo. I'm putting that together now. I expect to announce a firm date on active discussion groups in a couple of weeks. ▲ Collapse
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Tom Hoar (X)
United States
Local time: 19:16
English
| Slate Desktop for Asian Languages | Sep 8, 2015 |
Soonthon,
You are quite correct that Asian languages pose different challenges. The computational linguistics of Thai are especially challenging
Out of the box, Slate Desktop will support translation memories across 29 languages. This means your TMs and Slate Desktop can create personalized translation engines for up to 812 different language pairs. Here a... See more Soonthon,
You are quite correct that Asian languages pose different challenges. The computational linguistics of Thai are especially challenging
Out of the box, Slate Desktop will support translation memories across 29 languages. This means your TMs and Slate Desktop can create personalized translation engines for up to 812 different language pairs. Here are the languages:
http://igg.me/at/slate-desktop#story#languages
You'll note that Thai is not a supported out of the box. The linguistic challenges are only the beginning. On a more practical side, only a few CAT tools support the Thai language. So, I would expect Thai TMs will be difficult to find. ▲ Collapse
| | | | Michael Beijer
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:16
Member (2009)
Dutch to English
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| add CafeTran CAT tool connector to Slate desktop for Windows? | Sep 8, 2015 |
Hi Tom (tahoar),
I was wondering how hard it would be for you to add CafeTran to your list of CAT tool connectors? Currently, CafeTran supports Google Translate and Microsoft Translator via plugins (using their respective APIs).
Michael
| | | | Tom Hoar (X)
United States
Local time: 19:16
English
| Re: add CafeTran CAT tool connector to Slate desktop for Windows? | Sep 9, 2015 |
Thanks, Michael.
Our goal is to support all CAT tools. That takes time and sometimes cooperation from the CAT vendor.
I quickly browsed the CafeTran website. CafeTran is a JAVA application a plugin architecture and we're already supporting OmegaT, another JAVA app. If you select the perk "Super Early Bird - Other", I will add CafeTran to our planned CATs.
| | | | | It's not clear to me... | Sep 9, 2015 |
... what Slate has to offer, and if it offers more/better MT features than I already use in CafeTran:
Auto-Assembling
Subsegment matching
Virtual matches
A superfast SQLite database that can "extract" terms from the TM(s), and offers them in a new TM with their context which then offers the f... See more ... what Slate has to offer, and if it offers more/better MT features than I already use in CafeTran:
Auto-Assembling
Subsegment matching
Virtual matches
A superfast SQLite database that can "extract" terms from the TM(s), and offers them in a new TM with their context which then offers the features I mention above (AA, SS, VM).
CafeTran costs € 80/year.
I asked more or less the same question here: http://www.proz.com/forum/machine_translation_mt/290404-how_do_you_use_mt.html#2464798
where I wondered if a dedicated MT would be of any use to me. I got no answer...
Cheers,
Hans ▲ Collapse
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Michael Beijer
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:16
Member (2009)
Dutch to English
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| Lack of a GUI is a bummer | Sep 10, 2015 |
tahoar wrote:
Thanks, Michael.
Our goal is to support all CAT tools. That takes time and sometimes cooperation from the CAT vendor.
I quickly browsed the CafeTran website. CafeTran is a JAVA application a plugin architecture and we're already supporting OmegaT, another JAVA app. If you select the perk "Super Early Bird - Other", I will add CafeTran to our planned CATs.
Hi Tom,
I mistakenly assumed that your solution included some form of GUI, which I realised is not the case after having more carefully read the info. Given that training my own MT engine is more of a hobby than a real necessity at the moment, and that I have very little free time these days (5-month-old baby in the house!), if I did pay for a solution, it would most likely have to have some form of easy-to-use (preferably Windows) GUI.
Michael
[Edited at 2015-09-10 21:53 GMT]
| | | | | | | Back to basic | Sep 11, 2015 |
tahoar wrote:
Soonthon,
You are quite correct that Asian languages pose different challenges. The computational linguistics of Thai are especially challenging
Out of the box, Slate Desktop will support translation memories across 29 languages. This means your TMs and Slate Desktop can create personalized translation engines for up to 812 different language pairs. Here are the languages:
You'll note that Thai is not a supported out of the box. The linguistic challenges are only the beginning. On a more practical side, only a few CAT tools support the Thai language. So, I would expect Thai TMs will be difficult to find.
Thai is specific for human the language. Its successive evolution makes Thai easier to command among native speakers but quite troublesome to absorb new technology e.g. Thai font display in computer, translation memory segmentation rules.
I am now personally keen to study Latin, a companion of Pali, to apply with Thai. MT for Thai can be better if the common rules are applied to Thai as well.
Soonthon L.
| | | | Tom Hoar (X)
United States
Local time: 19:16
English
| Re: It's not clear to me... | Sep 12, 2015 |
Hi Meta Arkadia,
Your points about "Auto-Assembling", "Subsegment matching", "Virtual matches", "superfast SQLite database" are all run independently of translation engines. Each has a different purpose. I don't know enough about CafeTran to address how these functions differ from a translation engine.
RE "CafeTran costs € 80/year", this is a licensing model, not a technical capability. I think they also offer a one-time purchase license option, but can't seem to find... See more Hi Meta Arkadia,
Your points about "Auto-Assembling", "Subsegment matching", "Virtual matches", "superfast SQLite database" are all run independently of translation engines. Each has a different purpose. I don't know enough about CafeTran to address how these functions differ from a translation engine.
RE "CafeTran costs € 80/year", this is a licensing model, not a technical capability. I think they also offer a one-time purchase license option, but can't seem to find the link/price right now.
Slate Desktop is a translation engine that runs on your PC. It's GT or MS Hub on your desktop without the Internet. You create (train) your own engines from your TMs. You control the quality of the draft translations because the engine learns only from what you give it to learn from. If the TM segments are all yours, then the engine will very closely mimic your translation style. If you crawl garbage TMs from the Internet, the engine will make garbage translations.
GT & MS Hub are subscription services. You pay as you go. Depending on the subscription terms, you might be violating your confidentiality agreement with your customers by using these services. You need to read the terms of both carefully.
With Slate Desktop, you never violate confidentiality terms with your customers. Each segment that the CAT sends to the Slate engine stays on your desktop.
I hope this helps.
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Tom Hoar (X)
United States
Local time: 19:16
English
| RE: Lack of a GUI is a bummer | Sep 12, 2015 |
Michael,
I don't know where you got your information about "lack of GUI." Our legacy DoMT product has had a GUI on the Linux version for almost 3 years. The GUI helps you manage the process to create engines. Of course we're updating the GUI as part of the new Slate Windows version.
Once you created your engine, you switch to your CAT and inherit whatever GUI it provides through the MT connector.
If you want to update your engine, you switch back to our G... See more Michael,
I don't know where you got your information about "lack of GUI." Our legacy DoMT product has had a GUI on the Linux version for almost 3 years. The GUI helps you manage the process to create engines. Of course we're updating the GUI as part of the new Slate Windows version.
Once you created your engine, you switch to your CAT and inherit whatever GUI it provides through the MT connector.
If you want to update your engine, you switch back to our GUI. Typically takes 20-30 minutes of your attention to set up the updates. Then, you start the process that runs quietly in the background without need for interaction.
Siegfried announced the The Alexandria Library has organized a free webinar about State. I'll present the pre-release Windows version training an engine and integration with a CAT. There will be time for Q&A. Here's the link to register:
https://alexandria-translation-resources.com/product/webinar-slate-desktop/
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| | | | Michael Beijer
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:16
Member (2009)
Dutch to English
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tahoar wrote:
Michael,
I don't know where you got your information about "lack of GUI." Our legacy DoMT product has had a GUI on the Linux version for almost 3 years. The GUI helps you manage the process to create engines. Of course we're updating the GUI as part of the new Slate Windows version.
Once you created your engine, you switch to your CAT and inherit whatever GUI it provides through the MT connector.
If you want to update your engine, you switch back to our GUI. Typically takes 20-30 minutes of your attention to set up the updates. Then, you start the process that runs quietly in the background without need for interaction.
Siegfried announced the The Alexandria Library has organized a free webinar about State. I'll present the pre-release Windows version training an engine and integration with a CAT. There will be time for Q&A. Here's the link to register:
https://alexandria-translation-resources.com/product/webinar-slate-desktop/[Edited at 2015-09-12 02:59 GMT]
From this:
"What Is Slate?
Slate is a packaged release of SMT tools primarily for 64-bit MS Windows but there’s also a package for GNU/Linux operating systems. It includes command-line utilities from Moses, MGIZA++ and PTTools that train, tune and evaluate SMT engines.
It is also important to understand what Slate is not. Slate is not a commercial application for translators or localization service providers. It does not directly integrate with popular localization CAT and TMS tools. So, if you are a Windows user is looking for a graphical user experience, such as a translator with few technical skills, Slate is not for you because it is an SMT toolkit. As such, it includes only the command-line utilities found in the Linux-based Moses toolkit." (http://www.precisiontranslationtools.com/smt-for-windows-and-more/ )
But looking at it again, I don't fully understand if this is the same as the "Slate desktop" for Windows we are talking about here.
Michael
| | | | | Moses, Slate, or no MT at all? | Sep 15, 2015 |
tahoar wrote:
I don't know enough about CafeTran to address how these functions differ from a translation engine.
Which happens to be exactly what I wanted to know: Several CAT tools already use MT technology - I think it started last century with DejaVu and Auto-Assemble - so what do we, freelance translators, gain when we set up an MT? That's why I gave up on Moses. I can be tremendously wrong, but when reading about Moses, I came to the conclusion it's not worth the trouble. You can of course point me to Siegfried's webinar, but Slate won't run on my OS, so I'm not much interested in Slate, whereas the Moses website seems to point to Slate as the Windows version of Moses.
Cheers,
Hans
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