This complimentary report comes at a critical moment as two prerequisites for accelerated innovation and greater interoperability, industry-wide language data sharing and open translation platforms, have become reality. This report outlines the industry's development focus in the coming years, highlighting the types of decisions companies are making, spotlighting a few case histories and predicting how events will unfold.
According to the results of the March 2009 TAUS market survey, only 14% of the LSP (language service provider) respondents state that they will never use MT, 40% already use it today. This provides strong evidence that MT is moving into the mainstream among LSPS. To launch a series of reports on LSP deployment, this report focuses on the two major LSPs which own and develop their own MT systems.
The TAUS Executive Forum in Edinburgh (March 25-27) was another milestone event. "One of the best conferences I have attended in my 15 years in business..," commented one of the attendees. The two days of meetings were attended by 50 decision makers representing the buy and the sell side of the market in equal proportions. On the agenda was the design of the localization future. The program was carefully prepared by a committee with representatives from some of the leading IT companies. They had called for proposals for truly Open Translation Platforms. Out of 15 companies submitting proposals 8 were invited to present in Edinburgh. What made this TAUS Executive Forum so special was the genuine openness to change. "Innovation in the localization industry started right here in Edinburgh."
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