The Golden Week in Japan
From the 29th of April to the 5th of May each year, Japan and its citizens celebrate “Golden Week”. This period of festivities includes four… Read More »The Golden Week in Japan
The Issues With Machine Dubbing For Asian Languages
Although dubbing in film and television has been around since the 1950s, machine dubbing is a much more recent phenomenon. There’s been a massive proliferation… Read More »The Issues With Machine Dubbing For Asian Languages
The Rise in Popularity of Asian Cinema
Although there’s no single hub for movies like Hollywood in Asia, Asian cinema is steadily gaining popularity and prominence globally. Serious blockbusters and serious wins… Read More »The Rise in Popularity of Asian Cinema
Korean Webtoons and Their Growing Popularity
Western readers who grew up with comic books will surely remember the DC and Marvel superheroes that they grew up with, which have subsequently been… Read More »Korean Webtoons and Their Growing Popularity
Introduction of Context-Awareness in NMT for Korean
Neural Machine Translation is the latest technology in the world of automated translation, but it still has its limitations, especially when it comes down to… Read More »Introduction of Context-Awareness in NMT for Korean
Vietnamese in the US
The Vietnamese community is the fourth-largest Asian community in the US. The countries share a rich history but there are also several important linguistic considerations… Read More »Vietnamese in the US
Localization Steps for Multilingual Websites for Asia
In our technologically driven world, we use the internet for so many aspects of our lives. From online shopping to communicating with friends and family,… Read More »Localization Steps for Multilingual Websites for Asia
Word Count for Japanese for Project Managers
For three years in the translation industry, I learned a trick or two on the peculiarities of working with Asian languages. Sometimes my quest for… Read More »Word Count for Japanese for Project Managers
NLP for Burmese and Machine Translation Difficulties
The necessity of machine translation (MT) and natural language processing (NLP) for Burmese grew several decades ago as Myanmar was voted and expected to be… Read More »NLP for Burmese and Machine Translation Difficulties
Is Baidu NMT better than Google and why?
When I originally did my research on this topic I was thinking that creating such an article would be a piece of cake. I imagined… Read More »Is Baidu NMT better than Google and why?