SDL Automated Translation

Translate faster, communicate effectively

Need to deliver global, branded communication across more channels?

Trying to improve customer experience globally or enter new markets?

Want to access mission critical information for decision making?

Accelerating the way the world communicates

As the world becomes more connected and people have access to more information, there are growing demands to communicate more effectively across languages. Automated translation enables teams across the organization to do just that. From marketing professionals that need content to expand into new markets, to support professionals that need to communicate faster across more channels, to intelligence workers that need access to information to make decisions – automated translation accelerates translation to drive global communication.

Today, automated translation solutions are transforming the way companies approach translation.

With trusted, automated translation solutions:

Marketing professionals can translate user generated content and pre-sales information to help launch web sites into new markets and provide a unified experience globally.
Support professionals can deliver multilingual support information, such as knowledge bases, chat and email quickly and efficiently.
Localization professionals can improve translation throughput by adding automation into a standard human translation workflow.
Government analysts and intelligence workers can rapidly translate foreign language data for mission critical decision making.

How it works

SDL's automated translation technology utilizes translation software based in statistics. This software learns to accurately translate new information by examining previous human translations. SDL Language Technologies has delivered several breakthroughs while developing its innovative approach to translation, including:

SDL TrustScore, which automatically delivers a quality score with each translation generated
Trained language pairs to deliver increased accuracy for domains and verticals
Scalability to handle unprecedented speeds and continuous translation & publishing demands

If you would like further information about automated translation please see our dedicated page - what is automated translation?

Automated Translation Solutions

SDL Language Technologies offers several automated translation solutions to meet your business needs:

Content owners	SDL BeGlobal	With SDL BeGlobal, a secure, cloud platform, companies can deliver multilingual communication across all content types, including digital & internet content. Additional productivity gains can be achieved by integrating with translation memory and translation management solutions.
Content owners	SDL GlobalConnect	SDL GlobalConnect extends the power of SDL BeGlobal into other applications through pre-integrated solutions, such as chat, email and knowledge bases. With these integrations, content managers can have on demand, one click translation within an existing application.
Government	SDL LW Enterprise Translation Server	Designed for government entities that need secure access to translation solutions, this language translation server offers scalable, on-premise deployment with straight-forward integration into existing applications and workflows.
Consumers	SDL EasyTranslator	Created for students and consumers, this all-in-one desktop companion enables users to translate text instantly from any document and to chat in real-time with anyone using popular chat services – all in over 35 languages.

White Papers

Translating Social Media & Dynamic Content in Real Time for Customers - New Options for the Enterprise

This Gilbane Group Beacon report covers the types of social media that are common in the enterprise, what managers should be aware of when planning a multilingual social project, features they should look for in different solutions, and questions to answer ahead of time to ensure projects go smoothly.

SDL Research - Automated Translation Survey 2009

Read this SDL Research report to discover the latest adoption rates and market trends on machine translation and human post-editing of machine translation within global business.