Digital advancements behind today’s way of Translation and Interpreting

Techplugged.com, May 18, 2020

Have you ever wondered how translators manage to translate a huge amount of content before the machine translation tools even existed? 

Developments and technological advancements are taking place left and right from new versions of smartphones to a variety of social media platforms. Such developments are bound to affect every field including the Translation and Interpreting industry. 

In the latest Techplugged article, Matteo Ippoliti, the founder and CEO of Langpros- The Language Professionals, shared his thoughts on the Digital transformation in the Translation and Interpreting industry.

The CEO begins by talking about the benefit and the aid that CAT Tools provide to the translation industry, how through this translation machines, translators are given the opportunity to focus on more important tasks such as ensuring the quality and accuracy of every translation project. 

The founder of Langpros went on to discuss the impact of developments in technology on the interpreting industry: Remote Simultaneous Interpreting (RSI) and Video Remote Interpreting (VRI).

The CEO of Langpros also introduced the new and advanced interpreting platform- Smartlangpro, which is a smart application that is made available 24/7 and accessible by anyone around the world. This app gives clients from around the globe access to more than 5000 interpreters for over 200 languages. 

Find out all the details of the interview!