SYSTRAN announces the launch of its "Purely Neural MT" engine, a revolution for the machine translation market
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
The first engine to be based on neural models and deep learning, delivering
unparalleled translation quality!
Paris, France, August 30(th) 2016 - Project "PNMT" (Purely Neural Machine
Translation) was this year's flagship project for the researchers and developers
at SYSTRAN, the leading provider in machine translation and natural language
processing, confirming its pioneer position for over 40 years.
SYSTRAN brings its expertise to the sector in several ways: contributing
to research on neural models; applying its know-how in terminology to increase
the potential of Neural Machine Translation; and industrializing technology to
make it available to companies, organizations and individuals.
Neural Machine Translation: let's go back to the origins
Each of us have experienced or heard of deep learning and artificial neural
networks. Google, Microsoft and Facebook have already deployed powerful
solutions based on these new models such as image recognition, big data
analysis, digital assistants.
In the last two years, a lot of research has been conducted on artificial neural
networks as applied to natural language processing. Results are shared among an
open source community in which SYSTRAN actively participates and shares its
know-how.
What constitutes a technological breakthrough in the world of machine
translation?
Unlike statistical (SMT) or ruled-based (RMT) engines, NMT engines process the
entire sentence, paragraph or document. The entire chain is processed end-to-end
with no intermediate stages between the source sentence and the target. The NMT
engine models the whole process of machine translation through a unique
artificial neural network.
However, similar to the human brain, some complementary neural subnetworks
activate themselves within this unique neural network as the translation is
being generated:
* a first subnetwork addresses the source sentence to extract its meaning,
* a second specialized in syntactic (grammar) or semantics (words meaning)
analysis enriches understanding,
* a third contextualizes the content,
* another focuses on keywords.
All these subnetworks communicate with the engine and allow it to ultimately
choose the best translation with a quality overachieving the current state of
the art!
What makes SYSTRAN's offering unique?
Unlike in previous generations of engines where a huge volume of data was
mandatory, the neural network feeds itself on enriched data. The quality and the
wealth of these data largely count on their quantity. The expertise that SYSTRAN
has been acquiring for over 40 years, has made it possible today to provide
artificial neural networks with data enriched by terminology and annotated
resources.
Artificial neural networks have a terrific potential but they also have
limitations, particularly to understand rare words. SYSTRAN mitigates this
weakness by combining artificial neural network and its current terminology
technology that will feed the machine and improve its ability to translate.
SYSTRAN exploits the capacity NMT engines have to learn from qualitative data by
allowing translation models to be enriched each time the user submits a
correction. SYSTRAN has always sought to provide solutions adjusted to the
terminology and business of its customers by training its engines on customer
data. Today SYSTRAN offers a self-specialized engine, which is continuously
learning on the data provided.
The adventure has only just begun
The technology is ready and the results are amazing. A demonstrator will be
online during October. The next step for SYSTRAN is to deliver this breakthrough
technology to its customers. Several of them have already been participating in
a beta test program to give back feedback in real situations. Customers can
expect a smooth and transparent change. The noticeable change is the quality of
the output translations, and what a change!
About SYSTRAN
To help organizations enhance multilingual communication and increase
productivity, SYSTRAN delivers real-time language solutions for internal
collaboration, search, eDiscovery, content management, online customer support
and e-Commerce.
With the ability to facilitate communication in 140+ language combinations,
SYSTRAN is the leading choice of global companies, Defense and Security
organizations, and Language Service Providers. SYSTRAN has also been the
technological choice of Samsung for its embedded translation application, S-
Translator, available on the Galaxy S and Note series, and of Sonico for the
latest version of its mobile application, iTranslate.
Since its early beginnings, SYSTRAN has been pioneering advances in Machine
Translation and Natural Language Processing and delivers today a new generation
of engines leveraging the last technological innovations from Artificial Neural
Networks and Deep Learning models.
For more information, visit www.systrangroup.com
Contacts
Gaëlle BOU
Marketing & Communication Director, SYSTRAN
Téléphone : +33 (0)1 44 82 49 00
Email : gaelle.bou(at)systrangroup.com
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Source: SYSTRAN via GlobeNewswire
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Datum: 30.08.2016 - 17:17 Uhr
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