Www.systransoft.comApril 2004 April 2004 TM RASMAT 2004 – Uppsala Business Needs and Practices Pierre-Yves Foucou CTO - SYSTRAN

www.systransoft.comwww.systransoft.com April 2004April 2004 TM

RASMAT 2004 – Uppsala RASMAT 2004 – Uppsala

Business Needs Business Needs

and Practicesand Practices

Pierre-Yves FoucouPierre-Yves Foucou

CTO - SYSTRANCTO - SYSTRAN


Fast FactsFast Facts

Market leading Machine Translation (MT) technology Market leading Machine Translation (MT) technology developer – more than 500 person years of R&Ddeveloper – more than 500 person years of R&D

Sells desktop translation software products Sells desktop translation software products

Offers more scalable and open translation solutions Offers more scalable and open translation solutions for large corporationsfor large corporations

Founded in 1968 in San Diego, CAFounded in 1968 in San Diego, CA• Located in Paris, France - San Diego, CA - LuxembourgLocated in Paris, France - San Diego, CA - Luxembourg


HistoryHistory

19681968 Company founded, US Air Force contracts SYSTRAN to Company founded, US Air Force contracts SYSTRAN to develop a Russian into English systemdevelop a Russian into English system

19741974 NASA uses SYSTRAN’s MT in the joint US-USSR Apollo-Soyuz NASA uses SYSTRAN’s MT in the joint US-USSR Apollo-Soyuz MissionMission

19751975 European Commission hires SYSTRAN to develop severalEuropean Commission hires SYSTRAN to develop several language pairslanguage pairs

19961996 SYSTRAN introduces Windows desktop productSYSTRAN introduces Windows desktop product

19971997 AltaVista and SYSTRAN launch BabelfishAltaVista and SYSTRAN launch Babelfish

2002 2002 OracleMobile.com selects SYSTRAN for wireless portalOracleMobile.com selects SYSTRAN for wireless portal


CustomersCustomers

Technology Licensing to PortalsTechnology Licensing to Portals• Google, AOL, AltaVista/Yahoo, Lycos, Apple, ...Google, AOL, AltaVista/Yahoo, Lycos, Apple, ...

CorporationsCorporations• Ford Motor Company, PMI, PwC, MichelinFord Motor Company, PMI, PwC, Michelin

Governments and Public AdministrationsGovernments and Public Administrations• US Intelligence Community, European CommissionUS Intelligence Community, European Commission

OEM IntegrationOEM Integration• Logitech, Electronic ArtsLogitech, Electronic Arts

Channel for Desktop ProductsChannel for Desktop Products• eDistributor (Digital River), VARs, ResellerseDistributor (Digital River), VARs, Resellers


What is Machine Translation?What is Machine Translation?

Process that utilizes computer software to translate Process that utilizes computer software to translate text from one natural language into anothertext from one natural language into another

Accounts for grammatical structure of each language Accounts for grammatical structure of each language and uses rules and assumptions to transfer and uses rules and assumptions to transfer

these from the source language (original text) these from the source language (original text) into the into the target language (translated text)target language (translated text)


Why We Need MTWhy We Need MTEnglish is Not the Dominant LanguageEnglish is Not the Dominant Language


NeedsNeeds

GistingGisting• Multilingual information scanningMultilingual information scanning• Produces rough draft translationProduces rough draft translation

For example: Web browsingFor example: Web browsing

PublishingPublishing• Documentation requires high-quality translationDocumentation requires high-quality translation

For example: technical support documentsFor example: technical support documents

OEM, OEM, knowledgeknowledge base applications base applications


Desktop ProductsDesktop Products

Easy to install, use, ...Easy to install, use, ...Translate Translate

• Documents Documents DOC, RTF, PPT, XLS, DOC, RTF, PPT, XLS,

TXT, HTML, XMLTXT, HTML, XML

• EmailEmail OutlookOutlook

• Web contentWeb content• Chat Chat


Desktop Products – version 5Desktop Products – version 5

XML, extended control on MT process, automatic coding TMXML, extended control on MT process, automatic coding TM Introducing Introducing Swedish<>EnglishSwedish<>English


MS Word File Translation MS Word File Translation


Web Page TranslationWeb Page Translation


Quality AssessmentQuality Assessment

http://rm.systransoft.com(cf AMTA 2003)(cf AMTA 2003)


Quality AssessmentQuality Assessment

Per language pairPer language pair

Per documentPer document

Per sentencePer sentence

Review Manager (SLP)Review Manager (SLP)


Maintenance or developmentMaintenance or development

Core engine, core dictionariesCore engine, core dictionaries

User specific resource toolsUser specific resource tools

GUI and APIsGUI and APIs

Additional language pairsAdditional language pairs

More integration : CMS, CRM, ...More integration : CMS, CRM, ...


Benefits of MTBenefits of MT

Builds and manages knowledge assetsBuilds and manages knowledge assets

Proven savings in overall budgetsProven savings in overall budgets

ROI – Reuse of texts already translated, ROI – Reuse of texts already translated, terminology managementterminology management


Learning Points in Applying MT in Learning Points in Applying MT in Real Business ContextReal Business Context

Educate users and manage their expectationsEducate users and manage their expectations

Use rapid prototyping for a phased implementationUse rapid prototyping for a phased implementation

Set goals and metrics for final resultsSet goals and metrics for final results

Narrow the gap between human translators and MTNarrow the gap between human translators and MT


The SYSTRAN AdvantageThe SYSTRAN Advantage

36 language pairs, with more in development36 language pairs, with more in development

Scalable, robust and open architectureScalable, robust and open architecture

Accumulation of million entry knowledge-basesAccumulation of million entry knowledge-bases

Ability to customize linguistic resourcesAbility to customize linguistic resources

Over 7 million translations per dayOver 7 million translations per day

Proven track recordProven track record