SDL Research - Trends in automated translation

SDL, in association with the International Association for Machine Translation (IAMT) and Association for Machine Translation Americas (AMTA), ran a survey which was completed by over 385 individuals in global businesses. The results were fascinating and definitely show an increased interest in the use of automated translation over the last two years.

Those surveyed included individuals from companies such as Cisco, Dell, HP, Motorola, Oracle, Panasonic, Philips, Siemens, Sun and Vodafone. 71% of respondents were of managerial level and above, including Vice President and Senior Vice President from different parts of the business – sales and marketing, technical documentation, localization and IT and engineering.