Language Translation Software and Services Market Analysed in New Report

Online, November 10, 2009 (Newswire.com) - The report "Language Translation Software and Services Market" available at http://www.reportbuyer.com/go/WIN00013 is a new study on language translation software and services.

Some words have different meanings and syntactic behavior, depending on the semantic context in which they are used. Even with specialised dictionaries the quality of the translation cannot always be satisfactory because of the total freedom and productivity of content on the web. The dictionaries selected cannot be the exact domain glossary due to extreme diversity; and the impossible task of having a complete description of all possible domains (a problem not only of cost, but of expertise).

Language is able to communicate nuance. The deciphering of nuance has been difficult to achieving using automated process. No generic MT system can solve sophisticated translation problems. The key to having a good translation is to have a good writer. The writer is an educated person able to create sentences that make sense and paragraphs that flow. This is central to the translation market. Much of the process can be automated, but there are still large segments where the human translator adds value.

According to the 668 page report, worldwide language translation services software license shipments market share analysis indicates that LionBridge has 16% share of a $2 billion language translation services market. LionBridge and SDL are market leaders with IBM participating in the services portion of the market supported by its WebSphere product that offers portal technology.

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