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Language Weaver CTO Says Improvements to Statistical Machine Translation Expand Opportunities for Government Customers

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
Daniel Marcu, CTO of Langage Weaver

Language Weaver Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer Daniel Marcu says that rapid advancements in the field of software-based statistical translation are providing government customers with a range of new, more powerful translation solutions. 

Daniel is a recognized leader in natural language processing.

In the following podcast interview, Daniel says that both the speed and accuracy of statistical translation systems have improved exponentially in the past 10 years. He also explains how Language Weaver is working to further improve the applicability of its proprietary translation technology:

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A Podcast With Language Weaver CEO Mark Tapling

Monday, June 9th, 2008

In Berlin at Localization World, a global conference that focuses on translation and localization, Language Weaver CEO Mark Tapling said today that the future is bright for Language Service Providers (LSPs) who embrace statistical machine translation as a tool to greatly expand business and increase margins.

Mark Tapling, CEO of Language Weaver, Software-based Translation Leader
CEO MARK TAPLING

“The Language Weaver value proposition consists of three key elements – speed, volume and accuracy,” said Tapling. “Language Service Providers (LSPs) share the same goals – and so we’re able to provide great value to our LSP partners.” 

“With our technology we continue to broaden the amount of content that is translated,” said Tapling. ”However, the human linguist will always have a high value-add role to play in the process.”

You can listen to an 8 minute interview with Mark Tapling here, or Subscribe to the Language Weaver PodcastView RSS XML.

Mark was appointed CEO of Language Weaver in March, 2008. Mark came to Language Weaver with more than 20 years of progressive experience in the strategy, growth, financial and operational management of both public and private technology firms. 

Mark received his BS in Economics and Management from Michigan State University and has participated in several executive management programs, including the SC Johnson School of Management at Cornell University and the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia.

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BNET.com interviews William Wong

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

william gets interviewed

William Wong, one of Language Weaver’s co-founders, was recently interviewed by Ann Convery of BNET.com. Excerpts of the video interview can be found on BNET’s “Dog and Pony” video section here on their website.

In the interview, William talks about how Language Weaver started, some of the business to business (B2B) services that we provide, and the benefits of breaking the language barrier for businesses (with a small plug for kontrib.com!).

[William Wong: Optimizing Business Communications Interview on BNET.com]

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