Aaron Davis
The futuristic marriage of machine translation and speech recognition
Speech recognition, executed without mistakes, is the Holy Grail of translation. If we could talk into our smartphones and have vocalized a flawless translation into any language of our choosing, be it Pashtun or Portuguese, the...
Making trends transparent across languages
There’s a data revolution afoot, and both business and government are in the thick of it. In corporate IT, hardly a day goes by where you don’t hear about analytics. For the first time ever, executives can make decisions based on...
Translation as fuel: How government translation memory will evolve
The United States dollar is weak, driving an increasing orientation towards global exports. The Korean manufacturer Samsung and America’s Apple are in a patent war over mobile phones. The average annual income in China has...
How the war on terror changed translation in government
In today’s post-9/11 era, almost every U.S. government agency has been affected by the war on terror. For consumers, TSA security checks and the presence of the National Guard at major events are continuing reminders of the...
Verifying identity for crowdsourced translation: Moving forward
“The simple definition of globalization is the interweaving of markets, technology, information systems, and telecommunications networks in a way that is shrinking the world from a size medium to a size small.” -Thomas Friedman,...
Aaron Davis
Aaron has his hands deep in the technology and theories that are moving the translation industry forward including advancements to natural language processing and social production of language content. Beyond integrating and...
Crowdsourcing and democracy
Crowdsourcing is becoming an important way for government to gather information and get work done - giving new meaning to the phrase "by the people, for the people." While crowdsourcing is still a relatively new concept, there are...
The government and big data: Use, problems and potential
When it comes to managing data, government agencies have always had the same issue. From national intelligence to the IRS, the U.S. Census to local municipalities, there are massive amounts of data in agency computer systems. Much...