RWS announces revival of Language Weaver brand

Return of Language Weaver to unify and represent RWS’s machine translation technologies

Chalfont Saint Peter, UK
6/9/2021 8:00:00 AM
RWS, the world’s leading provider of technology-enabled language, content management, and intellectual property services, today announces the return of Language Weaver, a pioneering brand in automatic language translation. Language Weaver – which combines RWS’s linguistic expertise with SDL’s and Iconic’s technologies – will now represent RWS’s machine translation platform.
 
“We’re excited to bring back the much-loved Language Weaver brand. Many within the industry will remember Language Weaver – a brand synonymous with innovation and pushing the boundaries of language translation,” said Azad Ootam, Chief Technology Officer, RWS. “By bringing together AI experts and technology from across RWS, SDL and Iconic, we now have a world-class platform that outperforms traditional machine translation approaches, and renews the original vision of the Language Weaver founders.”
 

History of Language Weaver

Founded in 2002 Language Weaver was first to commercialize new approaches to automatic language translation based on machine learning. Its rich history and cutting-edge technology shaped the future of the language translation industry. Acquired by SDL in 2010, the Language Weaver brand was retired in 2015 and renamed SDL Machine Translation. The technology – through continual investment – evolved from statistical machine translation to neural machine translation, capable of instantly translating content across 2,700 language combinations. RWS acquired SDL in 2020, and is now bringing back the Language Weaver brand.
 

Language Weaver capabilities

Building machine translation (MT) models has traditionally been exclusively reserved for specialists. Decades of collaboration between linguists, engineers and researchers has resulted in a simplified solution that opens up MT to everyday business users. The Language Weaver platform allows anyone to provide real-time feedback on translations and fine-tune generic language models. Behind the scenes the platform also constantly looks for ways to improve the quality of translations. RWS’s team of expert scientists and consultants are always on hand to advise on and develop bespoke solutions for customers with complex requirements.
 
The technology benefits any business or industry dealing with large volumes of multilingual content. It is already being used by organizations to communicate and collaborate with customers in multiple languages, by public sector organizations for content intelligence and by law firms for eDiscovery. A critical application with unrivalled scalability and security, Language Weaver can be integrated with any software or platform – from Microsoft Office, to chatbots and eCommerce platforms. Incorporating Language Weaver into existing workflows saves time and money, and opens up new opportunities for organizations to retain customers and grow their business.
 
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RWS Holdings plc is a unique, world-leading provider of technology-enabled language, content and intellectual property services. Through content transformation and multilingual data analysis, our combination of AI-enabled technology and human expertise helps our clients to grow by ensuring they are understood anywhere, in any language.


Our purpose is unlocking global understanding. By combining cultural understanding, client understanding and technical understanding, our services and technology assist our clients to acquire and retain customers, deliver engaging user experiences, maintain compliance and gain actionable insights into their data and content.


Over the past 20 years we’ve been evolving our own AI solutions as well as helping clients to explore, build and use multilingual AI applications. With 40+ AI-related patents and more than 100 peer-reviewed papers, we have the experience and expertise to support clients on their AI journey.


We work with over 80% of the world’s top 100 brands, more than three-quarters of Fortune’s 20 ‘Most Admired Companies’ and almost all of the top pharmaceutical companies, investment banks, law firms and patent filers. Our client base spans Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and North and South America. Our 65+ global locations across five continents service clients in the automotive, chemical, financial, legal, medical, pharmaceutical, technology and telecommunications sectors.


Founded in 1958, RWS is headquartered in the UK and publicly listed on AIM, the London Stock Exchange regulated market (RWS.L). 


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