Machine translation is not only a tool for translators: language service providers increasingly offer MT as a service to customers). And even more important: the instant availability of (free) online machine translation allows for ‘self-help translation’ by end-users who are not translators and may not understand the source or target language.
How does all this influence the work of professional translators and their customer relations? How do consumers and businesses benefit from MT? What are the benefits and pitfalls when using machine translation in business? How can MT be customized to specific businesses?

Chair: Philippe WACKER, LT-Innovate

Chris WENDT, Group Program Manager automatic translation service, Microsoft
Ondřej BOJAR, Institute of Formal and Applied Linguistics, Charles University
Marta ARAGÃO, Portuguese representative, European Union of associations of translation companies (EUATC)
Maxim KHALILOV, Director of Applied Artificial Intelligence, Unbabel