196: AI Model Strategy in Translation

About this episode

Olga Beregovaya discusses the evolution of translation technology and AI model strategy in this episode of Alter Everything.

Join us on the Alter Everything Podcast as we sit down with Olga Beregovaya, Vice President of AI at Smartling, to explore the evolving landscape of translation technology and AI model strategy. In this episode, Olga shares her 25+ years of experience in language technology, discusses the shift from rule-based to transformer models, and explains the importance of purpose-built AI models for translation. Panelists: Olga Beregovaya, VP of AI @ Smartling - LinkedIn Megan Bowers, Sr. Content Manager @ Alteryx - @MeganBowers , LinkedIn Show notes: Smartling DeepL Google Vertex AI IBM Watsonx AWS Bedrock Azure OpenAI Scale AI TELUS International Interested in sharing your feedback with the Alter Everything team? Take our feedback survey here! This episode was produced by Cecilia Murray, Mike Cusic, and Matt Rotundo. Special thanks to Andy Uttley for the theme music.

People in this episode

Host: Megan Bowers

Guest: Olga Beregovaya

Topics covered

• AI model strategy
• translation technology
• language technology
• transformer models
• purpose-built AI models

Keywords

• AI
• translation
• language technology
• transformer models
• Smartling

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Smartling, Alteryx, DeepL, Google, Vertex AI, IBM Watsonx, AWS Bedrock, Azure, OpenAI, Scale AI

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