Thorsten Distler Text and Translation Plus – Sports and Health – Podcast Thorsten Distler

Agencies and tech-savvy direct clients have eagerly jumped aboard the MTPE bandwagon in the hope of saving themselves time and money. But can the burgeoning machine translation post-editing (MTPE) industry really deliver what it promises? Even for creative texts? The desire to produce PR and marketing translations faster and cheaper is by all means understandable. But isn’t expecting them to be as good as those prepared by a human professional a little far-fetched?

In summer 2006, I spent 6 weeks working in one of the most contradictory countries in the world on the German localization of a prestigious RPG project. The job involved everything from familiarization to translation and bug fixing on-site for a global player in the video game industry. The assignment brought me to Tokyo, where tradition and technology clash like nowhere else in the world.

In summer 2006, I spent 6 weeks working in one of the most contradictory countries in the world on the German localization of a prestigious RPG project. The job involved everything from familiarization to translation and bug fixing on-site for a global player in the video game industry. The assignment brought me to Tokyo, where tradition and technology clash like nowhere else in the world.