Until now, CotranslatorAI only let you manually add one custom model at a time. That’s changed. You can now add and manage as many OpenAI models as you want — so you can work with the exact models you [...]
Have you ever found yourself spending extra time fixing straight quotes in your translations, just to get them looking right in Word or your CAT tool? If so, you’re definitely not alone. Recently, a [...]
Yesterday I received a message from a registrant to my webclass. Her comments echo what some in our profession are thinking right now: “Steven, I have to tell you that your optimism is fundamentally [...]
It's no shock that the Big LSPs, MT providers, and CAT tool makers are pushing for automation in translation. AI has given them the tools to do this, and they're finding ways to minimize [...]
A few years ago, while translating my PhD dissertation, I discovered a method that completely changed how I use AI in my translation work. It’s called anchor prompting, and it’s the foundation for getting [...]
Let's consider the biblical parable of new wine and old wineskins in the context of translation today. Generative AI provides us with new wine (an entirely new paradigm). Yet the industry mainstream is trying [...]
Lately, I’ve been reflecting on the evolving dynamics between translators and LSPs, especially in the face of advancing AI technologies. The big players might be banking on automation. But there's a different, higher path [...]
When we started developing CotranslatorAI just over a couple years ago, OpenAI was already on GPT 3.0. Within a short time, they raced ahead to 3.5 and then 4.0. But now, after a few [...]
There’s a lot of talk these days about how small LSPs are “doomed” in a world being reshaped by AI—usually from the so-called Localization Illuminati, the biggest industry players. Maybe you’ve heard this: big [...]
As a translator, advancements like GPT-4.1 are intriguing, especially with the promise of a massive context window. But does this mean we can simply input entire books or thousands of translation memory segments and [...]
