where we see translation in next 10 years

 When we talk about future of translation, many people think about robots truanting thousands  of words in seconds! But is this what is really awaiting us in the next  ten years?

Technology has already brought about significant changes in the language service industry. Besides the things everybody sees, like Google Translate or Skype’s translation program, there’s a wide range of changes professionals could only have dreamed of about 20 years ago. Computer Aided Translation (CAT) tools, instant communication, translation memories, and exhaustive glossaries just one click away are just some examples of how has made translators’ lives easier in the last two decades. And the best is yet to come for the future of translation, according to most specialists in the industry. The future of translation is a mix of intelligent tools and subject of matter experts working together to deliver accurate readings for competitive prices. Let’s take a look.

The digital era, physical borders don’t affect businesses anymore. Any company large or small can go global. And, the secret of a successful international business lies in quality translation services. Globalization has generated consistent expansion in the industry–which is expected to reach $45 billion by 2020. Translators must adapt to the growing demand, which means they’ll have to tailor their offer to meet new requirements. Companies need more than word-to-word translations to conquer new markets. They must look for localization services, a process that goes beyond simple translation.

Automated Translation-In future automated translation will be the new stander of translation. It allows language services providers to optimize workflows and to save time and money with every new project. Many companies already automate parts of the process, but the future of translation brings even more automated translation tools to the table.

CAT (computer aided translation)-its types of computer software that convert computer files. technology helps translators to reduce the time needed for each task during the translation process. Language expert should focus on this creative part. Companies must integrate a content management system, to reduce turnarounds. This software will become more intuitive facilitate all operations during the translation process.

         All the features you need will be one click away:

• A translation memory containing useful data about terminology and technical vocabulary.

• Easier access to all previous work and multiple resources to collect information.
• Multilingual SEO, which allows you to integrate local keywords in your content.
• Tracking, to keep you updated on progress.

according to the specialists in the industry. The future of translation is a mix of intelligent tools and subject of matter experts working together to deliver accurate readings for competitive price. for successful business of translation depends on quality of translation service. everything must happen fast for businesses to stay ahead of compititors.this mean that translators and localization engineers in the future of translation must deliver high-quality services as soon as possible.to be able to satisfy both their client and the clients and the clients of their clients. The size of the industry is growing .but translation service must   become cheaper for translators to remain competitive translators must learn to learn to integrate CAT tools in their everybody  tasks. the concept of 100 percent human translation (without computer assistance) doesn't belong to the future not for the business translation at least.it does not mean that translator will lose their jobs,though.but they"ll have to learn to   use more than speed up the translation process.

Such tools substitute emails, manual transfers, and file transfers for good. This way, there is less time wasted on repetitive tasks and less room for human errors. Proofreading tools are going to become easier to use as well, increasing accuracy and reducing the time needed to check every translation.

Translators will use Artificial Intelligence-At the moment, machine translation (MT) still has   difficulties with translating into many of the 7,000 languages and dialects. Mastering artificial intelligence and deep learning will create a new generation of translation software.one that delivers more accurate versions of the original content, in more languages.

The future of translation will cover more cultures, as the internet. Continues to penetrate in emerging countries worldwide. Besides the top languages for translation, the software will have to provide accurate solutions to communicate with audiences who speak less known dialects.

                   As machines improve, translators will have to adapt their skills to deliver customized services such as a deep understanding of the target public, which allows them to adjust the translated content for segmented audiences.

After above explanation about future of translation in the coming next 10 years. There is no doubt that technology will be so advance. Many of these changes are already. companies large and small are implementing new tools to increase productivity and reduce turnaround. technology has brought many opportunities for language services providers. While Al tool are still in their infancy high-performing CAT tools are still in their infancy, high -performing CAT tools are already helping translators in many parts of the words.

From the very beginning, I loved languages and Indian Classical Music and was willing to opt for these subjects. However, I pursued my career in technology. I was awarded a Ph. D. and joined the field of Higher Technical Education.  After a few years, I wanted to divert myself from the chosen field of Technical Education. I thought that languages and translation were a good option. After researching the latest trends in the field of translation for a long time, I realised that there are endless opportunities in the translation field. I also realised that I know hardly anything about post-editing machine translation or the use of Computer Assisted Tools in translation. I was curious and really wanted to know about the ‘World of Translation’. There is a common saying that ‘When there is a Will, there’s a Way’. I came to know about the summer internship at Modlingua Language Services from the internet, applied for the internship, got approval, and started my journey with Modlingua.

From day one, I realised the uniqueness of Modlingua's internship, and that all of us were able to log-in to the official website of Modlingua as interns. The training started from the very first web meeting. The first lesson was that any personal or official work related document, must be checked with Grammarly writing tool for grammar, spelling and usage, wordiness, style, punctuation, and then must be uploaded. In the world of Translation, this seemingly insignificant thing, helps a lot to avoid wastage of man hours, manpower.  Two important issues namely, controlling errors and improving quality of content, while writing and translating, with Modlingua rubric were addressed.

‘Quality’ has become a buzz word today. All of us are highly concerned about the "quality" of the products or services that we purchase. The same is applicable to ‘Translation processes’. I learnt about ‘Total Quality Control of Translation Processes’ and different quality standards applicable to them in the internship program. Honestly speaking, I knew about ‘Globalization, Internationalization and Translation’. However, I was confused about ‘Localization’.  I understood "localization" in its real sense. In fact, my career goal in the field of translation is to localise (translate) technical text books (written in English) into the local language (Marathi), so as to make learning easier for students. The PDCA concept and applicability of SAE 2450 guidelines to 9 parameters were discussed.

I realised the social implications of translation and the social implications are interesting in their own ways. Let me explain it. I came across a term ‘Politics of Translation’ while reading an article on translation by Gayatri. Her observation is that the majority of English language dominated feminists impose their concepts, ideas about solidarity, feminism on the minority language feminists or Asian or Arabian feminists, while expressing the views of the latter. She says that feminists from English dominated countries should learn and speak the languages of women who speak and write in languages other than English. In spite of good intentions, the translators, while translating a source text from a minority language to English, neglect the local colours expressed in the source, so that their Western readers don't find any difficulty in understanding. This is what Gayatri calls the 'Politics of Translation’.

During the inaugural session, Dr Raman Kumar Jha, Vice-Chancellor, AMITY University, Ranchi, discussed the enormous career opportunities in the field of languages. The opportunities are translation of engineering textbooks and reference books in local languages according to AICTE's policy, Broadcaster/newsreader Overcoming the speech disabilities of people in hospitals, Copyright and patent writer, Editor of books and journals, Writing grants and research proposals, Teaching in school, college in the country and foreign countries, Psycholinguistic, Public Relations Officer, Owning a publication house, MBA in communication, Research in linguistics, Writing a resume and a statement of purpose, Translation, Consultants in law firms and publishing houses, government services, banking and finance, International Organizations for communication in local languages Language institutes, front offices, entrepreneurship, Writing for Media TV OTT, research analyst, human resources, field researcher, blogger, and YouTuberCorporate Language Trainer, Content Writer, Hospitality and tourism, Sports and Yogic Sciences, Army and security, General services, To assist learners in CALL, MALL, RALL.

Dr. Amit Nagpal's session on "Social Media & Network Leveraging" was truly eye-opening. I'm... or was... hesitant to leave comments on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.Earlier, I was using LinkedIn occasionally. Now, I visit my social media accounts regularly and I do comment on the posts (that sound interesting). I owe this paradigm shift to Dr. Amit Nagpal’s deliberation on ‘Digital Marketing’ and Dr. Ravikumar’s supporting speech ‘Leveraging Networks through Social Media’. Both of them have not only talked goody goody about social media, but they also mentioned safe practices for writing. As a result, my misconceptions about writing on social media are reduced. I remember the example quoted by Dr. Ravikumar about his daughter. She had uploaded a video on You Tube and, in a short time period, she received considerable likes. I find this example  highly inspiring, motivating.

A person who is interested in being a citizen reporter should know about "making video reports". I also tried to make a video report on ‘Challenges in Online Education: Jamshedpur’. I have written various articles which may be considered as blogs: Importance of Social Media and Leveraging networks, Relevance of Citizen Journalism, Programming Languages in AI and Applications of AI in Translation, Audio-medial translation.

Another interesting session was conducted by Mr. Deep Saxena on ‘Natural Language Processing (NLP) and its use in Translation’. Prior to this session, Dr. Ravikumar discussed ‘Growing Importance of Artificial Intelligence (AI)’. My opportunity to present information related to programming languages and applications of AI in translation was useful, whereas my friends dealt with the importance of AI and its types. I knew about applications of AI in technology, manufacturing industries. This wonderful session helped me to understand applications of AI in translation, NLP and its typical terminology like tokenizing, stemming, lemmatization, POS tags, entity recognition and chunking.

While checking the job profile for a translator, I came across the word "Trados’ frequently. The video presentation ‘Introduction to CAT Tools: SDL Trados vs. Others" explained the use of the computer translation software. Dr. Ravikumar has provided some Dos and Don'ts or Practical hints, to be followed, while going for machine translation.

All of us watch movies, serials or sports on OTT platforms. Language is no more a barrier nowadays since most movies and series carry subtitles in different languages or are translated into different languages. Assignment on ‘Audio Medial Translation (AMT)’ gave me an opportunity to learn about the technical advances in the translation field in depth. AMT means the transfer of verbal components, contained in audio-visual works and products, from one language to another language. Film dubbing, film scripts, recorded speeches from conferences, narration work for films, video tapes, slides, audio tapes in different foreign languages, company profile presentations, voice-overs for feature films, television programs, theatrical plays, musicals, operas, Web pages, and video games fall into the category of audio-visual products and require translation. The main methods of AMT are captioning, subtitling, revoicing, dubbing, and subtitles for the opera and theatre for localization purposes. AMT Tools, based on Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, include BETA, XTM Cloud, Memo Q and Subtitle NEXT.

Dr. Ravikumar always mentioned ‘Customer Care’ and ‘Project Management’ in the translation industry. Today, Translation is considered as an ‘Industry’ and not as a ‘Service’. Like any other industry, ‘Customer Care’ and ‘Project Management’ are integral parts of the translation industry too. A Translation Project Manager organises and looks after the clients’ translation projects. The Project Manager's job is to check the client's requirements and to appoint the finest translator/s for the translation job. They are also responsible for coordinating, collaborating, planning, organising resources, and controlling the quality of translation projects. In the case of difficulties, as and when they arise during translation projects, the Project Manager is supposed to resolve the difficulties. Ultimately, the Project Manager is responsible for delivering the right outcome and client satisfaction. A Project Manager  

• Evaluates and analyses the source documents and identifies the number of elements to be translated.

• Chooses the members of the translation team, develops a project strategy, and guides the team members.

• Informs the client informed about the translation's development.

• Briefs the client on technical difficulties or industry jargon.

• Assures that the translation outcomes are complete and adhere to the project's original terms.

An excellent translation company provides more than just translation. It provides ‘Customer satisfaction’. The brand image of the translation agency is influenced by customer happiness/satisfaction. It increases customer loyalty and trust in the brand.  All clients, who have concerns, should be able to reach out to the translation agency readily. A responsive website often serves this purpose very well. For people who aren't fluent in English, the translation agency should provide timely, accurate, and relevant information through multiple languages in a pleasant and courteous manner. Good customer service fetches more clients. However, customer satisfaction does not mean that each and every customer demand should be met. I got an idea of ​​how to protect the translation agency’s interests, without succumbing to the customer pressure, through the internship.

During my 2 months of internship, I made many friends, of course, virtually. I must mention Payal, the Co-ordinator of the Interns group, and Nikita, the Lead Intern, who helped me actively resolve any issues.

I am grateful to Modlingua Language Services for offering me a summer internship. It was an honour to be a part of such a prestigious and well-known brand. I learned a lot about the ‘World of Translation’ including its scope, the current scenario, the latest trends, and technical advancements. To be honest, the summer internship programme has helped me to identify my strengths and weaknesses, as well as the opportunities and threats in the translation field. Despite the fact that my internship has ended, I am sure the knowledge I have acquired and the network I am involved in, will definitely help me to pursue a career change from an Academician to a Translator for translating all kinds of technical and scientific documents. I hope that I remain associated with Modlingua for many years to come.