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Microsoft Translator

Microsoft Translator. Dr. Neil Roodyn - nsquared Vikram Dendi - Microsoft Research. It’s a Multilingual world. Tremendous Market Opportunity outside of your language. Don’t miss out. Microsoft Translator V1 (announced MIX 09). Simple text translation Language detection 13 languages

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Microsoft Translator

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  1. Microsoft Translator Dr. Neil Roodyn - nsquared VikramDendi - Microsoft Research

  2. It’s a Multilingual world

  3. Tremendous Market Opportunity outside of your language Don’t miss out

  4. Microsoft Translator V1 (announced MIX 09) • Simple text translation • Language detection • 13languages • Based on over 10 years of work at MSR • Multiple developer approaches: • Widget • AJAX • HTTP • SOAP

  5. Translator Widget v1 • Super simple adoption – copy and paste a snippet of code • Provides in-place translation of web content • Differs from earlier add-ons and widget offerings by delivering translations on the original site • Uses elegant progressive rendering techniques to display translations dynamically (as they arrive) • Better compatibility than proxy based offerings • Can work on pages on the intranet

  6. Demo • What you can do with version 1

  7. You wanted more (and so did we) • Richer translation options • Allow me to change the translation results • Read the text out in the language

  8. Announcing the next version of the APIs & widget • Collaborative Translations in the API and widget v2 • More customization in the widget (Auto, Notify) • Batch Translations support in the API • Text-to-Speech using the API (7 languages) • SSL support • Silverlight translation control (coming soon) • All MIX attendees have an exclusive invite code in their attendee bag • Announcement: Microsoft Translator

  9. Richer Translation Options • Batching operations • Detect languages • Translation • Break up sentences

  10. Demo

  11. Collaborative Translations • Combine the power of machine translation with human editing • Send an alternative to the system • Display alternatives on your website • Manage other peoples submissions of alternatives to your site

  12. Demo

  13. Read it to me • Text to Speech – pass text in and return audio, pass text in one language and have it be spoken in a different one • 7 languages initially (en, de, es, fr, it, pt, ru) • As a cloud service

  14. Demo

  15. We want everyone using this • Multi-platform • Web • Smart client • Focus on developers • Multiple ways to use it: SOAP, HTTP, AJAX and widget

  16. Phone – is there a new phone ?

  17. Silverlight • Broad, well documented API support makes it easy to consume in Silvelight • Coming soon: Silverlight translation control/library • Familiar, simple and easy to use – wraps the APIs for easy consumption into Silverlight

  18. Demo

  19. Partners • Using translation for our own benefits (I love recursion!) • High volume features in Office, Bing, Internet Explorer • Significant use by MSDN, Customer Support and localization groups • Wide spread adoption of APIs and widget externally • Free commercial licensing tier

  20. No excuses, just do it • It is so simple to add translation • Widget • AJAX • SOAP • HTTP

  21. Resources and other Services • Getting Started: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9666938 • Microsoft Translator blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/translation • Bing Translator – text & webpage translation: http://www.bing.com/translate • Powered by Microsoft Translator: http://www.microsofttranslator.com/tools/ • Developers: http://www.microsofttranslator.com/dev/ • Translation Accelerator for IE8 • Translation Messenger Bot: Add mtbot@hotmail.com to your Live Messenger and start a conversation • Integration with Bing • Integration with Office • Bi-lingual Viewer User Experience • Contact: mtcont@microsoft.com

  22. OBRIGADO!СПАСИБО!TACK!THANK YOU!DANKEMERCIGRACIAS谢谢您GRAZI

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  24. OBRIGADO!СПАСИБО!TACK!THANK YOU!DANKEMERCIGRACIAS谢谢您GRAZI

  25. © 2010 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

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