Why zero-shot translation may be the most important MT development in localization

摘要

In the months since Google's announcement about its deployment of neural machine translation (NMT) caught the tech press' eye, NMT has rapidly transformed from a pie-in-the-sky dream into a mainstream MT method. As MT developers, language services providers (LSPs), and social media enterprises have rushed to jump on the bandwagon, what the technology can realistically deliver often gets lost in the hype.