Translation AI Marks a Pivotal Moment in the German Parliament
                     Translation AI Marks a Pivotal Moment in 
the German Parliament
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Florian and Esther discuss the language industry news of the week, with the 
release of Slator’s new Pro Guide: Scaling an LSP Key Account. 
The duo analyzed the job requirements and responsibilities for an 
AI Localization Analyst at Chubb, an insurance company.
Florian discusses when he, for the first time, realized he briefly fell for a third-
party-created video. A speech by Joana Cotar, a member of 
Germany’s lower house of parliament, was translated and lip-synced into 
English using AI. 
Far from being critical of her voice being cloned and her speech being machine 
translated without any edits, Cotar gushed about how “wonderful” it is that her 
speeches are now accessible in “English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, 
Indonesian, and even Chinese”.
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Florian touches on a study by Microsoft Azure researchers evaluating the 
performance of GPT-4 in post-editing machine translation.
Esther provides updates on recent M&A and funding activities in the language 
industry. difuze, a Canadian media localization company, 
acquired WANTED!, a post-production studio, while 
The Translation People secured GBP 10.5 million in debt financing. Additionally, 
she gives a mixed financial update on ZOO Digital, Ai-Media, and AMN Healthcare
.
Florian concludes the episode by discussing OpenAI‘s release of GPT 
capabilities for customization. He shares his experience building a chatbot 
using the new feature and emphasizes the potential for creating customized 
language models for niche applications.
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