You have heard of dental tourism and other forms of medical tourism. Did you know about the magnitude of exam tourism?
Here is an example, published two weeks ago in Chosun, the Korean daily paper:

#capstanlac #examtourism #translation #korean
chosun.com/english/nation…

Crushing it, Cushing 💪

Join us for a webinar on May 22, to learn about valid use cases for state-of-the-art translation technology, translation quality estimation, and much more. We want to share how to tackle the issues we have encountered.

Registration Link: register.gotowebinar.com/register/89268…

#capstanlqc

A very interesting read - in this post, Dr. Jeffrey Funk is not echoing concerns that come from luddites or doomsayers, but reports from AI engineers working for the behemoths.

#capstanlqc #AI #translation #DEI #nvidia #google #meta #LLMs
www-cnbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.cnbc.c…

Reflecting on an incredible experience at the SIOP Annual Conference in Chicago in the words of our Founder Steve Dept!

capstan.be/39th-annual-si…

We are grateful for the opportunity!!

#SIOP2024 #IOPsych #SIOPSmarterWorkplace #capstanlqc

Join us in celebrating the rich tapestry of the Portuguese language today! 📚🌎
(Portuguese is also a language of instruction in Macao S.A.R. and in Timor Leste. And Equatorial Guinea is missing, too.)

#WorldPortugueseLanguageDay #LínguaPortuguesa #capstanlqc

We at cApStAn Linguistic Quality Control have been working on the very sensitive translation and adaptation of questionnaire items assessing the Big Five personality traits.

#capstanlqc #translation #DEI

toolsfortalent.eu/en/blog/insigh…

Let's Celebrate the spirit of unity and hard work this May Day! 🌷✊

#capstanlqc #LaborDay #Unity #HardWork

The University of Zurich has announced a courageous decision: they are withdrawing from the league tables, pulling out of the competitive university rankings.

#capstanlqc #rankings #publications Times Higher Education University of Zurich
swissinfo.ch/eng/education/…

Read the compelling story of Shong Lue Yang, the man who designed the written language of the Hmong people. He was known as 'the Mother of Language' and taught numerous Hmong people to write - and became a martyr not of a religion, but of literacy.

glli-us.org/2024/02/06/ano…

Chatbots or Large Language Models (LLMs) — the current Big Tech darlings — are not intelligent in any meaningful sense of the word.

#capstanlqc #AI #AGI #LLMs #DEI #ElonMusk

mindmatters.ai/2024/04/elon-m…

Reflecting on an incredible experience at the SIOP Annual Conference in Chicago! 🌟

These connections and experiences fuel our passion and commitment to driving positive change in the workplace.

#SIOP2024 #IOPsych #SIOPSmarterWorkplace #capstanlqc

We are rather delighted to see at least one of the leading brains behind the transformer architecture of large language models (LLMs) shifting gears: Yann LeCun does not share the vision of the other godfathers.

#capstanlqc

thenextweb.com/news/meta-yann…

Cheers to the language that unites us all! Happy English Language Day! Let's continue to foster global communication and understanding. 🌍

#EnglishLanguageDay #GlobalUnity '

Spanish Language Day!

¡Feliz Día del Idioma Español! Celebrating the beauty and diversity of the Spanish language. Let's honor its heritage and influence around the world. 🎉📖

hashtag#SpanishLanguageDay hashtag#CulturalPride

Chinese Language Day!

Embracing the elegance and depth of the Chinese language today! Let's celebrate its rich history and cultural significance. 🇨🇳✨

#ChineseLanguageDay #CulturalHeritage

Photoshooting our way on the 2nd day!

#capstanlqc #SIOPSmarterWorkplace   #IOPsych #SIOP24 #DEI #HR