SDL Knowledge-based Translation System

SDL Knowledge-based Translation System

High-quality automated translation for the world's leading brands

SDL Knowledge-based Translation System™ (SDL KbTS™) provides high-quality translations, accelerated time-to-market and reduced total cost for the world's leading brands. The power of the solution lies in the combination of sophisticated automated translation technology with other translation automation technologies and human linguistic skills.



A breakthrough in automated translation quality

SDL Knowledge-based Translation System™ (SDL KbTS™) delivers high-quality multilingual content  up to 50% faster and at up to 40% less cost than using traditional translation services. With increasing volumes of content needing to be turned around rapidly and at lower cost, increasing numbers of organizations are looking at how automated translation can benefit their business.

As a key component of SDL Automated Translation Solutions™, this system combines human skills with automated (or machine) translation to provide high-quality output. The same system links into a company's use of automated translation from SDL for gisting purposes, to provide the flexibility that organizations require for different purposes.

Benefits of SDL Knowledge-based Translation System

Drive revenues in new global markets 

  • Build a better business case for entering new markets
  • With fewer humans involved in translation, costs are reduced

High-quality translations

  • The combination of sophisticated machine translation software and human linguistic skills provides greater consistency of translations
  • Combines terminology extraction, translation memory, machine translation and translation management technology to provide high-quality output that is continually improved

Accelerate time-to-market

  • With translation throughput at 3 times faster than traditional methods, time-to-market is typically reduced by 50% or more
  • New or updated content can be recognized as material for translation as soon as it has been updated and automatically passed through the system

The completion of our globalization project is an important step forward in serving the needs of our more than five million international travel guests who stay with us each year. The ability for our customers to learn about properties or book a reservation in their native language is an absolute necessity for our continued global expansion and growth.

David Kong, President and CEO, Best Western International

To find out if you can benefit from SDL Knowledge-based Translation System for your translation requirements, contact us now for a free assessment by one of our knowledge-based translation experts.

Technical Details

SDL Knowledge-based Translation System is a fully outsourced solution. The only software requirement is access to a web browser.

Webex

Leveraging Automated Translation at HP to Provide Rapid Turnaround and Reduce Cost on High Volumes of Content

View this webinar to find out how HP is leveraging innovative automated translation processes to shorten translation time and reduce translation cost while improving translation quality.

Case Studies

Best Western - SDL helps Best Western Grow bookings through Web Globalization

“The completion of our globalization project is an important step forward in serving the needs of our more than five million international travel guests who stay with us each year. The ability for our customers to learn about properties or book a reservation in their native language is an absolute necessity for our continued global expansion and growth.”

Chrysler - Driving Down the Cost of Delivering Multilingual Content

"XyEnterprise, Tweddle Litho, and SDL team up to help Chrysler deliver vehicle owner and service documentation to global markets."

White Papers

High-quality automated translation for global brands

Many of us have our own disaster stories of experiences with automated (or machine) translation. Automated translation is being used today by global brands who do not want to sacrifice quality and consistency in order to improve efficiencies. What they are using is a powerful combination of translation automation technology, automated (or machine) translation and human skills - combining the best of both worlds of people and machines.

Product Brief

SDL KbTS Product Brief

The unique SDL Knowledge-based Translation System TM delivers a breakthrough in translation quality and throughput. All the leading language translation technologies are tightly integrated together and combined with specialist linguistic skills.