These are strange times, still. Like everyone else, we at Untranslate await the “un-lockdown” with bated breath. But despite the waiting, we know how to keep ourselves busy. Older projects are partially carried on, but we are also glad to be contributing to certain new initiatives. Initiatives So we bring…

In the context of the worldwide COVID-19 outbreak, the health of our employees and their families is a higher priority to us than ever. Untranslate, just like the whole Cronos Groep, endorses the government’s intention to limit the number of infections in Belgium, and to delay its peak as much…

On 31 January 2020, the University of Lille organised a symposium dedicated solely to machine translation (MT). It was the 7th edition in a series of one-day conferences titled “Traduction & Qualité” which have taken place every two years since 2008. International speakers from academia as well as the professional…

This year, Fedasil launched the mobile website, Fedasil Info, which is a multilingual, intuitive information channel for asylum seekers.  The website offers information about 8 themes (asylum and procedure, living, life in Belgium, return, work, unaccompanied minors, health and learning) in 12 languages (Dutch, French, English, Arabic, Farsi, Pashto, Russian,…

Just like every year, Cronos organised a warm Christmas market in Kontich and this year Untranslate was also present! Just like some other Cronos companies, we put our shoulders under a warm action. In favour of The Book Caravan (De Boekenkaravaan) we sold warm Christmas cards with wishes in different…

Once again, in June, GentVertaalt organised another Language Conference. The conference took place at the Novotel Gent Centrum on Saturday 22 June 2019. GentVertaalt is an on-line and off-line initiative that brings language professionals together from the Ghent area and (much) further. For example, there is a Facebook group in…

2 September 2019, the first school day for many Belgian pupils, but also ‘back-to-school’ for some translation technology enthusiasts. According to annual custom, KU Leuven organised the Translation Technology Summer School. For one week, Antwerp was the translation industry’s Valhalla with participants from all over the world: Azerbaijan, Belgium, Finland,…

Drum roll please; let’s hear it for Untranslate because we have something to celebrate. At the beginning of May, Untranslate comprehensively passed a double audit and were awarded ISO certification for post-editing machine translation from KIWA, a Dutch accredited certification body. The translation profession is not regulated, which basically means…

“But I would walk 500 miles. And I would walk 500 more… ”  Anyone can sing along to this lyrics, but who actually means it? On Sunday 28 April, Cronos rose to the challenge of the Antwerp 10 Miles. 5 km, 10 miles, or even a full marathon, anything was…