Language Weaver
Statistical machine translation software for the automated translation of human languages
Language Weaver, Inc., was founded in January, 2002, to commercialize a breakthrough approach to automatic language translation and natural language processing, based on research advances made at the University of Southern California’s Information Sciences Institute (USC/ISI). Language Weaver’s resulting product, statistical machine translation software (SMTS), uses a statistical rather than traditional rule-based approach to correlate words and word groupings from language to language and produce the highest probability output. In testing, Language Weaver’s SMTS is returning the highest quality of automated translation output seen to date in machine translation.
While globalization of business (including the use of the Internet to dispense information and provide a forum for customers) has created a critical need for real-time automated translation systems that facilitate global communication. Language Weaver’s SMTS technology can save customers considerable money and time through automation of the translation process by processing large volumes of data quickly, accurately, and efficiently.
Language Weaver is based in Los Angeles, California. It has recently been awarded a $2 million Advanced Technology Program Award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), US Department of Commerce. It was chosen as start-up company of the year at Larta Institute’s Los Angeles Venture Forum in April, 2004 and as one of the top 200 private companies to watch by Red Herring magazine in May, 2004. The company is working with several partners to incorporate its translation technology into their applications, including PH Brink International, Mitre Corp., Virage, BBN Technologies, and Basis Technologies. In-Q-Tel initially invested in Language Weaver in April, 2003. For more information about Language Weaver, please visit www.languageweaver.com.
Technology Focus Areas
- Information and Communication Technologies
- Physical and Biological Technologies
