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CEF eTranslation engines upgrade 3.5

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In May 2020, the European Commission updated the translation engines of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) eTranslation Building Block.

Some highlights of this upgrade include:

New Engines:

  • EU Formal Language:
    • English↔Irish (mapped to same engine as "General Text")
  • Valtioneuvoston Kanslia ("Finnish Prime Minister's Office"):
    • Finnish↔English, Swedish (data from the Finnish Prime Minister's office combined with a selection of other sources)

Web user interface:

  • Direct link to disclaimer on data privacy page
  • Multiple file download bug corrected

Front-end:

  • New category of user: "EU Freelance Translator"
  • Improve proxy detection for call-backs to avoid failed connections
  • Web service documentation updated

 Dashboard:

  • Request history for external clients with STATS access
  • Statistics page for quick view/stats aggregation

Back-end:

  • DRA enabled release for dynamic allocation of engines (as from 13 May)
  • Conversion bug fix for certain txt-to-tmx documents

The CEF eTranslation Building Block is a state-of-the-art online machine translation service. This service is offered free of charge and will help public authorities save time and money translating documents and text between any the EU’s 24 official languages plus Icelandic and Norwegian in a fully secure way.

This tool is also now open to European startups and SMEs. This mean small businesses can translate any document or plain text in an easy, free and secure way in more than 24 languages.

European Commission is making is making up to €4 million of CEF grant funding available for multilingual, digital projects that want to use or contribute to the CEF eTranslation Building Block. Apply by 25 June 2020.