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OUR THOUGHTS
This space captures our ideas, perspectives, analyses, and questions, aimed at deepening understanding and sparking meaningful dialogue through articles


AI ThoughtCon – The Future (Day 1)
Day 1 of AI ThoughtCon brought together a global audience, with over 1,000 registrants attending via Zoom and YouTube Live. The event, organized by the AI Localization Think Tank, focused on exploring the future of the industry, combining a keynote, a panel discussion, and two focused talks in a 2.5-hour program. The conference opened with remarks from Belén Agulló García, who reflected on the rapid growth of the Think Tank since its creation in November 2024. She highlighted

Marina Ilari
3 days ago4 min read


A tiered framework for Agentic AI in localization
In this article, Marina defines agentic AI solutions by outlining varying levels of autonomy and complexity, illustrated with concrete localization use cases.

Marina Pantcheva
Jun 26, 20259 min read


Correlating Quality Evaluation Metrics
In this piece, Marta explains how to correlate human and automated translation quality metrics using Pearson, Spearman, or Kendall methods.

Marta Nieto Cayuela
Jun 5, 20252 min read


How do we train LLMs for machine translation?
As part of our Q&A series, this article discusses how translation emerges as a skill from the broad training of LLMs and explores how to further improve their translation capabilities.

Marina Pantcheva
Apr 29, 20254 min read


Mirror, mirror, which is the fairest metric of them all?
This article, Marta walks us through translation quality metrics for LLM (and NMT) evaluation, highlighting the role of human assessment and data-driven approaches in building meaningful, case-specific evaluation strategies.

Marta Nieto Cayuela
Apr 24, 20259 min read


Parrots, agents, thinkers: A(I) lifetime of progress
The evolution of GenAI follows stages similar to those of human cognitive maturation. Where will the development of LLMs take us next?

Marina Pantcheva
Apr 1, 20257 min read


To quality or not to quality: That's not the question
This article explores the definitions of "quality" as a general outcome and "Quality" as a structured practice in today’s Localization ecosystem, emphasizing the need for intentional frameworks to evaluate translation effectively.

Marta Nieto Cayuela
Mar 30, 20256 min read
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