MetaRozetta opens automatic translation to business software
Rosetta has added an application programming interface to MetaRozetta’s fully automatic translation mode. Businesses can connect Japanese-English text and file translation to their existing systems rather than pass documents through a separate translation step. Customers retain the choice of human review for documents whose work requirements call for it.
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Business systems can request translations directly
Rosetta, the translation company within Japan’s Metareal group, has added an application programming interface, or API, to MetaRozetta’s fully automatic mode. The connection allows business systems and automation scripts to request Japanese-to-English and English-to-Japanese translations. Both plain text and file inputs are supported. The November update extends access to the automatic mode introduced in October, connecting the existing translation product to other software.[1], [2]
Document handling gains a translation step
The workflow described by Rosetta has a document submitted, translated and returned to the internal system before subsequent processing. Its examples include generating an English product manual when the original is registered in a document-management system, translating technical specifications and internal rules, and processing recurring batches of documents through automation tools. An English document received from abroad can likewise be translated into Japanese as it enters the organization’s systems.[1]
Customers retain human-review decisions
Customers decide how much of each document workflow to automate. Rosetta says human review can remain where the work requires it, including pharmaceutical, legal and patent documents. The company plans further work on extracting text from files and restoring layouts after translation, as well as evaluation beyond manuals. Existing customization features use internal terminology and past translations. Development lead Atsunori Shinoda describes the update as a way to place translation inside continuing business operations.[1]
