Lilt Unveils Latest Localization Innovations at Ascend 2020

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Lilt, the #1 AI-powered language service provider, today as part of its virtual Ascend 2020 conference announced a number of new products and services, alongside lively discussions with global localization leaders. The conversations covered topics critical to the industry, such as the importance of balancing speed and high quality results, and the impact of AI on localization.

"The rapid shift to digital has accelerated the need for multilingual products and services, but with new demand comes a new set of challenges," said Spence Green, CEO of Lilt. "Ascend 2020 provided a unique opportunity for leaders across the industry to meet virtually as a community and collaborate on how to lead digital change for localization."

Accelerating Localization Performance
During the conference, Lilt unveiled some of its newest innovations that serve as tools to enable customers in optimizing their localization programs and workflows. Key features and tools highlighted included:

    --  Connectivity: Lilt demoed its newly released TMS Connector Suite, which
        enables companies to easily integrate Lilt into their existing
        localization workflows and TMS platforms, including SDL TMS, SDL
        WorldServer, XTM Cloud, and Smartling. Lilt also announced its plan to
        build additional connectors to Memsource, Transifex, and other popular
        TMS platforms.
    --  Visibility and Control: Lilt debuted its newest version of Lilt
        Insights, a series of localization performance reports that display
        directly within the Lilt Platform and provide customers with the data
        they need to make better, more informed decisions about their businesses
        and localization programs.
    --  Productivity and Quality: Lilt announced the newest release of the Lilt
        CAT Tool. At 250% faster than its predecessor, this latest release is
        its highest-performing version yet and substantially increases
        translator speed and accuracy, increasing content quality and reducing
        turnaround times for enterprises. It also offers a range of new features
        such as Neural AutoReview and advanced Terminology Management, which
        enhance quality assurance capabilities using AI.
    --  Security: To better serve customers with the highest security
        requirements, Lilt announced its on-premise solution, which gives
        organizations complete data and access control. Lilt is instantly
        deployable on AWS, Azure, or GCP private cloud or via a bare metal
        environment with no external network connectivity requirement.

Discussing Solutions for Industry Challenges
With a theme of "Localizing at Scale in an Increasingly Digital World," Ascend 2020 provided localization leaders and experts the opportunity to discuss some of the most important challenges and opportunities facing the localization industry today.

Notable speakers included:

    --  Loïc Dufresne de Virel, Head of Localization, Intel Corporation
    --  Alessandra Binazzi, Head of Global Localization, ASICS Digital
    --  Paul Buckley, Localization Project Manager, Canva
    --  Tom Davenport, Visiting Professor at Saïd Business School, University
        of Oxford
    --  Kyunghyun Cho, Assoc. Professor of Computer and Data Science, New York
        University

Building a Community
To round out the day, Lilt announced its newest thought leadership initiative, Augment. Augment will bring together industry leaders, creative thinkers, academics, and entrepreneurs within and beyond the localization industry to share specialized information, practical learning, and targeted research with the goal of advancing the industry's collective knowledge around machine learning and artificial intelligence.

"The industry has reached an inflection point with AI and machine learning, with new technologies being released every day," said Paula Shannon, Lilt's Chief Evangelist and co-chair of the new special interest group. "As we all seek to assess the best applications of these new technologies, we're excited to foster learning, discussion, and research that can help inform stakeholders across the industry."

To learn more about Augment, please visit us online at lilt.com/augment or reach out to us at pr@lilt.com.

About Lilt
Headquartered in San Francisco, Lilt is an AI-powered enterprise language service provider on a mission to make the world's information accessible to everyone regardless of where they were born or which language they speak. The Lilt platform combines adaptive neural machine translation technology with an enterprise translation management system that empowers product, marketing, support, e-commerce, and localization teams to move faster than ever. Lilt gives industry-leading organizations like Intel, ASICS, WalkMe, DigitalOcean, and Canva everything they need to scale their translation programs, go-to-market faster, and deliver exceptional customer experiences to global audiences. Visit us online at www.lilt.com.

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