{"id":2742,"date":"2026-06-05T20:20:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T20:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/CLD\/?post_type=eventbrite_events&#038;p=2742"},"modified":"2026-06-05T20:21:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T20:21:05","slug":"cld-cafe-august-2026-bringing-your-i-to-ai-jay-marciano","status":"publish","type":"eventbrite_events","link":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/CLD\/eventbrite-event\/cld-cafe-august-2026-bringing-your-i-to-ai-jay-marciano\/","title":{"rendered":"CLD Caf\u00e9 (August 2026) Bringing Your I to AI: The Rapidly Changing Technology Landscape in Language Services (Jay Marciano)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Bringing Your I to AI:<br \/>\nThe Rapidly Changing Technology Landscape in Language Services<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Date: August 1st, 2026 (Saturday)<\/li>\n<li>Time: 12:00pm-1:30pm US Eastern | 9:00am-10:30amUS Pacific<\/li>\n<li>CE Points: Those who attend the Zoom session live will be eligible for 1 ATA-approved CE point.<\/li>\n<li>Venue: Zoom (event link will be shared via Email to registered attendees)<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">Register at: <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/7LnEzokBo6tqEYYf7\">https:\/\/forms.gle\/7LnEzokBo6tqEYYf7<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2743\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/CLD\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/CLD-Cafe-August-2026-Flyer.jpg\" alt=\"Bringing Your I to AI: The Rapidly Changing Technology Landscape in Language Services (Jay Marciano)\" width=\"1545\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/CLD\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/CLD-Cafe-August-2026-Flyer.jpg 1545w, https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/CLD\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/CLD-Cafe-August-2026-Flyer-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/CLD\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/CLD-Cafe-August-2026-Flyer-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/CLD\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/CLD-Cafe-August-2026-Flyer-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/CLD\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/CLD-Cafe-August-2026-Flyer-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/CLD\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/CLD-Cafe-August-2026-Flyer-19x24.jpg 19w, https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/CLD\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/CLD-Cafe-August-2026-Flyer-28x36.jpg 28w, https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/CLD\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/CLD-Cafe-August-2026-Flyer-37x48.jpg 37w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1545px) 100vw, 1545px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div>\n<div class=\"meSK8 M7eMe\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Session Description:<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"spb5Rd OIC90c\">\n<div class=\"adL\">Artificial intelligence\u00a0is playing an ever-increasing role in the language services industry, and everyone from individual translators and interpreters up to the CEOs of the largest translation companies are struggling to adapt to a future that is\u00a0increasingly driven by AI and by customers&#8217; expectations for radical new solutions. You need to know\u00a0about the current state of these technologies, how they are currently\u00a0being used, and what the future holds for you as a language professional.\u00a0 Attendees will gain an understanding of NMT, large language models, and generative AI in a way\u00a0that is understandable to non-techies from a leading expert in the field, learn how these technologies are being used in translation &amp; localization, gain insight into the kinds of\u00a0centrally important roles for language professionals that are in demand as these technologies are applied more broadly.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><b>Presenters&#8217; Bio:<\/b><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Jay Marciano has spent more than 27 years at the forefront of developing, applying, and explaining machine translation (MT). He\u00a0has held senior positions at Transparent Language (1998-2001), SDL (2001-2010) and Lionbridge (2010-2020), where he was responsible for the global strategy of using MT to increase translation efficiency, and at Lengoo, where he was deeply involved in the creation of\u00a0an AI product strategy. Jay is president of the Association for Machine Translation in the Americas (AMTA) and the International Association for Machine Translation\u00a0(IAMT) and\u00a0presents widely on MT, AI, and the future of the translation industry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gain an understanding of NMT, LLMs, and GenAI in a way that is understandable to non-techies from a leading expert in the field, learn how these technologies are being used in translation &#038; localization, gain insight into the kinds of centrally important roles for language professionals that are in demand as these technologies are applied more broadly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-2742","eventbrite_events","type-eventbrite_events","status-publish","eventbrite_category-current-event","eventbrite_tag-cldcafe","entry","has-post-thumbnail"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/CLD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventbrite_events\/2742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/CLD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventbrite_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/CLD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/eventbrite_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/CLD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/CLD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2742"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/CLD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventbrite_events\/2742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2745,"href":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/CLD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventbrite_events\/2742\/revisions\/2745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/CLD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}