Advancing Digital Language Equality in Europe: A Market Study and Open-Source Solutions for Multilingual Websites

Andrejs Vasiļjevs; Neli Vacheva; Rinalds Vīksna; Andis Lagzdiņš

Advancing Digital Language Equality in Europe: A Market Study and Open-Source Solutions for Multilingual Websites

Andrejs Vasiļjevs
, Neli Vacheva
, Rinalds Vīksna
, Andis Lagzdiņš

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Abstract

The paper presents findings from a comprehensive market study commissioned by the European Commission, aimed at analysing multilinguality of European websites and automated website translation services across various sectors. The findings show that the majority of websites offer content in one or two languages, while only less than 25% of European websites provide content in 3 or more languages. Additionally, we introduce Web-T, a collection of open-source solutions facilitating automated website translation with a help of free MT service eTranslation provided by the European Commission and possibility to integrate other MT providers. Web-T solutions include local plug-ins for Content Management Systems, universal plug-ins, and an MT API Integrator, thus contributing to the broader goal of digital language equality in Europe.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Research and Implementations and Case Studies
Editors	Carolina Scarton, Charlotte Prescott, Chris Bayliss, Chris Oakley, Joanna Wright, Stuart Wrigley, Xingyi Song, Edward Gow-Smith, Rachel Bawden, V�ctor M. Sanchez-Cartagena, Patrick Cadwell, Ekaterina Lapshinova-Koltunski, Vera Cabarrao, Konstantinos Chatzitheodorou, Mary Nurminen, Diptesh Kanojia, Helena Moniz
Pages	600-609
Number of pages	10
Volume	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9781068690709
Publication status	Published - 2024

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the 25th Annual Conference of the European Association for Machine Translation, EAMT 2024
Volume	1

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Vasiļjevs, A., Vacheva, N., Vīksna, R., & Lagzdiņš, A. (2024). Advancing Digital Language Equality in Europe: A Market Study and Open-Source Solutions for Multilingual Websites. In C. Scarton, C. Prescott, C. Bayliss, C. Oakley, J. Wright, S. Wrigley, X. Song, E. Gow-Smith, R. Bawden, V. M. Sanchez-Cartagena, P. Cadwell, E. Lapshinova-Koltunski, V. Cabarrao, K. Chatzitheodorou, M. Nurminen, D. Kanojia, & H. Moniz (Eds.), Research and Implementations and Case Studies (Vol. 1, pp. 600-609). (Proceedings of the 25th Annual Conference of the European Association for Machine Translation, EAMT 2024; Vol. 1).

Vasiļjevs, Andrejs ; Vacheva, Neli ; Vīksna, Rinalds et al. / Advancing Digital Language Equality in Europe: A Market Study and Open-Source Solutions for Multilingual Websites. Research and Implementations and Case Studies. editor / Carolina Scarton ; Charlotte Prescott ; Chris Bayliss ; Chris Oakley ; Joanna Wright ; Stuart Wrigley ; Xingyi Song ; Edward Gow-Smith ; Rachel Bawden ; V�ctor M. Sanchez-Cartagena ; Patrick Cadwell ; Ekaterina Lapshinova-Koltunski ; Vera Cabarrao ; Konstantinos Chatzitheodorou ; Mary Nurminen ; Diptesh Kanojia ; Helena Moniz. Vol. 1 2024. pp. 600-609 (Proceedings of the 25th Annual Conference of the European Association for Machine Translation, EAMT 2024).

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Vasiļjevs, A, Vacheva, N, Vīksna, R & Lagzdiņš, A 2024, Advancing Digital Language Equality in Europe: A Market Study and Open-Source Solutions for Multilingual Websites. in C Scarton, C Prescott, C Bayliss, C Oakley, J Wright, S Wrigley, X Song, E Gow-Smith, R Bawden, VM Sanchez-Cartagena, P Cadwell, E Lapshinova-Koltunski, V Cabarrao, K Chatzitheodorou, M Nurminen, D Kanojia & H Moniz (eds), Research and Implementations and Case Studies. vol. 1, Proceedings of the 25th Annual Conference of the European Association for Machine Translation, EAMT 2024, vol. 1, pp. 600-609.

Advancing Digital Language Equality in Europe: A Market Study and Open-Source Solutions for Multilingual Websites. / Vasiļjevs, Andrejs; Vacheva, Neli; Vīksna, Rinalds et al.
Research and Implementations and Case Studies. ed. / Carolina Scarton; Charlotte Prescott; Chris Bayliss; Chris Oakley; Joanna Wright; Stuart Wrigley; Xingyi Song; Edward Gow-Smith; Rachel Bawden; V�ctor M. Sanchez-Cartagena; Patrick Cadwell; Ekaterina Lapshinova-Koltunski; Vera Cabarrao; Konstantinos Chatzitheodorou; Mary Nurminen; Diptesh Kanojia; Helena Moniz. Vol. 1 2024. p. 600-609 (Proceedings of the 25th Annual Conference of the European Association for Machine Translation, EAMT 2024; Vol. 1).

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Vasiļjevs A, Vacheva N, Vīksna R, Lagzdiņš A. Advancing Digital Language Equality in Europe: A Market Study and Open-Source Solutions for Multilingual Websites. In Scarton C, Prescott C, Bayliss C, Oakley C, Wright J, Wrigley S, Song X, Gow-Smith E, Bawden R, Sanchez-Cartagena VM, Cadwell P, Lapshinova-Koltunski E, Cabarrao V, Chatzitheodorou K, Nurminen M, Kanojia D, Moniz H, editors, Research and Implementations and Case Studies. Vol. 1. 2024. p. 600-609. (Proceedings of the 25th Annual Conference of the European Association for Machine Translation, EAMT 2024).

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