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'''PROMT''' (from PROject MT — the project of [[machine translation]]) is a Russian company focused upon the development of machine translation systems. At the moment PROMT translators exist for more than 25 languages. PROMT is headquartered in [[Saint Petersburg]], Russia and also has offices in Moscow, Russia, San Francisco, the US, and Hamburg, Germany.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.promt.com/company/profile/ |title=PROMT team |publisher=Promt.com |date= |accessdate=November 23, 2011}}</ref>
'''ProMT''' is a lead Russian developer of [[language translation]] software for businesses and private users since 1991. The company provides [[on-premises software]] based on neural technologies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.promt.com/company/profile/ |title=PROMT team |publisher=Promt.com |date= |accessdate=November 23, 2011}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
On March 6, 1998, ProMT launched a free online translation services, which is now known as PROMT.One.<ref>{{cite web |date= |title=PROMT - Free Online Translator and dictionary - English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, Chinese and many more languages |url=https://www.online-translator.com/translation |accessdate=November 23, 2011 |publisher=Online-translator.com}}</ref>


The company was founded in St.-Petersburg in 1991 by the former employees of laboratory of engineering linguistics of [[Herzen University]]. Svetlana Sokolova is the head of the company from its first day.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.quintura.com/2008/06/25/renova-capital-to-acquire-promt-machine-translation-software-company/ |title=Quintura blog » Blog Archive » Renova Capital To Acquire PROMT Machine Translation Software Company |publisher=Blog.quintura.com |date= |accessdate=November 23, 2011}}</ref>
In 1997, ProMT and the French company Softissimo developed a line of products for the European company [[Reverso (language tools)|Reverso]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://reverso.softissimo.com/en/reverso-promt |title=End-users products : Translation Software : Reverso Promt |publisher=Reverso Softissimo |date= |accessdate=November 23, 2011}}</ref>

On March 6, 1998, PROMT launched the first Russian web service Translate.Ru, intended for translation of the text or a web pages.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://translate.ru.siteaero.com/ |title=Translate.ru |publisher=Translate.ru.siteaero.com |date=March 6, 1998 |accessdate=November 23, 2011}}</ref> It also has an English version Online-Translator.com.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.online-translator.com/about.aspx?prmtlang=en |title=PROMT - Free Online Translator and dictionary - English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian) and Russian languages |publisher=Online-translator.com |date= |accessdate=November 23, 2011}}</ref>

In 1997, PROMT together with the French company Softissimo developed a number of products for the western market called [[Reverso (language tools)|Reverso]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://reverso.softissimo.com/en/reverso-promt |title=End-users products : Translation Software : Reverso Promt |publisher=Reverso Softissimo |date= |accessdate=November 23, 2011}}</ref>

In 2008, the company controlling stake was redeemed by [[Renova Group]]. The sum of transaction was not disclosed, but according to Renova, the total amount of the world market of a translation service for the companies valued in 2007 at $9–10 billion, PROMT sales are 2% from this sum, that is $180–200 million. Hence by evaluations of one of observers of the market, who wanted to remain unnamed, cost of the packet acquired by "Renova" is no more than $20–40 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/printEn.shtml?2008/06/25/306445 |title= |website=eng.cnews.ru |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120420084240/http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/printEn.shtml?2008%2F06%2F25%2F306445 |archive-date=April 20, 2012}}</ref>


==Technology==
==Technology==
Historically, ProMT systems used [[rule-based machine translation]] (RBMT) technology.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.translationautomation.com/details/promt-9.0-product-family.html |title=promt-9.0-product-family &#124; details &#124; TAUS - Enabling better translation |publisher=Translationautomation.com |date= |accessdate=November 23, 2011}}</ref> In 2011 a hybrid approach which combined rule-based and [[Statistical machine translation|statistical]] MT was implemented.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.svarogcapital.com/news/?id=43 |title=News / Svarog capital |publisher=Svarogcapital.com |date=October 4, 2010 |accessdate=November 23, 2011}}</ref>


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In 2019, ProMT introduced its new neural technology <ref>{{cite web |title=Neural Machine Translation |url=https://www.promt.com/company/technology/neural-machine-translation/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021140927/https://www.promt.com/company/technology/neyronnyy-podkhod/ |archive-date=2019-10-21 |website=www.promt.com}}</ref> and flagship solution - PROMT Neural Translation Server.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.promt.com/translation_software/corporate/promt-translation-server-neural/ | title=PROMT Translation Server 19 is a multi - functional transfer system}}</ref> Since then all MT systems developed by ProMT are based on [[neural machine translation]].
=== Translation methods ===
At first PROMT translation was a [[rule-based machine translation]] (RBMT).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.translationautomation.com/details/promt-9.0-product-family.html |title=promt-9.0-product-family &#124; details &#124; TAUS - Enabling better translation |publisher=Translationautomation.com |date= |accessdate=November 23, 2011}}</ref> RBMT is a machine translation system based on linguistic information about source and target languages basically retrieved from (bilingual) dictionaries and grammars covering the main semantic, morphological, and syntactic regularities of each language respectively.<ref>{{cite web|author=Natural Language Processing |url=http://language.worldofcomputing.net/machine-translation/rule-based-machine-translation.html |title=Rule Based Machine Translation |publisher=Language.worldofcomputing.net |date=December 13, 2009 |accessdate=November 23, 2011}}</ref> Having input sentences (in some source language), an RBMT system generates them to output sentences (in some target language) on the basis of morphological, syntactic, and semantic analysis of both the source and the target languages involved in a concrete translation task.

At the end of 2010, of PROMT provided the Hybrid technology of translation leverages the strengths of [[Statistical machine translation]] and rule-based translation methodologies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.svarogcapital.com/news/?id=43 |title=News / Svarog capital |publisher=Svarogcapital.com |date=October 4, 2010 |accessdate=November 23, 2011}}</ref>

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In 2019, PROMT introduced its new neural technology <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.promt.com/company/technology/neyronnyy-podkhod/ |title=Neural Machine Translation |website=www.promt.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021140927/https://www.promt.com/company/technology/neyronnyy-podkhod/ |archive-date=2019-10-21}}</ref> and flagship solution - PROMT Neural Translation Server.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.promt.com/translation_software/corporate/promt-translation-server-neural/ | title=PROMT Translation Server 19 is a multi - functional transfer system}}</ref> New technology combines neural machine translation and RBMT.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://blog.translate.ru/2019/04/nejronnye-seti-oflajn-perevodchiki-i-konkurenciya-nikita-shablykov-o-texnologiyax-mashinnogo-perevoda/ | title=Нейронные сети, офлайн-переводчики и конкуренция. Технологии машинного перевода| date=April 8, 2019}}</ref>

'''Neural algorithms:''' Neural algorithms pre-analyze the text and decide which technology is best suited for translating a particular piece of text.


The software can run on [[Microsoft Windows]], [[Linux]], [[MacOS]], [[iOS]] and [[Android (operating system)|Android]] and works in offline mode providing secure machine translation.
=== Languages ===
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As of May 2022, PROMT's "free online translator" has services available for 22 languages:<ref>{{Cite web |title=PROMT.One Translator {{!}} free online dictionary and text translation |url=https://www.online-translator.com/translation |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=PROMT.One |language=en}}</ref>


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As of 2022, it translates 45 languages from and to English, German, and Russian.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PROMT Language Pairs {{!}} machine translation between following languages |url=https://www.promt.com/translation_software/directions/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=PROMT.com |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Azerbaijani language|Azerbaijani]]
* Arabic
* Chinese
* English
* [[Estonian language|Estonian]]
* Finnish
* French
* German
* Greek
* Italian
* Japanese
* [[Kazakh language|Kazakh]]
* Korean
* Portuguese
* Russian
* [[Tatar language|Tatar]]
* Turkish
* [[Turkmen language|Turkmen]]
* Ukrainian
* [[Uzbek language|Uzbek]]


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Comparison of machine translation applications]]
*[[Comparison of machine translation applications]]
*[[DeepL Translator]]
*[[Babylon (software)|Babylon]]
*[[Babylon (software)|Babylon]]
*[[Google Translate]]
*[[Google Translate]]
*[[SDL Trados]]
*[[Systran]]
*[[Systran]]
*[[Yandex.Translate]]
*[[vidby]]
*[[Yandex Translate]]


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 13:51, 28 March 2024

ProMT
Founded1991 (1991)
ProductsNeural machine translation systems
Websitewww.promt.com

ProMT is a lead Russian developer of language translation software for businesses and private users since 1991. The company provides on-premises software based on neural technologies.[1]

History

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On March 6, 1998, ProMT launched a free online translation services, which is now known as PROMT.One.[2]

In 1997, ProMT and the French company Softissimo developed a line of products for the European company Reverso.[3]

Technology

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Historically, ProMT systems used rule-based machine translation (RBMT) technology.[4] In 2011 a hybrid approach which combined rule-based and statistical MT was implemented.[5]

In 2019, ProMT introduced its new neural technology [6] and flagship solution - PROMT Neural Translation Server.[7] Since then all MT systems developed by ProMT are based on neural machine translation.

The software can run on Microsoft Windows, Linux, MacOS, iOS and Android and works in offline mode providing secure machine translation.

As of 2022, it translates 45 languages from and to English, German, and Russian.[8]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "PROMT team". Promt.com. Retrieved November 23, 2011.
  2. ^ "PROMT - Free Online Translator and dictionary - English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, Chinese and many more languages". Online-translator.com. Retrieved November 23, 2011.
  3. ^ "End-users products : Translation Software : Reverso Promt". Reverso Softissimo. Retrieved November 23, 2011.
  4. ^ "promt-9.0-product-family | details | TAUS - Enabling better translation". Translationautomation.com. Retrieved November 23, 2011.
  5. ^ "News / Svarog capital". Svarogcapital.com. October 4, 2010. Retrieved November 23, 2011.
  6. ^ "Neural Machine Translation". www.promt.com. Archived from the original on October 21, 2019.
  7. ^ "PROMT Translation Server 19 is a multi - functional transfer system".
  8. ^ "PROMT Language Pairs | machine translation between following languages". PROMT.com. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
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