Remember in Star Trek when the "away team" would encounter a new civilization and be instantly able to communicate with the alien beings by using their handy "UniversalTranslator"? No Tower of Babel in science-fiction! Well, there needn't be one in today's document environment either! With the recent great strides in pattern recognition and content translation, we effectively have a Universal Translator for document and files written in virtually any world language. With support for 65 world languages, Google is to thank for the raw translation effort, while Valora has taken things to the next lelve by implementing the raw capabilities into complex litigation and records management workflows.
For example, on a recent matter we rapidly AutoTranslated documents from 5 foreign languages into English, where they can now be easily understood and managed by the US litigation team. The whole effort took under a week and was 1/10th the cost of manually translating the same material! As with most Automated Solutions Valora offers, a little technology goes a long way! Learn about Valora's AutoTranslation services, by clicking here.
About the Author
Sandra E. Serkes, President & CEO of Valora Technologies Inc.
Ms. Serkes is a dynamic leader with an extensive background spanning over 20 years in software marketing, product management and corporate strategy, particularly in document processing, computer telephony and speech recognition. One of Valora's original founders, Ms. Serkes has been actively involved in Valora since its inception in 2000. Today, Ms. Serkes oversees Sales & Marketing, Finance & Administration, Operations, Engineering and Corporate Strategy.
A graduate of both Harvard Business School and MIT, Ms. Serkes is a frequent industry speaker and panelist. She is an active participant in the Women Presidents' Org., The Commonwealth Institute, the MIT Enterprise Forum, the Massachusetts Software Council and the Network of Harvard Alumnae. Ms. Serkes serves on the boards of several technology and service start-ups. Ms. Serkes was named a 2006 "Woman to Watch" by Women's Business Magazine.
About Valora
- Valora Technologies Inc.
- Bedford, MA, United States
- Valora Technologies, Inc. is the leading supplier of automated document processing solutions for litigation support and other industries reliant on manual database-entry. Our products and services are used to automate a wide range of manual processes - saving significant time and money, and increasing quality.
About the Guest Authors
Aaron Goodisman is a software industry veteran with over 20 years experience in engineering management, software architecture, and product development. Prior to founding Valora Technologies, Mr. Goodisman served as Vice President of Engineering at SilverStream Software, acting as both manager and visionary for this award-winning application server product and its associated development and deployment tools.
Mr. Goodisman received his undergraduate and Master's degrees in Computer Science from MIT and is considered a world expert in Java industry standards and UI design. He is a frequent industry speaker and has authored several articles for industry publications. Mr. Goodisman is named as the inventor on several U.S. patents and currently pending patent applications.
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