[Machine Translation Engine] Differences in Security - Cloud vs On-Premises -

The introduction of machine translation is progressing even among domestic companies,
and more people are now at the stage of considering specific machine translation engines.

This time, I would like to address the concern that many people have when choosing a machine translation engine regarding the
"high level of security."

There are two types of machine translation engines: cloud-based and on-premises.
For cloud-based engines, many people may be concerned that the content of the original text or the translated text might leak externally.

Since it is a type of engine used over the internet, you are concerned about external data leakage, right?
This is especially true when translating materials and manuals related to new products, as well as personal information.

In fact, there have been reports that information entered by users was leaked externally from a certain cloud-based machine translation engine.

 

However, is it true that cloud-based machine translation engines have lower security than on-premises types?

Companies that manage cloud-based machine translation engines often have very high security policies.

For example, there are many companies that use highly secure host centers and have regulations in place to completely erase the original and translated data after user use.

 

Certainly, there may be an image that on-premises types used on the company's intranet or on individual machines are safer, as they do not go through the internet.

However, on-premise types may also involve data being handed over to external workers for tasks such as correcting machine translation results.

In that sense, it is also one way of thinking that it is more reassuring to have work completed on the cloud managed by a professional system management company when it comes to security.

 

Cloud-based engines are often cost-effective and offer many advantages for implementation.
Instead of dismissing them from your options due to perceived low security,
we recommend first checking the security policies of each company.

 

At Human Science, we provide the MTrans Team automatic translation software, which can be used for business purposes with Google Translate in a secure cloud environment.
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Blog Writing Manager

Yuriko Sawada

・As a localization specialist,
I am involved in translation projects from Japanese to English and multilingual versions.
・Responsible for the introduction of machine translation, quality evaluation and validation of multiple engines,
and information exchange with engine vendors.
・Involved in standardizing English quality and creating style guides for companies,
and conducting research and validation of source texts that are easy to machine translate.