Case Study: MGI Group achieves 2x faster game localization and 15% cost savings with SYSTRAN

Speeding -up Game Localization with tailored Machine Translation

MGI Group, a games and media company with 100+ million registered gamers and a portfolio of MMOs and thousands of casual titles, was struggling with massive, continuous localization workloads—some games produce the equivalent of 1,000+ pages per year—and tight timeframes to translate Chinese into English and then into French, German and Spanish. To speed up delivery and protect IP, MGI Group engaged SYSTRAN, deploying SYSTRAN Pure Neural Server with a tailored MT engine integrated into their MemoQ CAT tool.

SYSTRAN trained a specialized neural engine on MGI Group’s translation memories, glossaries and tags so machine-readable instructions are preserved and translations fit in-game context; the SYSTRAN connector handled TM, tag management and user dictionaries for seamless workflow integration. The tailored SYSTRAN solution delivered a ~200% BLEU improvement versus generic MT, enabled twice-as-fast delivery, cut localization expenses by 15%, sped up QA by providing instant preliminary translations, and shifted the process from full human translation to post-editing while keeping a secure, dedicated deployment.

MGI Group

Henrik Schröder

Head of Localization & Product Support