Despite its articles available in many languages, Wikipedia remains Anglo-centric. A Microsoft research team in India is working to change that.Given that high-tech savvy and multilingual communication meet in the sub-continent, it is not surprising th…
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As the saying goes, you learn something new every day. Today I learned something about the MICE industry. 250This post almost didn’t happen, because the headline that triggered it was entitled BRIDGING LANGUAGE BARRIERS IN THE MICE INDUSTRY. Now…
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Last week, Google added automatic translation of Latin to its translation platform. What’s in it for them? It truly warms the heart to think that Latin students will now have equal access to machine translation along with their Spanish-studying coun…
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Last week, Google added automatic translation of Latin to its translation platform. What’s in it for them? It truly warms the heart to think that Latin students will now have equal access to machine translation along with their Spanish-studying coun…
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One of the challenges in website localization is finding fonts that will support different languages across different operating systems.The age of information technology has made many language services more efficient, but it has also created new issues…
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One of the challenges in website localization is finding fonts that will support different languages across different operating systems.The age of information technology has made many language services more efficient, but it has also created new issues…
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Translators can possess different skill levels, but how can these levels be assessed?A few weeks back, we posted a piece on foreign language levels, focusing on the Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) scale that is often used in government and academ…
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Anne Emerick thinks so, and has developed a new language-learning method designed to be effortless.As frustrated language learner Anne Emerick looked for a totally different way to learn Spanish, she developed a new method: “No-Work Spanish.&rdqu…
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Is the correct terminology being used here?As reported by ABC, CNN, and hundreds of other news sources, The US Drug Enforcement Agency is seeking candidates to “translate” from African-American English to, well, some other type of English. …
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All over the world, the Dept. of State’s Office of English Language Programs promotes the teaching and learning of English.Language is a key to diplomacy, which may well be why the U.S. Department of State implements English language learning program…
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