Part 2: Can the language translation barrier be overcome by technology?

Language translation barriers can prevent us from completely communicating with one another. But what if these barriers didn’t exist? What if they could be overcome completely within the next ten years?Jonathan Lichtman is a senior vice president at …

Part 1: Can the language translation barrier be overcome by technology?

Language translation barriers can prevent us from communicating with one another. But what if these barriers didn’t exist? What if they could be overcome completely within the next ten years?Jonathan Lichtman is a senior vice president at Science App…

Google Translate App for Android devices handles language translation of photo text images

Google has introduced the ability to translate pictures of words using optical character recognition (OCR) in its updated Google Translate Android app.Back in April we brought you a story about Word Lens, an innovative mobile tool by Quest Visual that …

Translators without borders appoints first program director

Appointment points to growth and support from industry.Back in May we reported that Translators without Borders, the U.S.- based charitable organization that facilitates the transfer of knowledge to those in need, had announced the opening of its first…

Scientific and Professional Symposium on Medical Translation, September 20th-22nd, Barcelona

The Translators Association of Catalonia (APTIC) and the International Medical Translators Association (Tremédica) invite you to attend their first joint Scientific and Professional Symposium on Medical Translation.Extract from APTIC website: The symp…

Do hospital-based language interpreters allow for better patient care?

While federal regulations requiring the use of certified hospital language interpreters are clear, the data on their benefit is more or less mixed.Last April we reported on a study conducted at two pediatric ERs which revealed that mistakes with potent…

Software developers work with the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Partnership to create medical translation technology

The U.S. Navy’s Pacific Command and Mobile Technologies have teamed up with Pacific Partnership 2012 to develop medical translation software for use during the event of a natural disaster.In order to develop the software, researchers from the U.S. Pa…

The Tenth Biennial Conference of the Association for Machine Translation in the Americas

The tenth biennial conference of the Association for Machine Translation in the Americas (AMTA-2012) will be held at the Catamaran Resort Hotel in San Diego, California, Sunday, October 28 through Thursday, November 1, 2012.AMTA-2012 will take place im…

End of the Road

It’s the end of the road for this blog. We hope to be upgrading and launching our new flashy website in the next couple of says which will run EasyBlog. Don’t worry – we will still be posting lots of articles and information and this blog will remain as a searchable tool in our Library. […]

End of the Road

It’s the end of the road for this blog. We hope to be upgrading and launching our new flashy website in the next couple of says which will run EasyBlog. Don’t worry – we will still be posting lots of articles and information and this blog will remain as a searchable tool in our Library. […]

No related posts.