Global Industry Analysts report predicts worldwide language translation software and services market will reach US$37 billion by 2018

A new market research report identifies the United States as the single largest market for language translation software and services, with growing demand stemming from corporations as well as Government agencies.Last month we posted a story identifyin…

Translation marathon for internet freedom declaration is launched today

The Declaration of Internet Freedom is being translated in all languages today – and you can help: translate it in your language or dialect, proofread language translations or just spread the word!While the world’s attention is focused on the 2…

Translation marathon for internet freedom declaration is launched today

The Declaration of Internet Freedom is being translated in all languages today – and you can help: translate it in your language or dialect, proofread language translations or just spread the word!While the world’s attention is focused on the 2…

Translating election materials into Tagalog language is a challenge in Nevada

Filipino community hopes updated language translation of election materials and ballots into Tagalog will improve political awareness and spur voter participation in Clark County, Nevada.In June we told you about the introduction of Tagalog language el…

American Translators Association Online Learning Webinar Series

Documenting Terms, Once and For AllBarbara Inge Karsch will present this 60 minute webinar in English on August 14, 2012 at 12 Noon US Eastern Time. Technical communication relies on the use of standardized terms and names of the respective field. And …

Google-inspired smart glasses translate foreign languages in real-time

Google’s Project Glass inspires the invention of innovative spectacles that can translate foreign languages as they’re spoken. The quest for reliable, real-time language translation without the need for a human interpreter isn’t exactly new. …

64 indigenous Indian dialects at ‘high risk’ of extinction in Mexico

With less than 100 speakers of each left, Mexico’s National Institute of Indian Languages is warning that sixty-four of the country’s 364 Indian dialects are at “high risk” of dying out.Javier Lopez Sanchez, who heads up the Mexican National In…

Raytheon BBN Technologies awarded $5.9 million in DoD funding to develop a foreign-document translation system

New technology to produce real-time English transcripts of foreign-language handwritten notes and printed documentsLast May we reported that SRI International had been awarded a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) $7.1 million contract un…

Microsoft wraps up 2012 World Partner Conference: Announces availability of new language translating software

Microsoft Translator Hub is a comprehensive software solution for custom translation quality and it’s now ready for commercial use.Microsoft announced the commercial availability of its new language translation software at this year’s Worldwide…

Innovative high-tech gloves translates sign language into complete spoken words

Prize-winning device may eventually have the potential to help hundreds of millions of hearing-impaired people around the world.Last May we reported on three Cornell University engineering students who had developed a high-tech glove that translated ha…