UN highlights importance of translation on the occasion of World Book and Copyright Day, April 23, 2012

Marking World Book and Copyright Day, the head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) highlights the importance of translation to ensuring that everyone has access to the tremendous potential of books.UNESCO ch…

Emergency Room Language Interpreters help to reduce medical errors

A new study suggests that having professional language translators for non-English speaking patients in hospital emergency rooms can help limit potentially dangerous miscommunication, the consequences of which could even be life threateningThe study, c…

Amazon Kindle Touch update includes landscape and translation modes

E-reader’s update version 5.1 includes a landscape reading option, support for more languages, and a new instant translation feature Amazon has just announced an update to its Amazon Kindle Touch 5.1 OS. The new firmware allows you to quickly and eas…

9th International Workshop on Spoken Language Translation

Annual scientific workshop offers the opportunity to evaluate, develop and test speech recognition and machine translation technologyThe International Workshop on Spoken Language Translation (IWSLT) is a yearly scientific workshop, associated with an o…

Human Beings: the ultimate and essential language translation tools

While machine translation may increase productivity by providing systematic and quick translation turnaround times, only humans can ascertain the suitability of a translation for a particular audience or culture.With the increasing popularity and acces…

Happy National Kiss Day: Kissing Customs around the World

Kissing is more common amongst people nowadays than ever before, with people celebrating images like the below being shown and celebrated all over the world. Kissing is now one of the most common forms of affection worldwide and dates all the way back to 1500 BC. Despite this, kissing is still quite a controversial matter […]

Happy National Kiss Day: Kissing Customs around the World

Kissing is more common amongst people nowadays than ever before, with people celebrating images like the below being shown and celebrated all over the world. Kissing is now one of the most common forms of affection worldwide and dates all the way back to 1500 BC. Despite this, kissing is still quite a controversial matter […]

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Translators without Borders receives $10,000 donation

Financial contribution to help the organization in its efforts to fight language discriminationTranslators without Borders, a U.S.-based charitable organization that facilitates the transfer of knowledge to those in need, has announced its first Platin…

DARPA awards $13.7 million grant to support Chinese auto-translation research

Grant will support the improvement of language translation applications crucial for the development of future Sino-American relationsAs the United States and China move forward in both collaboration and competition, the ability to communicate becomes e…