Top tips for managing language translations: Part 1

Anne Chevalier is a language translation specialist at Saffron Interactive, a London-based online and mobile learning provider. Here are her five top tips to help prevent your e-learning projects from getting lost in translation!As one of the most expe…

Google Translate takes automated language translation offline

Google’s offline languages update allows Android users to download automated language translation packs for 50 languages, including Chinese, Arabic, French, and Spanish. Just make sure your device has enough storage space for your expanded vocabulary…

Project Insight enables automated translation into any language

Project management software Project Insight can automatically translate the software’s data fields into any language, making it the most flexible and customizable solution for managing projects available in the mid-market segment.According to Cynthia W…

Jujuba Software Introduces Translate! Modern UI App for Windows 8

The developers at Jujuba Software are on board with a language translation app that goes one step farther than most of the translation applications in app stores.Language translation websites are abundant on the Internet, but many of them are not readi…

Google glass feature supports onscreen language translation

Google has released a descriptive video of its much-awaited Glass project showcasing the technology’s user interface. The device offers many features including voice-controlled photos and onscreen language translation support.Google Glass is back in …

Can automated language translation coexist with human translators?

In the February issue of the ATA Chronicle, Charlotte Brasler and Jost Zetzsche address translators and machine translation working together. For years translators have viewed automated translation either with fear, contempt, or misunderstanding.Accord…

Automated simultaneous language translation may soon become a reality

Fully automated and simultaneous language translation is within 5 years of being perfected according to a recent article in The Economist.If you follow this blog, you may know that on occasion we’ve made reference to Star Trek and the ‘univ…

Breaking the Chinese language translation barrier from down under.

Unlocking the information contained in Chinese-language documents is nearly impossible if you don’t speak Chinese, but this may soon change thanks to new language translation technology developed in Australia.As many English speakers know, Chinese ca…

Danish police admit mistake in using Google Translate during terrorism investigation

Man accused of collecting money for Kurdish terrorist group breaks down after being confronted with text message that turned out to be harmless.Copenhagen police have admitted to wrongly confronting a Kurdish man accused of financing terrorism with a t…

Language interpreter shortage in the UK cripples the court as trials collapse

A national audit finds that 182 magistrate trials have collapsed due to lack of language interpreters. Meanwhile the court’s reliance on Google Translate is ‘putting the public safety at risk.’A ‘catastrophic’ shortage of language interpreters in the U…