Duolingo receives multi-million dollar investment for its ambitious language translation service

The language translation startup has raised $15 million in funding from New Enterprise Associates and Union Square Ventures. The funds will go toward hiring and promoting the service internationally.Last June we introduced Duolingo, a combination free …

Universal Declaration of Human Rights is translated into the endangered indigenous Uilta-language

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is the world’s most translated document. The Uilta language translation is the 385th and most recent, addition to the list of official translations of the Declaration.On 10 December 1948, the United Nations G…

Igloo Software Expands Global Reach with Multilingual Translation Capabilities

Latest Social Business Software Update Breaks through Language Barriers to Improve Collaboration Igloo Software, the leading provider of social business software in the cloud, today announced the next-generation version of their web-based collaboration…

Language Translation – New platform makes Wikipedia more language-friendly

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…

Language Translation – New platform makes Wikipedia more language-friendly

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…