Release of Arabic Social Media Translator

Basis Technology has announced the release of a new form of translation software service that is hoped will transform the way in the social media is used by Arabic users in the Middle East.
The translation software called the “Rosette Chat Translator for Arabic” is set to help Arabic users in the Middle East to make […]

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Online interpreters help Burmese patients

A new online translation system called V-See is helping Burmese patients to talk to their practitioners during medical appointments. The programme, which can be compared to the online communication system Skype, allows interpreters to assist the conversation between patient and Doctor without requiring their immediate presence in the consultation room.
The programme is a collaboration between […]

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Indian Translation Software Advances

The 20th International World Wide Web Conference that was held in Hyderabad, India has announced exciting new language translation software. Indian developers hope the new software will start to transform the way computer assisted translation is used in language translation throughout the world.
At present a vast amount of information on the internet is being wasted […]

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Budget gives ‘Green’ Translations a Boost

For us at Kwintessential the Chancellor’s budget yesterday had some very positive news. As well as measures to get SME businesses growing and creating jobs, the headline grabber was that the government is pinning the future of the country’s growth on manufacturing and in particular green technologies.
Coincidently, the announcement came on the same day that […]

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A.I. Poetry from Google

The latest goal of researchers at Google is to create a computer that can translate poetry. This ‘Al Complete task’ is “as difficult as anything we can attempt in artificial intelligence”, states Dmitriy Genzel, a research scientist at Google. What particular difficulties are there in the translation of poetry?
Google is not alone in the development […]

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Translation Scam Exposed

By very good fortune a translation scam using Kwintessential’s name and brand has been exposed by an eagle-eyed translator.
The email was sent to the translator, who shall be called Mr X, requesting information for a large project.
Dear Mr. X
As translation office on the west coast of the US, we are looking for freelance […]

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How to select the right translation agency

John Yunker (of  Byte Level) will be speaking in a seminar on February 24th. The webinar is being hosted by Lionbridge. John will be talking about translation agencies (also known as LSPs) and what he has learned over the years as both a buyer and seller of translation services.
The webinar will be of interest if […]

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Most Translated Languages 2010

Kwintessential decided to have a look and see what the most translated languages were for 2010.
Below are the top 15 languages we dealt with last year, translating either from/into English.

French
German
Spanish
Arabic
Italian
Chinese
Dutch
Russian
Polish
Portuguese
Japanese
Turkish
Greek
Swedish
Farsi

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Advances in Single European Patent campaign

The European Commission has succeeded in formally presenting a proposal allowing 12 European Union (EU) countries to push for a ‘single European patent’. These member states have acted under the process of ‘enhanced co-operation’; this process allows nine or more countries to ask the commission to support and allow a proposal on which a united […]

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Translation error scares Russian inmates

A translation error has almost left Russian prisoners at a UK prison heading to the ‘execution yard’ for their daily exercise.
The error was found within an information booklet aimed at Russian-speaking prisoners serving time at Lincoln prison. A member of staff spotted the mistake at the proofing stage: where the outside area should have been […]

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