Machine translation is almost a solved problem
Machine translation has become so reliable and ubiquitous so fast that many users no longer see it. The first computerised translations were attempted more than 70 years ago, when an IBM computer was ...
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China, Japan reach 10 agreements on people-to-people, cultural exchanges
Eighth, the two sides will conduct exchanges between women's groups and share experience on promoting the common development ...
Translators tipped to be replaced by AI within three years
Machine translation is advancing rapidly, although interpreting meaning rather than just words and sentences remains a ...
Easy Japanese news in translation: New passport to improve security unveiled
The Japanese government has unveiled a new passport. The page with the face photo will change from paper to plastic. This is to prevent fake passports and other reasons, and will make them more secure ...
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EzDubs Raises Seed Round; Launches First 'Universal Translator' App That Translates Calls into Other Languages as You’re Speaking
Much like Star Trek's Universal Translator, EzDubs enables people who don't speak each other's languages to communicate by voice live and remotely - like cross-lingual couples, those managing ...
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EzDubs Raises Seed Round; Launches First 'Universal Translator' App That Translates Calls into Other Languages as You're Speaking
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Startup EzDubs announced today that it has raised a $4.2M seed round to transform speech tech with AI, and launched its flagship solution out of beta: ...
The Conversation18d
Haruki Murakami and the challenge of translating Japanese’s many words for “I”
Whereas in Japanese, watashi and boku are different, and yet the same. Murakami is now read in more than 50 languages. Some even call him a global writer. However, translation is always a process ...
The Financial Times20d
Will humanity get lost in translation?
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Anyone who grew up in a multilingual society intuitively understands the value of translation, and translators.
Total Pro Sports21d
Joe Rogan Becomes Japanese Translator After Kai Asakura Fails To Answer In English
Joe Rogan found himself in an awkward situation when a Japanese fighter, Kai Asakura, needed translation – and no translator was available. Asakura, making his UFC debut, is set to fight for the ...
The New Yorker22d
What Does a Translator Do?
In the original Norwegian, Bragi is spelled Brage (pronounced BROG-eh). Damion Searls, Fosse’s translator, is responsible for the new vowel. Brage is the Norse god of poetry, something Searls ...
The New York Times23d
Shuntaro Tanikawa, Popular Poet and Translator of ‘Peanuts,’ Dies at 92
made him a kind of Everyman philosopher ideally suited to translating the “Peanuts” comic strip and Mother Goose rhymes into Japanese, died on Nov. 13 in Tokyo. He was 92. His death ...