News tagged with different languages
Language diversity will make London a true global player
Understanding linguistic diversity among London's schoolchildren is key for the city's future as a 'global player', research shows. A study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) mapped the distribution ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 10, 2012 |
not rated yet |
3
Google online translation tops 200 mln users
Google Translate marked its sixth birthday on Thursday with news that more than 200 million people use the free online translation service monthly.
Apr 26, 2012 |
not rated yet |
0
US explains foreign policy to Twitter followers
The US State Department on Friday launched a new high-tech form of outreach to the international community when it took questions on foreign policy from Twitter followers in different languages.
Jan 06, 2012 |
not rated yet |
0
Survival of the fittest: Linguistic evolution in practice
A new study of how compound word formation is influenced by subtle forms of linguistic pressure demonstrates that words which "sound better" to the speakers of a language have a higher chance of being created, suggesting ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 09, 2011 |
5 / 5 (2) |
3
|
PayPal opens Southeast Asian operations centre
PayPal, the US-based online payment giant, has moved to expand its global presence with its first Southeast Asian operations centre, the latest in a string of similar offices around the globe.
Nov 02, 2011 |
not rated yet |
0
DoCoMo demonstrates spoken language translator for smartphones
(PhysOrg.com) -- Japanese cellular service company NTT DoCoMo, recently demonstrated a smartphone cloud based app that allows users speaking different languages to communicate with one another by translating ...
May 31, 2011 |
5 / 5 (5) |
6
|
Lip-reading computers can detect different languages
Scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have created lip-reading computers that can distinguish between different languages.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 22, 2009 |
3.3 / 5 (4) |
1
Language performance and differences in brain activity possibly affected by sex
In a new fMRI study conducted in the Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Clinical Research Laboratory (Montpellier I University, France) and published by Elsevier in the February 2009 issue of Cortex, researchers found differ ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 29, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
