Smartphone foreign language apps speak to world
Smartphone applications have left many office tools and devices collecting dust. Add language translators to that growing list.
Software
May 4, 2011
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News tagged with translations
New site to use crowd-sourcing as means to translate the internet
(PhysOrg.com) -- If you're Google and you're looking for the next crowd-sourcing piece to add to your already massive portfolio, it would seem Professor Luis von Ahn, of Carnegie Mellon, would be your man. After several previous ...
DARPA issues BAA for advanced robotic translator
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has issued a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for the procurement of research leading to an advanced robotic device capable of performing as a translator ...
Google in translation pact for European patents
(AP) -- Google said Thursday it has reached an agreement with European patent authorities to use its online technology to translate some 50 million patents.
Business
Mar 24, 2011
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Google translation 'app' hits iPhone
Google software that turns iPhones into interpreters became available at Apple's online App Store on Tuesday.
Software
Feb 8, 2011
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First translation of Small Number
(PhysOrg.com) -- Put together a Simon Fraser University mathematician who sees videos in numbers and an SFU Aboriginal researcher, fluent in a rarely spoken language, and voila! You have an animated cartoon that is the first ...
Other
Jan 31, 2011
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Google turns Android smartphones into interpreters
Google on Wednesday began turning Android-powered smartphones into interpreters with experimental software that lets the handsets translate conversations in real time.
Software
Jan 12, 2011
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Scientists map what factors influence the news agenda
Computer scientists have analysed over a million news articles in 22 languages to pinpoint what factors, such as the Eurovision song contest, influence and shape the news agenda in 27 EU countries. This is the first large-scale ...
Mathematics
Dec 8, 2010
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Google signs deal to translate European patents
(AP) -- Google announced an agreement Tuesday to use its technology to translate patents into 29 European languages, a deal officials hope will smooth the way toward a simplified European patent system after years of infighting.
Internet
Nov 30, 2010
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Breaking the language barrier: NIST tests language translation devices for US troops
At dusk, a car stops at a checkpoint in Afghanistan. It is a tense moment for all. Because an interpreter is not available, U.S. Marines use hand gestures to ask the driver to step out of the car and open the trunk and hood ...
Computer Sciences
Jul 30, 2010
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