Translation
Newburgh teacher uses $10K for translation technology in classroom
CITY OF NEWBURGH – Hanan Ali, 16, spoke quietly into a cellphone while working on her assignment in Alyssa Cruz’s eighth-grade social studies class on Thursday. Her voice was barely audible, but as she spoke, the phone’s screen started moving. One half of the split screen displayed her words in Arabic and the other half displayed …
Parker Technology’s New Language Translation Feature is Now Available
Parker Technology announces the launch of translation services in the lane, the first of numerous innovations scheduled to be released this year from their recently deployed software platform. It is not uncommon in cities across the US to have parking patrons who don’t speak English as their first language, which is why Parker’s …
The importance of translation at airports and the technologies that enable it
JFK Airport in New York, US. Credit: JFK International Air Terminal / Marino PR Interpreter Mode first launched on smart home devices last February, before being rolled out to Assistant-enabled smartphones and tablets in December. Credit: JFK International Air Terminal / Marino PR. The translation technology is being deployed in JFK’s International Arrivals Hall. Credit: …
Facebook apologises for Xi Jinping offensive name translation gaffe | Technology
Facebook said on Saturday it was working to find out how Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s name appeared as “Mr Shithole” in posts on its platform when translated into English from Burmese, apologising for any offence caused and saying the problem had been fixed. The error came to light on the second day of a visit …
American Airlines Begins Using Translation Technology at LAX Lounges – NBC Los Angeles
American Airlines announced today that is testing technology at Los Angeles International Airport that interprets 29 languages to help passengers in its airport lounges. American Airlines officials said testing of Google Assistant’s “interpreter mode” began last week at LAX in the Admirals Clubs in Terminals 4 and 5. LAX is only location where the airline …
Population Health Versus Personalized Medicine – Lost in Translation?
Evidence-based medicine, it seems commonsensical; who could argue about using the best evidence available to make treatment decisions? The difficulty, of course, is that the evidence comes from studies of large populations, often expressed in terms of average responses; and as a clinician, you want to tailor the care to the one member of the …
How new translation technology is opening financial floodgates around the world
Money talks, and soon it will be easier to understand. Language barriers can hinder international commerce, but that problem is increasingly being solved by machine-based translation programs, which are becoming sophisticated enough to enable people in different countries to communicate as if they spoke the same language. Lily Chen, a sales manager with electronic-forklift company …
The Importance of Culture in Translation Work
Translation is not just the activity of translating word by word from the source language to another language. This cannot guarantee quality translation as one language cannot express the actual meaning of the other if the transalation concentrated on words only. In fact there are differences between the meanings built in and the meanings that …
