Posts Tagged ‘machine translation’
Adam Wooten Joins GGI as Vice President
Globalization Group, Inc. announces today that Adam Wooten has joined GGI as VP of Strategy and Business Development. Orem, UT March 10, 2010 – Globalization Group, Inc. (GGI) today announced the strengthening of its executive team with the appointment of Adam Wooten as Vice President of Strategy and Business Development. With two degrees [...]
Hillary Clinton Presents Mistranslation to Russia
One year ago, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton experienced enormous public embarrassment when presenting a mistranslated gift to Russian foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov. Clinton attempted to symbolize a "resetting" of the relationship between the two countries when presenting Lavrov with a gift-wrapped red button, labeled "Reset" in English [...]
Chinese Restaurant Named “Translate Server Error”
Machine translation is not appropriate for restaurant signs. In this case, someone input the Chinese name into a machine translation program, unaware that the application was not working at the moment. Without having a human check the result, they submitted it to the sign maker and posted it above their restaurant. That is why boingboing.net [...]
Google notranslate: Preventing Automatic Translation by Google
If your company website has already been localized or if you plan to localize it into other languages, you will want to ensure that your clients see that high quality human translation, not the machine translation provided by Google. Google can provide automatic translation of search results for users browsing in other languages. However, Google [...]
Cry Translator iPhone App
Yes, "there is an app for that." Geek.com reports that the Cry Translator is available on the App Store for $9.99. The app not only provides a "translation" but also suggests appropriate responses. Clinical studies have shown the Cry Translator can decipher the broad meaning of a baby's cry with 96 percent accuracy.
Translation Projected onto Retina
The NEC Telescouter may soon project machine translation directly onto a user's retina. Read more here on the T&I Business Blog.
Translation Party Pokes Fun at Free Machine Translation
Read about the amusing time waster called Translation Party on the T&I Business Blog.
