Emojis: the Evolution of Language?
A teary-eyed cat, a monkey covering its eyes, hearts of various colors, two twins dancing in rhythm… Most of us use emojis — those drawings
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May 13, 2015
Translation: One of the Most Promising Industries in 2014
Recently Inc. Magazine published an article with the five most promising industries in 2014. It’s no surprise that within that select group are two that
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July 18, 2014
Translating Websites with Google
The benefits of automatic translation are beyond compare. So much so that just a few years ago (in 2009), Google launched a tool (complementary to
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June 20, 2012
Google Enhances Website Translation Services
Google, which has been offering a free website translation service since 2009, has just added a new feature to this service, making it more interactive,
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June 11, 2012
Communicating Between Countries Just Got Easier
Last Tuesday, Google announced that its email service, Gmail will soon include the option to have emails automatically translated. Although this option had been previously
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May 16, 2012
10 Facts You May Not Know About Trados Studio 2009
Over the lifespan of any software technology, there comes a time when updates and new versions are necessary to keep software relevant for our rapidly
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December 7, 2011
In Defense of Machine Translations
In a previous post (Industrial Translations and MT), I spoke of the industries that have to adapt to the new concept of the “age of
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June 24, 2011
Hand-crafted or Industrial…Really a Dilemma?
Obviously, for some, the question will go beyond the limits of the discussion focused specifically on translations. In each answer there will surely be a
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May 13, 2011
Machines can’t replace human translators
I realized something the other day while reading a long article that had been translated from Spanish into English and had obviously been put through
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February 10, 2011
The Root of Machine Translation
Much has been said (and is still being said) about machine translation. At this point, it is quite clear that it alone cannot replace the
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December 1, 2010
Now Google Translates Poems
Google continues to innovate. Now it is expanding the reach of Google Translate to perform translations of poems. Yes yes, poetry! If you ever tried
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November 8, 2010
Automatic Translation of Latin…The “Modus Operandi” of Search Engines
We have previously discussed machine translation in relation to social networks. We talked about the interest of automatically translating tweets so you can see the
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October 15, 2010
