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News about translation, interpreting, intercultural communication, terminology and lexicography - as it happens
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MobileBurn: Google Translate for iPhone updated with more language support

Google is pushing an update for its Translate app for iPhone to the iTunes App Store that includes support for a number of new languages. The new languages supported are Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Tamil, and Telugu, and the total number of languages that can be translated with the app is now 63. Google says that these new tongues are still in an alpha stage, so translations won't be as accurate or reliable as with other languages that have been supported for longer. 

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Cloudwords Signs GlobalEnglish, Accelerates Worldwide Content Translation

Cloudwords is instantly everywhere; translation process solution increases time-to-market for multinational customer-facing content. San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) November 08, 2011 Cloudwords, Inc. , the world's leading...
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How to Distinguish Between Different Degrees of Post-editing

You may already know that post-editing is the “examination and correction of the text resulting from an automatic or semi-automatic machine system to ensure...
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In business, it's always good to mind your language - Business LIVE

I have to admit I am a language person. And more and more I am convinced that a strong foundation in language and communication is the key success factor in any field of study and most business practices.
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Who will prevail in Malema vs Mazibuko?
Like many South Africans (except the English speaking ones!) I grew up with three languages and could speak all three - Afrikaans (excellent), Xhosa (good), English (weak) - by the age of five. The moment I went to school, I lost isiXhosa, as it was not deemed serious enough to be included in the curriculum.

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Ceremony held for 42nd Literature Translation Award winners

The Korea Times awarded prizes to winners of its 42nd Modern Korean Literature Translation Awards at a ceremony held at Seoul Plaza Hotel, Wednesday.

Attending the awards ceremony were, among others, President-Publisher Park Moo-jong of the Korea Times, Park Je-yeong, chief operating officer of the Korea Exchange Bank, which sponsors the annual translation contest, and judges including Brother Anthony.

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» The search and information wars

This is a concise analysis of the development of the Internet in general and the search engine industry in particular — a look at why giants like Google and Apple compete in the way they do.

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Tunisie : Plaidoyer de Moncef Marzouki en faveur de la langue arabe | Temps Fort

Quelle langue les Arabes parleront-ils au siècle prochain. Vous répondrez stupéfait à cette question : l’Arabe bien entendu. Oui, dans les meilleurs des cas.
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Tunisie : Plaidoyer de Moncef Marzouki en faveur de la langue arabe | Temps Fort

Quelle langue les Arabes parleront-ils au siècle prochain. Vous répondrez stupéfait à cette question : l’Arabe bien entendu. Oui, dans les meilleurs des cas.
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A Hominid Dictionary | Hominid Hunting

Hominids have complicated names, but their scientific monikers are less mysterious when their Latin, Greek and African roots are decoded...
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Canada's new Roman Missal aims at improved liturgy

When Catholics begin using the new Roman Missal on the first Sunday of Advent, they will find an “awesomeness” to the new translation that maybe wasn’...
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Google launches guide to using Google+ Pages

The search giant has put together an online guide to help businesses figure out how to create, use, and monitor a Google+ Page. Read this blog post by Lance Whitney on Digital Media.
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Microsoft, Samsung invest in sub-Saharan Africa schools

Samsung Electronics and Microsoft have recently bolstered investments in software and hardware to help sub-Saharan Africa circumvent long-standing obstacles to IT development such as power shortages and bridge the IT skills gap through...
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Microsoft, Samsung invest in sub-Saharan Africa schools

Samsung Electronics and Microsoft have recently bolstered investments in software and hardware to help sub-Saharan Africa circumvent long-standing obstacles to IT development such as power shortages and bridge the IT skills gap through...
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Tanzania: Committee Divided Over New Constitution Bill

....the current constitution bill was in both Kiswahili and English but it had not dully been discussed and approved by the Committee, as per requirements of the Standing Orders.

"The current bill has introduced a lot of new things, the translation from English to Kiswahili has brought a lot of things, which need to be approved before being tabled for discussion in the House,"

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Nuestro idioma se va abriendo hueco | Es La Última

Desde hace ya algunos años, incluir nuestro idioma en los títulos con más nombre en el mundo del videojuego viene siendo una tarea casi obligada y esto ha...
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EMSNow - Breaking Down Language Barriers: IPC-T-50J Now Available

Want to get a handle on commonly used electronics industry acronyms and terminology? Look no further than the definitive resource, IPC-T-50J, Terms and Definitions for Interconnecting and Packaging Electronic Circuits. Recently released by IPC – Association Connecting Electronics Industries, the J revision of IPC-T-50 contains nearly 400 new or revised terms, including terminology for chip scale and area array packaging, cable and wire harness technology, semiconductor packaging, assembly processing, moisture sensitive components and microvia technology.

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Un colloque majeur autour du plurilinguisme à partir de lundi

Le Gouvernement de la Polynésie française, en partenariat avec l’université de Nantes, l’université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, l’université de la Polynésie française, l’Institut Supérieur de l’Enseignement Privé de Polynésie et l’Institut de...
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Maîtriser plusieurs langues: un atout majeur pour être engagé à Bruxelles - RTBF Regions

D'après les derniers chiffres d'Actiris, l'agence bruxelloise pour l'emploi, sur les demandeurs d'emploi inoccupés à Bruxelles, plus de 70 000 n'ont pas de diplôme du secondaire.
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Flic? Le français, langue d'une intégration contrôlée

Plus de 70 universitaires, issus d'établissements d'enseignement supérieur de toute la France, contestent la volonté du ministère de l'intérieur de contrôler les formations de français destinées aux adultes migrants.

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Langue de travail dans le secteur public - Large place à l'anglais | Le Devoir

Consultez l'article Langue de travail dans le secteur public - Large place à l'anglais sur Le Devoir en ligne. Le Devoir, le quotidien indépendant par excellence au Québec depuis 1910.
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Saint-Martin-le-Redon. L'occitan délie les langues - La Dépêche

L'association Pour le renouveau de l'occitan (PRO) a repris ses activités à Saint-Martin-le-Redon et Prayssac.
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Biblioteca Nacional aprova tradução de 28 livros brasileiros

Programa de Apoio à Tradução busca difundir literatura do Brasil no exterior.
Obras de Chico Buarque, Edney Silvestre e Clarice Lispector foram...
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Biblioteca Nacional aprova tradução de 28 livros brasileiros

Programa de Apoio à Tradução busca difundir literatura do Brasil no exterior.
Obras de Chico Buarque, Edney Silvestre e Clarice Lispector foram...
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Proofreading and Copywriting – The Perfect Pair

Does your copy suffer from avoidable and silly spelling an d grammatical errors? If so, you need to spend more time and care on proofreading.
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Carnet de notes de Yann Savidan:Le Petit dictionnaire des injures politiques est délicieux

Ce petit livre jaune est vraiment l'ouvrage qui manquait à la galaxie de tous ceux qui figurent dans ma bibliothèque réservée aux politiques. Enfin, lorsque je dis petit, c'est bien entendu à cause de son format.
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