translation: German

Editor’s note: This is one in a series on Book of Mormon translations and translators. In September 1851, an apostle, a mission president, a missionary and two converts came together to translate and publish the first edition of the Book of Mormon in German. Elder John Taylor had just supervised the translation of the Book of Mormon into French. He planned to return home when he received a...

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Nokia Lumia 800 app: Babylon Translator review

Hello, Bonjour, Hola, and welcome to our Babylon Translator review for Nokia Lumia 800. As you may have guessed from our European languages-for-dummies intro (not to mention the name of the app) this is a review of a translation app. Will it help you through your next holiday, or will you have to resort to speaking loudly in English? Find out in our Babylon Translator for Nokia Lumia 800...

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Translation in the New Millennium: I, Translator

With all the new developments and increasing accessibility of electronic translation tools such as machine translations, some have argued that these technologies will eventually replace the human translator. Are human translators really essential for the language translation process, or can their labor be simplified and processed by a machine?  Researchers have been working for...

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Sajan reports fourth-quarter profit

Sajan Inc.    Sajan Inc. Latest from The Business Journals Sajan completes sale of technology Sajan reports wider net lossSajan names new CFO Follow this company ...

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Microsoft’s Local Language Program Bridges Languages, Cultures and Technology

REDMOND, Wash., Feb. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ – In recognition of International Mother Language Day, Microsoft Corp., a strong supporter of language preservation, today highlighted the company’s Local Language Program (LLP), which enables the development of custom language translation. LLP enables 1.7 billion people worldwide to access technology in their own language,...

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Letters: ‘Improv’ prayers

Feb. 20 Letters to the Editor ‘Improv’ prayers This letter is in response to the Feb. 11 article headlined “Priest who improvised prayers loses job,” on Page C3. Does the Catholic church have its value/morals mixed up? I think so. It’s leadership forced a priest to resign (fired him) because he had said prayers not according to the new English-language translation of the...

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