New Siddur a ‘Ner Tamid’ for Brazil’s Jews
A new daily siddur (prayer book) has just been published for Brazil’s Jews by the Shavei Israel organization. Included in the “Ner Tamid” (“Eternal Flame”) siddur are the original Hebrew prayers with a phonetic translation into Portuguese. In addition, the siddur features a Portuguese-language translation to enhance comprehension by those who do not understand Hebrew. The latest...
Read MoreJapan’s DoCoMo unveils cloud services, including a translator and 5GB of storage
Japan’s leading operator DoCoMo has announced a series of cloud based services that will soon launch under its new ‘docomo cloud’ initiative, that seeks to tap into the country’s growing smartphone market. DoCoMo has been working on language translation technology for some time and, on June 1, it will introduce a Mail-Hon’yaku-Concier service that helps non-Japanese readers. The...
Read MoreEthnic precincts using own language signs
Ethnic precincts are being created in our cities with immigrant business people using signs in their own language to peddle their wares. A Massey researcher has studied 500 linguistic landscape photos taken at five Auckland locations and says they could cause annoyance and repugnance from English speaking Kiwis. The locations include Northcote, Dominion Road, Meadowlands Shopping Centre in...
Read MoreSRI to lead DARPA language project
MENLO PARK, Calif., May 15 (UPI) — Development of language translation and information extraction systems is being pursued by a team led by SRI International under a U.S. military award. The five-year award is worth $7.1 million and was given by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for Phase 1 of the Broad Operational Language Translation program, an international initiative...
Read MoreKIIS-FM’s Wango Tango adds 50-language translation & vids via Ortsbo – Radio
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Read MoreDARPA Awards BOLT Program $7.1 million Contract…
06:48 GMT, May 15, 2012 MENLO PARK, Calif. | SRI International has been awarded a $7.1 million contract for Phase 1 of a five-year, $41.5 million Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract under DARPA’s Broad Operational Language Translation (BOLT) program. BOLT is an international research initiative to develop breakthrough language technologies. “Machine...
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