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Entries from August 2008

Google in the Translation Business

August 8th, 2008 · 6 Comments

The Seach Engine Giant enters the World of Human Translation
Google can barely blink without making headlines, and its recent launch of Google Translation Center is no exception. The Center aims to match translation customers with professional and volunteer translators in 40 languages.
Why would Google, a company not know for its human-powered solutions, want to take [...]

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Tasty bytes

August 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I just wanted to pass along a photo from a Flickr member of a restaurant sign in China as an example of why humans should still be involved in the translation process:

This gem has already made its way around the internet, often noting how blind reliance on an internet translation tool led to the biggest [...]

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