The littlest things — punctuation, precise word choice and grammar — can hold tremendous power in worldwide climate negotiations. This year in Europe, editors get a chance to help make history.

Source: NPR News: Science

BBC News – Microsoft demos instant English-Chinese translation.

“Of course, there are still likely to be errors in both the English text and the translation into Chinese, and the results can sometimes be humorous,” said Mr Rashid in the blogpost. “Still, the technology has developed to be quite useful.”

 

– Contributed by Diana Israel

Its title is the English translation of the condition known as qaug dab peg (pronounced “kow da pay”), the Hmong term for epilepsy, from which Lia had suffered since infancy.

…Lia’s story, as few other narratives have done, has had a significant effect on the ways in which American medicine is practiced across cultures, and on the training of doctors.