Language Isn’t A Firehose: James Joyce And The Future of Computerized Translation (Bloomsday Edition) | Fast Company. In other words, we should not need to be Joyce-like to be Joyceans, or to read his difficult books with pleasure. More importantly, we should not need to be Joyce-like to connect with all speakers and writers everywhere […]

Cracking the code of machine translation – tech – 20 June 2011 – New Scientist. Sujith Ravi and his colleague Kevin Knight treat translation as a cryptographic problem, as if the foreign text were simply English written in an advanced cipher.

Why Context Matters In The Long And Short Of Words – Science News – redOrbit. Love, amour, liebe, amor and kärlek all mean the same thing across different languages and all are about the same length, which according to Zipf is what should be expected if they were similarly predictable or informative.  But the MIT […]

Nataly Kelly: Ray Kurzweil on Translation Technology. “Even the best translators can’t fully translate literature,” [Kurzweil] pointed out. “Some things just can’t be expressed in another language. Each language has its own personality, so reading literature in the original language is going to remain better than even the best human translators.”

Second North American Summit on Interpreting, June 17-18, 2011.   We were gently warned that technology is here to stay so we cannot postpone familiarizing ourselves with it so as to influence its development. Technology will not replace interpreters.  The interpreters who embrace it will displace those who don’t. As Barry Olsen reminded us, Wayne […]

Improving the Product: Editing Spanish Translators Who: Guillermo “Willy” Martinez When: Saturday, July 23 Location:  FIU South -RM TBA Price: Members $45; Non-members: $60; FIU/MDC T&I Students: $25; Groups of 5: email admin@atifonline.org Registration will open soon.

“Technology will not replace interpreters. Interpreters will be replaced by technology savvy interpreters.” That rings so true. And once you visit all the display stands, talk with all the technology vendors and learn about not only what is here and now available, but what they have in store for us… It is a jaw-dropping moment. […]

Supreme Court & Judicial System News. “By understanding the challenges that deaf individuals face with oral communication and with the use of sign language interpreters, courts will be able to better meet the needs of deaf constituents,” said Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor.

Controversial book’s Turkish translator detained by police – Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review.   “I am the translator, not the author,” said Uncu.