A number of new discoveries relating to the unique linguistic features of text that has been translated by a person that can significantly improve the capabilities of computerized translation programs ...

A US software designer plans to harness the brains of the world’s computer users to build a multilingual translation database. Brian McConnell believes it could provide a free way to translate the ...

A new study co-authored by an MIT economist shows that improved translation software can significantly boost international trade online—a notable case of machine learning having a clear impact on ...

Artificial intelligence-powered translation is becoming an increasingly crowded category, with Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Facebook all working on their own services. But tech still isn’t a match ...

Karen Schwartz is a freelance technology writer based in the Washington D.C. area. Around the globe, federal workers face a major challenge in overcoming language barriers. From service members ...

Software that translates one human language into another. Live translate programs are invaluable when traveling in a foreign land. People just have to speak in their native language, and the software ...

Translation is that space where language, culture, history, politics, and incommensurable difference all collide and sometimes cohere to make sense. At a time of intensive globalization, when cultures ...

One Sunday, at one of our weekly salsa sessions, my friend Frank brought along a Danish guest. I knew Frank spoke Danish well, because his mother was Danish, and he had lived in Denmark as a child. As ...