Archives – 26.03.11

• Google Search, Now in Cherokee Language | News & Opinion | PCMag.com
  Google Search, Now in Cherokee Language | News & Opinion | PCMag.comSource: www.pcmag.comGoogle launched a Cherokee-language interface on Friday in collaboration with the Cherokee Nation and community members.
• VietNamNet – Scholars receive cultural awards | Scholars receive cultural awards
  VietNamNet – Scholars receive cultural awards | Scholars receive cultural awardsSource: english.vietnamnet.vnThe award marked the 85th death anniversary of Phan Chau Trinh, one of the nation’s most prominent patriots and educators.The awards were given under four categories: education, translation, research in cultural studies and humanities, and Vietna […]
• Print Version of NIV Bible Retains Gender Problems, Say Critics
  Print Version of NIV Bible Retains Gender Problems, Say CriticsSource: www.thenewamerican.comCritics warn that the latest update to the popular New International Version of the Bible contains some significant problems that have them more than a little concerned. by Dave Bohon
• PETA Wants More Animal-Friendly Language In Bible: Gothamist
  PETA Wants More Animal-Friendly Language In Bible: GothamistSource: gothamist.comAfter they heard that the latest translation of the New International Version of the Bible will now use gender-inclusive language such as “he or she” instead of just “he”, PETA saw an opportunity to change one other thing. The organization has petitioned the […]
• Dunkerque : le salon des langues met l’espagnol à l’honneur, demain à la CUD
  Dunkerque : le salon des langues met l’espagnol à l’honneur, demain à la CUDSource: www.lavoixdunord.frLittoral – Samedi toute la journée, le public pourra s’informer sur les formations en langues proposées dans le Dunkerquois, mais aussi participer à des conférences (la traduction des mangas, la poésie espagnole, etc) et assister à des animat […]
• Un logiciel de lecture interactif adapté en français
  Un logiciel de lecture interactif adapté en françaisSource: fr.canoe.ca Au Québec, presque un adulte sur deux aurait de gros problèmes de lecture. Alors que les études révèlent des chiffres alarmants, le gouvernement investira 450 000 $ pour la traduction et l’adaptation en français du logiciel de lecture interactif Abracadabra, développé à l’université Conc […]
• Fiction and Poetry Finalists Announced for the 2011 Best Translated Book Award
  Fiction and Poetry Finalists Announced for the 2011 Best Translated Book Award Source: www.rochester.eduROCHESTER, N.Y. This morning, the poetry and fiction finalists for the 2011 Best Translated Book Awards were announced on Three Percent, the University of Rochester’s translation-centric website. The annual award recognizes the best original translati […]
• «LOL» et «♥» sont entrés dans le dictionnaire anglais | 24 heures
  «LOL» et «♥» sont entrés dans le dictionnaire anglais | 24 heuresSource: www.24heures.chLe très sérieux dictionnaire anglais d’Oxford a ajouté dans sa nouvelle version des acronymes et symboles issus du langage SMS: “♥” et “LOL”, “OMG” et “FYI”.
• Shocking? Le dictionnaire est tombé amoureux de ♥
  Shocking? Le dictionnaire est tombé amoureux de ♥Source: www.gizmodo.frLe vénérable Oxford English Dictionnary fait la pluie et le beau temps sur ce qui est anglais ou pas. Ce même dictionnaire a décrété que
• Portable ScannerDictionary translates and digitizes text., Wizcom Technologies Ltd
  Portable ScannerDictionary translates and digitizes text., Wizcom Technologies LtdSource: news.thomasnet.comOffered as pocket-sized dictionary and scanning device, Quicktionary® TS Premium lets those working in multilingual environments translate and define printed material anytime and anywhere without disrupting reading process. Solution can also scan print […]
• Discovery could rewrite Costa Rica history / Top Story / News / Costa Rica Newspaper, The Tico Times
  Discovery could rewrite Costa Rica history / Top Story / News / Costa Rica Newspaper, The Tico TimesSource: www.ticotimes.netThey had spent five years studying written and oral communication of indigenous Talamanca communities during the colonial period, when they came across an overlooked book that they now believe contains the key to deciphering part of th […]
• On the Media: Journalists test the limits of safety for war story
  On the Media: Journalists test the limits of safety for war storySource: www.latimes.comThe headliners were four New York Times journalists who survived nearly a week of beatings, threats and the unknown. They wrote an account about the savage and terrifying ordeal they endured as captives of the ragtag irregulars who now make up the Libyan army.    Is there […]
• On the Media: Journalists test the limits of safety for war story
  On the Media: Journalists test the limits of safety for war story Source: www.latimes.comThe headliners were four New York Times journalists who survived nearly a week of beatings, threats and the unknown. They wrote an account about the savage and terrifying ordeal they endured as captives of the ragtag irregulars who now make up the Libyan army.    Is ther […]
• Walf Fadjri
  Walf FadjriSource: www.walf.snLe panafricanisme se voulait un mouvement politique, économique et culturel destiné à restituer la dignité du Noir sur le plan géostratégique. Les protagonistes de ce mouvement qui sétendait à lAmérique, aux Caraïbes et à lEurope, étaient aussi bien Négro-Américains, Jamaïcains quAfricains. Il n    ”L’ouvrage de George Padm […]
• ADVERTISMENT | African Union – data base of freelance Revisers / Translators / Interpreters
  ADVERTISMENT | African Union – data base of freelance Revisers / Translators / InterpretersSource: www.au.intThe CSD is in the process of creating a data base of freelance Revisers / Translators / Interpreters. Consequently, all interested freelance Revisers / Translators / Interpreters who fulfill the following requirements in any of the four working langua […]
• Latest update : Oxford English Dictionary – For the March 2011 release of OED Online, we have select
  Latest update : Oxford English Dictionary – For the March 2011 release of OED Online, we have selectSource: www.oed.com    OMG [OMG int. (and n.) and adj.]: ‘Oh my God’ (or sometimes ‘gosh’, ‘goodness’, etc.) and LOL [LOL int. and n./2]: ‘laughing out loud’—are strongly associated with the language of electronic communications (email, texting, social network […]
• News: Parents of Brit killed in Jerusalem bombing mourn Bible translator, Hebrew student
  News: Parents of Brit killed in Jerusalem bombing mourn Bible translator, Hebrew studentSource: www.ynetnews.com”Mary was a very special person and we thought the world of her. She was devoted to her work and was well liked wherever she went,” her parents said in a statement. “We are proud of her and all that she has achieved in her life and f […]
• Explore Baltimore County: Deaf woman says St. Joseph Medical Center did not provide interpreter, sue
  Explore Baltimore County: Deaf woman says St. Joseph Medical Center did not provide interpreter, sueSource: www.explorebaltimorecounty.comA deaf Maryland woman and her mother, who is also deaf, filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, alleging that the hospital refused to provide — or pay for — a sign language interprete […]
• Fiction and Poetry Finalists Announced for the 2011 Best Translated Book Award
  Fiction and Poetry Finalists Announced for the 2011 Best Translated Book Award Source: www.rochester.eduROCHESTER, N.Y. This morning, the poetry and fiction finalists for the 2011 Best Translated Book Awards were announced on Three Percent, the University of Rochester’s translation-centric website. The annual award recognizes the best original translati […]
• Traduction sous tension – SudOuest.fr
  Traduction sous tension – SudOuest.frSource: www.sudouest.frDes traductrices-interprètes du tribunal déplorent de ne pas avoir été payées depuis plusieurs mois Elles peuvent être mobilisées en semaine ou le week-end, de jour comme de nuit. Souvent, tout…

• Traduction sous tension – SudOuest.fr

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  Des traductrices-interprètes du tribunal déplorent de ne pas avoir été payées depuis plusieurs mois Elles peuvent être mobilisées en semaine ou le week-end, de jour comme de nuit. Souvent, tout…

  
  
• Translationz and Monash University announce the creation of the 2011 Translationz scholarship

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  Translationz and Monash University announce the creation of the 2011 Translationz scholarship. A departmental scholarship, based on academic merit, is available for individuals currently enrolled in the Master of Interpreting and Translation Studies at Monash University. The award will be for $1000

• Utah courts to expand interpreter services, but fees still possible in civil cases | The Salt.

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  The Utah court system is embarking on what judicial officials believe will be one of its largest efforts to ensure that language interpreters are available

• Nominations are now open for individuals, teams or organisations with projects that demonstrates excellence in the language services. Forms and guidelines can be found at www.ausitawards.org.

  NewsMaker – Credit Where Credit’s Due: Nominations Open for Translator and Interpreter Excellence Aw

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• Deaf woman says hospital did not provide interpreter, sues

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  A deaf Maryland woman and her mother, who is also deaf, filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson , alleging that the hospital refused to provide — or pay for — a sign language interpreter when the younger woman experienced a medical emergency in late 2009.

• Call for Papers: “Vladimir Sorokin’s Languages: Mediality, Interculturality, Translation”, Aarhus University, Denmark, 29 March – 1 April 2012

  Call for Papers: “Vladimir Sorokin’s Languages: Mediality, Interculturality, Translation”, Aarhus University, Denmark, 29 March – 1 April 2012 Conference organisers: Tine Roesen (U of Aarhus, Denmark), Dirk Uffelmann (U of Passau, Germany) Special guest: …

• We should have kept our mouths shut… | Translation Insider’s Blog

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  Some time ago I wrote a couple of articles about machine translation. Quite a few people write about this topic. Most translators who write about machine translation do not have the best opinion about it. There is not a simple good or bad, right or wrong argument, but in many cases it is amusing how

• Google’s Technology to Translate Patents, Aid Researchers

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  Google Inc. translation software will translate existing patents to and from Chinese and 31 other languages, the company and the European Patent Office said.

• Guest blog post: “Don’t lower your rates! There are better ways of getting noticed”, by Véronica Coq

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  Guest blog post: “Don’t lower your rates! There are better ways of getting noticed”, by Véronica Coquard

• EPO – EPO and Google break the language barrier for Europe’s innovators

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• Local versus foreign consultants in Namibia – by Josephat Inambao Sinvula

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  The issue of utilizing foreign consultants for development is a subject that can be likened to a rhinoceros, which looks different depending on where the observer is standing and what portion of its anatomy one is concentrating on. Each perspective has some particular insights and each is only a p…
• Biblefresh Translation Pack

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  ‎*Data Protection Act 1998: By providing your personal details you agree to allow the Evangelical Alliance to contact you by mail, email, telephone or SMS text message in connection with its charitable purposes. The Evangelical Alliance does not make personal data available to external individuals or

  Intercultural Communication Institute
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  Dr. Miriam Sobre-Denton recently completed her Ph.D. in intercultural communication at Arizona State University, and has just finished her first year as an assistant professor of intercultural communication at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Her interest in other cultures has taken her thr
• Lost in translation | Grand Forks Herald | Grand Forks, North Dakota

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  Playwright Amoussa Koriko speaks seven languages and understands the issues that confront non-English speakers
• ABC Radio National – Future Tense – glossary A-Z

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  Future Tense glossary A-Z ABC Radio National, ABC, Australian Broadcasting Corporation

• Basic Computer Spanglish Pitfalls

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  Basic Computer Spanglish Pitfalls

• Using poEdit to make translations – KnowledgeTree Community

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  After downloading it, start poEdit, and choose the File > New Catalog from POT file… menu option. Change from ‘*.pot’ to ., and get the knowledgeTree.po file from the i18n directory within the KnowledgeTree archive.

  
  

  All interpreting requires short-term memory in order for the interpreter to keep in mind what the speaker has just said. For simultaneous interpreting, which is never really quite simultaneous, it’s a matter of up to three seconds. Short consecutive interpreting needs longer, depending on the span of the ‘chunks’ into which the original is segmented…
• Unprofessional Translation: Memory and Note-Taking

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• Google’s Technology to Translate European Patent Applications

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  Google Inc. translation software will be used to translate European patents to and from 32 languages, the company said.

• The Bay Area Reporter Online | Website offers free translation service

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  Huge sections of the Internet are inaccessible for most online users because the pages are not written in their native tongue. And many translation services, such as Google Translate or Yahoo’s Babel Fish, are machine-based and can be lacking in the quality of the translation.
• It’s the Bible God wrote – Standard-Examiner

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  It’s the Bible God Wrote … … replied the Rev. Dr. William Johnson when I asked my pastor why one of the two Christmas Eve Lessons and Carols serv…
• Jerusalem bomb victim was British bible translator studying Hebrew | World news | The Guardian

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  Mary Gardner who has taught in a Togo village for 20 years was on a six-month course before returning to Africa

• Political Correctness Reaches Absurdity With the Bible | The Minaret

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  Traditionally masculine designations have been replaced with phrases like that are more gender neutral. This neutrality creates an emphasis on sexism in the bible which may distort its message. | Hannah Webster/The Minaret

• The National Book Council is accepting submissions for the National Book Awards for books published in 2010.
  ….A prize of €700, a trophy and a certificate will be awarded to the first classified and a prize of €400 and a certificate to the second classified in every category with the exception of the category reserved for translation…See more

  

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• The Millions : 2011 Best Translated Book Award Finalists Announced

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  The shortlist for a still fairly new, but very worthwhile award has been announced. The Best Translated Book Award highlights work in translation (of course), a corner of the literary world that gets far less attention in the U.S. than it deserves.

  Sign man becomes vital link | Stuff.co.nz
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  What seemed to be a normal booking for sign language interpreter Jeremy Borland has taken on a life of its own.
• Facebook Asks Developers Not To Use Google AdSense

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  Facebook has sent emails to application developers telling them that some form of enforcement action will hit anyone who works an unapproved ad provider. Translation: Please don’t work with AdSense right now.

• « Celui qui a le contrôle du passé a le contrôle du présent ». Cette célèbre citation de G. Orwell, chère à l’historien marxiste Alain Croix, a-t-elle inspiré le dernier projet de Jean-Marc Ayrault : réaliser un « Dictionnaire de Nantes » ? Un projet très onéreux qui soulève bien des interrogations.

  

  Dictionnaire de Nantes : le projet orwellien de Jean Marc-Ayrault » :: Breizh Novopress.info

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  « Celui qui a le contrôle du passé a le contrôle du présent ». Cette célèbre citation de G. Orwell, chère à l’historien marxiste Alain Croix, a-t-elle inspiré le dernier projet de Jean-Marc Ayrault : réaliser un « Dictionnaire de Nantes » ? Un projet très onéreux qui soulève bien des interrogations….
• Multilizer now connects to a free, publicly available translation memory that contains translations for over 50 billion words. This means that when using Multilizer you need to translate less yourself. Thus your translation cost is reduced and the translation is finished sooner. Multilizer software can automatically translate text whe…See more

  New Multilizer MyMemory Plug-in Saves Time and Money Spent on Translation Work – PR.com

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  Multilizer now connects to a free, publicly available translation memory that contains translations for over 50 billion words. This means that when using Multilizer you need to translate less yourself. Thus your translation cost is reduced and the translation is finished sooner. Multilizer software …

• The European Patent Office and Google have today (24 March) signed a long term agreement and unveiled more details of the plan to set up a machine translation service for patents

  

  Plans for automated translation of patents move ahead

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  The European Patent Office and Google have today (24 March) signed a long term agreement and unveiled more details of the plan to set up a machine translation service for patents
• IIIT to break online language barrier – The Times of India

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  The digital divide between Indian languages will be a thing of past soon as the International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, is all set to launch a machine translation system which enables the users to convert the content from one language to another.