Archives - 18.02.11

• CC needs interpreters, translators
  CC needs interpreters, translatorsSource: www.casperjournal.com
• HLI to Showcase Industry-Leading Medical Terminology Solutions at HIMSS11 Conference
  HLI to Showcase Industry-Leading Medical Terminology Solutions at HIMSS11 ConferenceSource: www.marketwire.comHealth Language, Inc.® (HLI), the global leader in medical terminology management, announced today that it will demonstrate three timely medical terminology solutions that simplify compliance with some of the most challenging mandates and incentives […]
• 'The Word Exchange' book review: Old English poetry isn't lost in translation
  'The Word Exchange' book review: Old English poetry isn't lost in translationSource: www.washingtonpost.comJR.R. Tolkien once described "Beowulf" - and by extension much of Anglo-Saxon, or Old English, poetry - as "a drink dark and bitter: a solemn funeral-ale with the taste of death." He further emphasized - in his scholar […]
• Culturomics and Google Books – Fully (sic)
  Culturomics and Google Books – Fully (sic)Source: blogs.crikey.com.auAs many of Fully (sic)’s readers will be aware, there’s been quite a bit of buzz lately about a project led by Erez Lieberman Aiden and Jean-Baptiste Michel at Harvard University that bills itself as the beginning of ‘culturomics’, a new paradigm for studying cultural trends using large amo […]
• The Difference Engine: The answering machine
  The Difference Engine: The answering machineSource: www.economist.comIT WAS not quite a foregone conclusion, but all the smart money was on the machine. Since the first rehearsal over a year ago, it had become apparent that Watson—a supercomputer built by IBM to decode tricky questions posed in English and answer them correctly within seconds—would trounce t […]
• Americans love author’s first English-language novel - Wales News - News - WalesOnline
  Americans love author’s first English-language novel - Wales News - News - WalesOnlineSource: www.walesonline.co.ukHE has been described as Wales’ answer to Irvine Welsh.
• » Pentagon Goes for a Universal Translator. Again.
  » Pentagon Goes for a Universal Translator. Again.Source: www.wired.comBack in 1954, IBM announced that its 701 computer crunched a bit of Russian text into its English equivalent. A Georgetown professor who worked on the project
• What's In A Name? - Hotline On Call
  What's In A Name? - Hotline On CallSource: hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.comFormer Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) recently addressed his well known Google problem, telling Roll Call in an interview that he is well aware of sex columnist Dan Savage's 2003 contest that redefined the word "santorum" as a sexual neologism. It's worth noting […]
• HIMSS Attendees Invited to Join World's Top Terminology Experts at IHTSDO's First Affiliate Forum Co
  HIMSS Attendees Invited to Join World's Top Terminology Experts at IHTSDO's First Affiliate Forum CoSource: pr-usa.netThe International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO) is hosting the first annual Affiliate Forum Conference at the 2011 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Annual Conference and Exhibiti […]
• WordSmith main page
  WordSmith main pageSource: www.lexically.netUsed all over the world by students and teachers and researchers interested in language, history, politics, medicine etc.
• Agaat longlisted for Amazon's Best Translated Book Award
  Agaat longlisted for Amazon's Best Translated Book AwardSource: book.co.zaMarlene van Niekerk's prize-winning novel, Agaat, translated into English by Michiel Heyns, has been longlisted for the the Best Translated Book Award, supported by Amazon.com. The shortlist will be anounced on 24 March and the awards ceremony will take place in New York on t […]
• The Limitations of Multiculturalism, Part 11 « Trinidad and Tobago News Blog
  The Limitations of Multiculturalism, Part 11 « Trinidad and Tobago News BlogSource: www.trinidadandtobagonews.comSome of us, including yours truly, have been speaking about a national cultural policy long before Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar announced her preference for a multicultural approach to the issue. In 1962 Dr. Eric Williams set the ball rol […]
• What's in it for you?
  What's in it for you?Source: www.haaretz.comAn inside look at the Jerusalem book fair's appeal to the masses.
• cneai=
  cneai=Source: www.cneai.comLes enjeux de l’exposition qui portaient sur les phénomènes de traduction, d’interprétation, d'altération et d’inadéquation générés au sein d'œuvres d’art contemporaines, seront traduits dans l’espace du livre.Avec la participation de (sous réserve de modifications) : A Constructed World, Peter Con...
• Taiwan, Germany explore literary cooperation - CNA ENGLISH NEWS
  Taiwan, Germany explore literary cooperation - CNA ENGLISH NEWSSource: focustaiwan.twTaipei, Feb.17 (CNA) As part of efforts to extend the reach of Taiwanese literature, four renowned translators from Germany are visiting Taiwan for one month for possible cooperation on translation projects, one of the main organizers said Thursday.
• Free checklist for project managers
  Free checklist for project managersSource: www.qabiria.comAddressing the needs of language professionals.
• Linguistica Antverpiensia
  Linguistica AntverpiensiaSource: www.lans-tts.beLinguistica Antverpiensia, New Series, is an annual publication devoted to the study of language, translation and culture, with a special focus on translation in its many oral and written manifestations.
• Translation bill raises candidate's ire
  Translation bill raises candidate's ireSource: www.lacanadaonline.comIn letters to La Cañada Flintridge City Hall and the Valley Sun, City Council candidate Robert Richter objects to a city requirement that candidates cover the cost of translating their ballot statements into Spanish and Korean.
• 'Barney's Version' is flawed, yet still intriguing
  'Barney's Version' is flawed, yet still intriguingSource: www.lasvegasweekly.comYou might forget the story, but Barney's Version definitely provides a showcase for terrific actors.
• Say again? Words that have no translation - travel tips and articles - Lonely Planet
  Say again? Words that have no translation - travel tips and articles - Lonely PlanetSource: www.lonelyplanet.comRead Say again? Words that have no translation for travel tips, advice, news and articles from all around the world by Lonely Planet