Andrew Warner
Andrew Warner is a writer from Sacramento. He received his B.A. in linguistics and English from UCLA and is currently working toward an M.A. in applied linguistics at Columbia University. His writing has been published in Language Magazine, Sactown Magazine, and The Takeout.
Language Models for English, German, Hebrew, and More
For quite some time now, artificial intelligence (AI) researchers have been trying to figure out how — or perhaps if — computers can be...
Zoo Digital Sees 51% Increase in Revenue for H1
Zoo Digital, a Sheffield-based company providing localization and distribution services in the entertainment industry, announced on Aug. 23 that it expects its revenues to...
Language Apps Disappear from App Stores in China
A handful of language learning apps mysteriously disappeared from popular Android app stores in China — the apps, including highly popular ones like Duolingo...
Language Revitalization Efforts Get Boost From Infrastructure Bill
In a meeting with President Joe Biden, the principal chief of Oklahoma’s Cherokee Nation Chuck Hoskin Jr. said that he believes the current administration’s...
Natural Language Processing for Signed Languages
The fields of artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing (NLP) are rapidly advancing — recent developments in these fields allow for individuals to...
AI21 Labs Launches Language Model, One of the Largest to Date
The Tel Aviv-based artificial intelligence (AI) development company AI21 Labs has announced the launch of what may be one of the largest AI models...
Emoji Use May Lead to Intergenerational Miscommunication
What does the “🙂” emoji mean to you?
If it’s just a normal, happy-go-lucky smiley face to you — you know, one you might use...
Restart Financial Inc. launches Multilingual Banking Service for Immigrants
As of 2019, approximately 63 million Americans were either unbanked or underbanked, putting these individuals at a financial disadvantage compared to their counterparts with...
OpenAI Develops English to Code Translation System
On Aug. 10, OpenAI released an improved version of its Codex AI model to developers — Codex AI can translate commands written in natural,...
Researchers Present Cybersecurity Model at NLP Conference
The Joint Conference of the 59th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics and the 11th International Joint Conference on Natural Language Processing...
SubtitleNEXT favourably received at Russian Translation Forum
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia — PBT EU is delighted to report a successful debut of SubtitleNEXT at the “Translation Forum Russia” event with ALBA Multimedia,...
Native American Languages Supported in two Senate Acts
The United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs has passed two bipartisan acts geared to strengthen revitalization projects for Native American languages, S.989 and...
Improving Language Access for Local Rent Relief Programs
The Council for Court Excellence (CCE), a Washington, D.C.-based legal advocacy group, has recently published a letter calling on D.C.’s government to make its...
United Kingdom Announces Latin Excellence Programme
The government of the United Kingdom announced July 31 its plans to invest millions of pounds in the development of improved foreign language programs...
Keywords Studios Sees Major Revenue Growth in H1 Report
Keywords Studios, a Dublin-based video game development company that provides localization services, recently released its half-year trading update, which shows a significant increase in...
The Legal Battle over a Translation of Pippi Longstocking
After a skirmish over the intricacies of copyright law which lasted more than a decade, the estate of Swedish children’s book author Astrid Lindgren...
Lack of BSL Interpreters at COVID Briefings Exclusionary, Judge Finds
Two separate COVID-19 briefings in England were retroactively found to have excluded deaf individuals in the country, as the government did not provide a...
Estonian Government to Develop Central Translation Platform
The government of Estonia has ordered the development of a central translation platform for the country, according to a July 9 report from Estonian...
Berlitz Develops AI-powered Language Learning Program
While professionals often use artificial intelligence (AI) in the language industry to produce translations from one language to another, it’s another thing completely to...
Matewa Media and Disney to Dub Classics in Māori
Disney has announced that it will be dubbing two popular films into te reo Māori (or simply Māori), the language indigenous to New Zealand,...
Can Neural Networks Really Understand Human Language?
Artificial intelligence (AI) researchers have long been preoccupied with solving the issue of syntactic ambiguities in human language — in their recently released book...
Language Learning Model Earns Prestigious Statistics Award
The International Society for Bayesian Analysis has awarded the Mitchell Prize, a highly prestigious award in the field of statistics and Bayesian analysis, to...
Amazon Translate, Google Translate, Susceptible to Attacks
Toward the end of 2020, Amazon launched a Live Translation feature for its Alexa virtual assistant — according to a recent report from How-To...
Netflix Develops Authoring Specification for Dubs and Subs
Netflix announced late in June that the company has developed a new authoring specification in the hopes of streamlining the localization process for movies...